With queues for welfare centres all too often snaking around street corners, it is shocking that so many people still fail to help the poor and disadvantaged, according to Aristle Tay, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Singapore. I saw it on a rather isolated corner of The Telegraph newspaper. But it struck me deeply. Apparently, …
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Despite decades of progress in education, women in Singapore are frequently stereotyped by the mass media as being highly dependent on men – inferior even. As much as this is unfortunate, Commonwealth Correspondent Aristle Tay, 18, wonders whether strict gender equality is even desirable? The old shibboleth that “women are of a less superior sex” resonates …
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Despite decades of progress in education, women in Singapore are frequently stereotyped by the mass media as being highly dependent on men – inferior even. As much as this is unfortunate, Commonwealth Correspondent Aristle Tay, 18, wonders whether strict gender equality is even desirable? The old shibboleth that “women are of a less superior sex” resonates …
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On 25 July, governments will meet in London to consider how sport can contribute to advancing vital development goals. The 6th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting will review how all types of games can address social and economic challenges and promote global public health. But why is sport so important for national development? According to Aristle Tay, …
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On 25 July, governments will meet in London to consider how sport can contribute to advancing vital development goals. The 6th Commonwealth Sports Ministers Meeting will review how all types of games can address social and economic challenges and promote global public health. But why is sport so important for national development? According to Aristle Tay, …
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With soaring standards of living resulting in the need for higher incomes to sustain one’s way of life, much work has to be done by the youngsters in Singapore, says Aristle Tay, 18, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Singapore. Tay says youth need the virtue of fortitude. From where I sat on the edge of a …
Singaporeans are caught in a vicious lifestyle that pits high expectations against the quest for happiness, writes Aristle Tay, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Singapore. He says the solution is a matter of perspective. The year 2013. It’s a new year with possibly new dreams and aspirations to chase. Somehow, I am not too optimistic …
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Politics is an inescapable fact of society, writes Bernard Lim, 19, of Singapore, but when government provides education and freedom of speech, active citizens contribute constructively to the national debate. Politics has been vilified for its ability to evoke imagery of sex scandals (cue Malaysian politician Chua Soi Lek and American politician Anthony Wiener’s sex-texts), …
Singapore has been able to accomplish its goal of moving from a Third World to a First World country, asserts 19-year-old Aristle Tay, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Singapore. As it basks in this success, the country and its people should work steadfastly towards a narrative which builds upon the goals of all citizens. I heard …
Singapore has achieved remarkable economic growth in its short history, but Aristle Tay, 19, a Commonwealth Correspondent from Singapore, says economic equality in its society is still a distant goal. Rapid economic growth since its inception in 1965 has morphed my island home of Singapore into a protean cosmopolitan city with admirable standard of living …
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