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Commentary: Can the land that country clubs occupy be put to better use in Singapore?

Commentary: Can the land that country clubs occupy be put to better use in Singapore?

With land supply being highly inelastic in Singapore, authorities will likely rezone country club sites, like Raffles Town Club in Bukit Timah, to benefit the wider community, says NUS Business School's Sing Tien Foo.

03/12/2023

Commentary: Should businesses have to share profits with employees?

Commentary: Should businesses have to share profits with employees?

03/12/2023

Commentary: Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

Commentary: Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

04/12/2023

Commentary: What next after New Zealand scraps generational smoking ban? | Video

Commentary: What next after New Zealand scraps generational smoking ban? | Video

02/12/2023 2 mins

Commentary: Will leaving stubborn children behind teach them a lesson?

Commentary: Will leaving stubborn children behind teach them a lesson?

04/12/2023

Commentary: If you want to succeed like Warren Buffett, find a 'second banana' like Charlie Munger

Commentary: If you want to succeed like Warren Buffett, find a 'second banana' like Charlie Munger

02/12/2023

Commentary: How will Henry Kissinger be remembered in Southeast Asia?

Commentary: How will Henry Kissinger be remembered in Southeast Asia?

01/12/2023

Commentary: ChatGPT turns 1 - its success says as much about humans as technology

Commentary: ChatGPT turns 1 - its success says as much about humans as technology

01/12/2023

Commentary: How old is too old for your profile pic?

01/12/2023

Commentary: Dangers and opportunities in the role of religion in Israel-Hamas war

Commentary: Dangers and opportunities in the role of religion in Israel-Hamas war

01/12/2023

Commentary: Should businesses have to share profits with employees?

Commentary: Should businesses have to share profits with employees?

03/12/2023

Commentary: Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

Commentary: Why are people still flying to climate conferences by private jet?

04/12/2023

Commentary: What next after New Zealand scraps generational smoking ban? | Video

Commentary: What next after New Zealand scraps generational smoking ban? | Video

02/12/2023 2 mins

Commentary: Will leaving stubborn children behind teach them a lesson?

Commentary: Will leaving stubborn children behind teach them a lesson?

04/12/2023

Commentary: If you want to succeed like Warren Buffett, find a 'second banana' like Charlie Munger

Commentary: If you want to succeed like Warren Buffett, find a 'second banana' like Charlie Munger

02/12/2023

Commentary: How will Henry Kissinger be remembered in Southeast Asia?

Commentary: How will Henry Kissinger be remembered in Southeast Asia?

01/12/2023

Commentary: ChatGPT turns 1 - its success says as much about humans as technology

Commentary: ChatGPT turns 1 - its success says as much about humans as technology

01/12/2023

Commentary: How old is too old for your profile pic?

01/12/2023

Commentary: Dangers and opportunities in the role of religion in Israel-Hamas war

Commentary: Dangers and opportunities in the role of religion in Israel-Hamas war

01/12/2023

Snap Insight

Snap Insight: Israel-Hamas truce is welcome, but unlikely to lead to less violence once it ends

Snap Insight: Israel-Hamas truce is welcome, but unlikely to lead to less violence once it ends

22/11/2023

Snap Insight: Biden-Xi meeting shows progress, but it could also be their last

Snap Insight: Biden-Xi meeting shows progress, but it could also be their last

17/11/2023

Snap Insight: How will the Johor sultan serve Malaysia as its next king?

Snap Insight: How will the Johor sultan serve Malaysia as its next king?

28/11/2023

Snap Insight: Chinese defence minister’s sacking reflects Xi Jinping’s deeper problems

Snap Insight: Chinese defence minister’s sacking reflects Xi Jinping’s deeper problems

26/10/2023

Snap Insight: What does US President Biden hope to achieve by visiting Israel before Gaza invasion?

Snap Insight: What does US President Biden hope to achieve by visiting Israel before Gaza invasion?

17/10/2023

Other latest commentaries

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Commentary: India’s denials on Sikh separatist assassination plots are sounding hollow

Commentary: India’s denials on Sikh separatist assassination plots are sounding hollow

30/11/2023

Commentary: Thai PM’s first 100 days in office follow a populist path

Commentary: Thai PM’s first 100 days in office follow a populist path

30/11/2023

Commentary: How Qatar became mediator in the Gaza war

Commentary: How Qatar became mediator in the Gaza war

01/12/2023

Commentary: As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at COP28 climate talks?

Commentary: As disasters and heat intensify, can the world meet the urgency of the moment at COP28 climate talks?

30/11/2023

Commentary: Why Singapore needs a dengue vaccine

Commentary: Why Singapore needs a dengue vaccine

30/11/2023

Commentary: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, ‘authentic’, reflects growing concerns about AI

Commentary: Merriam-Webster’s word of the year, ‘authentic’, reflects growing concerns about AI

29/11/2023

Commentary: China is a rich country. It can no longer cry poor on climate

Commentary: China is a rich country. It can no longer cry poor on climate

28/11/2023

Commentary: Menopause - how to talk about something that’s mortifying for many women

Commentary: Menopause - how to talk about something that’s mortifying for many women

28/11/2023

Commentary: Malaysia opposition leader Muhyiddin pulls off shrewd political move with '24-hour resignation’

Commentary: Malaysia opposition leader Muhyiddin pulls off shrewd political move with '24-hour resignation’

29/11/2023

Commentary: ‘Double dipping’ - why managers worry that staff have a second job on the sly

Commentary: ‘Double dipping’ - why managers worry that staff have a second job on the sly

28/11/2023

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In Singapore

Commentary: Nobody deserves to be trolled, even when they seem to be asking for it

Commentary: Nobody deserves to be trolled, even when they seem to be asking for it

26/11/2023

Commentary: What holds us back from helping traffic accident victims?

Commentary: What holds us back from helping traffic accident victims?

23/11/2023

Commentary: Money changers have their own fintech disruption to grapple with

Commentary: Money changers have their own fintech disruption to grapple with

22/11/2023

Commentary: Fast tracking Singapore’s new Prime Minister - it’s not business as usual

Commentary: Fast tracking Singapore’s new Prime Minister - it’s not business as usual

21/11/2023

Commentary: Small country, large research trials – what Singapore can learn from Denmark

Commentary: Small country, large research trials – what Singapore can learn from Denmark

19/11/2023

Commentary: Voices of tensions behind the 'kiasu parent' label

19/11/2023

Commentary: What we lose when night markets fade out in Singapore

17/11/2023

Spotlight on Malaysia

Commentary: Malaysia’s new budget and the long road to fiscal consolidation

Commentary: Malaysia’s new budget and the long road to fiscal consolidation

26/11/2023

Commentary: Anwar consolidates power, but has he delivered in his first year as Malaysia PM?

Commentary: Anwar consolidates power, but has he delivered in his first year as Malaysia PM?

24/11/2023

Commentary: Malaysian MP Syed Saddiq was in limbo even before graft conviction

Commentary: Malaysian MP Syed Saddiq was in limbo even before graft conviction

15/11/2023

Commentary: Malaysia opposition party PAS has a long-term plan to go its own way

Commentary: Malaysia opposition party PAS has a long-term plan to go its own way

12/11/2023

Snap Insight: How will the Johor sultan serve Malaysia as its next king?

Snap Insight: How will the Johor sultan serve Malaysia as its next king?

28/11/2023

Health and Well-Being

Commentary: I’ve just been diagnosed with cancer, now what?

Commentary: I’ve just been diagnosed with cancer, now what?

Commentary: When heart attack symptoms are a false alarm - more awareness needed on panic attacks

Commentary: When heart attack symptoms are a false alarm - more awareness needed on panic attacks

Commentary: When to give your child their first mobile phone - and how to keep them safe

Commentary: When to give your child their first mobile phone - and how to keep them safe

Commentary: Women still face unfair pressure about having children

Commentary: Women still face unfair pressure about having children

Commentary: Spoilers won’t ruin your favourite book series, TV show or sports team

Commentary: Spoilers won’t ruin your favourite book series, TV show or sports team

Work and Business

Commentary: In a time of shrinkflation, how will consumers’ elasticity of forgiveness hold up?

Commentary: In a time of shrinkflation, how will consumers’ elasticity of forgiveness hold up?

Commentary: Why the breakdown of the 9-to-5 job is making us lonelier

Commentary: Why the breakdown of the 9-to-5 job is making us lonelier

Commentary: Does a company-paid overseas trip sound fun, until you realise you’re sharing a room with colleagues?

Commentary: Does a company-paid overseas trip sound fun, until you realise you’re sharing a room with colleagues?

Commentary: The fraught politics of chipping in for office gifts

Commentary: The fraught politics of chipping in for office gifts

Commentary: Luxury fashion prices have gone too far

Commentary: Luxury fashion prices have gone too far

Climate Change and Sustainability

Commentary: Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion

Commentary: Myths about plastic pollution are leading to public confusion

Commentary: Sustainable fashion is a farce without virtual try-ons

Commentary: Sustainable fashion is a farce without virtual try-ons

Commentary: Why surging sales of large electric vehicles raises environmental red flags

Commentary: The iPhone 15's message about mindless consumerism

Commentary: Do you want your clothes to shrink our forests?

Commentary: Four months on, what has Singapore’s disposable carrier bag charge really done to ease the waste problem?

Commentary: Most data lives in the cloud. What if it lived under the sea?

Commentary: For everyone’s sake, companies must stop manipulating their emission reports

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China

Commentary: Taiwan opposition parties’ joint election bid is an opportunity for China

Commentary: Taiwan opposition parties’ joint election bid is an opportunity for China

Commentary: Fighting cybercrime to win China’s favour has become a common goal in Myanmar’s civil war

Commentary: Fighting cybercrime to win China’s favour has become a common goal in Myanmar’s civil war

Commentary: China seeks to lessen developing countries’ reliance on the US dollar

Commentary: China seeks to lessen developing countries’ reliance on the US dollar

Commentary: Biden-Xi meeting at APEC a reminder of the importance of global summits in dangerous times

Commentary: Biden-Xi meeting at APEC a reminder of the importance of global summits in dangerous times

Commentary: Deflation is the last thing China’s recovery needs

Commentary: Deflation is the last thing China’s recovery needs

Commentary: What mattered most to China about Australian PM Albanese’s visit

Commentary: Israel-Hamas war puts China’s strategy of ‘balanced diplomacy’ in the Middle East at risk

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Asia

Commentary: India is making too many disasters in the Himalayas

Commentary: India is making too many disasters in the Himalayas

Commentary: Can Indonesia’s three presidential candidates deliver on their promises?

Commentary: Can Indonesia’s three presidential candidates deliver on their promises?

Commentary: The Myanmar military is losing control

Commentary: The Myanmar military is losing control

Commentary: Foxconn founder Terry Gou’s presidential candidacy may shift Taiwan’s political landscape

Commentary: Foxconn founder Terry Gou’s presidential candidacy may shift Taiwan’s political landscape

Commentary: For a digital detox, Japan seeks ‘The Way of the Sauna’

Commentary: For a digital detox, Japan seeks ‘The Way of the Sauna’

World

Commentary: US will only have itself to blame if China’s economic influence in Asia grows

Commentary: US will only have itself to blame if China’s economic influence in Asia grows

Commentary: The G20’s approach to debt has failed

Commentary: The G20’s approach to debt has failed

Commentary: Why neither Israel nor Hamas can win the war and a viable Palestinian state is now a pipe dream

Commentary: Why neither Israel nor Hamas can win the war and a viable Palestinian state is now a pipe dream

Snap Insight: Israel-Hamas truce is welcome, but unlikely to lead to less violence once it ends

Snap Insight: Israel-Hamas truce is welcome, but unlikely to lead to less violence once it ends

Commentary: UK PM Rishi Sunak’s decision to bring back David Cameron is a distraction

Commentary: UK PM Rishi Sunak’s decision to bring back David Cameron is a distraction

Commentary: How often you lie depends on who you are talking to

Commentary: No, Gazans can’t rise up against Hamas

Everything else

Commentary: Sam Altman’s OpenAI return is a strategic win for Microsoft

Commentary: Sam Altman’s OpenAI return is a strategic win for Microsoft

Commentary: From OpenAI to Microsoft, Sam Altman exposes the charade of AI accountability

Commentary: From OpenAI to Microsoft, Sam Altman exposes the charade of AI accountability

Commentary: Meta is right. Apple and Google can do more to protect children

Commentary: Meta is right. Apple and Google can do more to protect children

Commentary: The AI safety debate after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ouster

Commentary: The AI safety debate after OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ouster

Commentary: No, you’re not that good at detecting fake videos

Commentary: No, you’re not that good at detecting fake videos

Commentary: Are we getting desensitised to scams even as fraudsters get more innovative?

Commentary: Are we getting desensitised to scams even as fraudsters get more innovative?

Commentary: Work-from-home goes from new path to dead end for working mothers

Commentary: Work-from-home goes from new path to dead end for working mothers

Snap Insight: Biden-Xi meeting shows progress, but it could also be their last

Snap Insight: Biden-Xi meeting shows progress, but it could also be their last

Commentary: Why recent bank service outages are a national security concern | Video

Commentary: Why recent bank service outages are a national security concern | Video

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Commentary: We face a world potentially running out of antibiotics

Commentary: We face a world potentially running out of antibiotics

Commentary: Why are my kids good around other people and then badly behaved with me?

Commentary: Why are my kids good around other people and then badly behaved with me?

Commentary: What more can we do to stop abusive behaviour towards healthcare workers?

Commentary: What more can we do to stop abusive behaviour towards healthcare workers?

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