by Tanya Ong | Dec 10, 2018 | 1819, Abroad-C, Foreign Policy, History, Lee Kuan Yew, LKY, News, poisonous shrimp, politics
Something that Lee Kuan Yew said 52 years ago is reverberating again, if events in the past few days involving the neighbours up north is anything to go by. Advertisement Beyond diplomacy Back in 1966, Lee, the first prime minister of Singapore, said the country had...
by Mandy How | Dec 7, 2018 | 1819, comfort woman, Community, History, world world II
When she got off the ship in Guangdong, China, 14-year-old Kim Bok-Dong was met with high-ranking Japanese officials. Advertisement Upon learning her age, the men talked among themselves, discussing that she might be “too young”. But that did not stop them from using...
by Belmont Lay | Dec 2, 2018 | History, kampung admiralty, News
Kampung Admiralty has won the World Building of the Year at the World Architecture Festival in Amsterdam. Advertisement The results were announced at the event on Friday, Dec. 1. From the outside, this is how it looks: Advertisement Packed with facilities The project...
by Matthias Ang | Dec 2, 2018 | Applied Study in Polytechnics and ITE Review, Heng Swee Keat, History, ITE, MOE, News, politics, Polytechinc, PSLE, Uncategorised, University education
Over the past week, there is much interest on Heng Swee Keat, Singapore’s likely next Prime Minister and successor to PM Lee Hsien Loong, following his new appointment as the most senior People’s Action Party (PAP) leader among the fourth generation leaders....
by Sulaiman Daud | Dec 1, 2018 | Abroad, Abroad-C, George HW Bush, History, Lee Kuan Yew, Perspectives, politics, US
Former United States president George H.W. Bush died on Dec. 1, 2018 (Singapore time). He was 94 years old. Advertisement Tributes are pouring in from around the world for the 41st President. During his one-term presidency that lasted from 1989 to 1993, Bush senior...
by Matthias Ang | Dec 1, 2018 | 15 shorts, blue3asia, Boo Junheng, Chai Yee Wei, Chong Yu Lun, Community, History, K Rajagopal, Kee Swee San, local films, nvpc
When it comes to the 1970s to the 1990s period in Singapore’s history, it is an era seen to conjure much nostalgia for a bygone past or a time marked by furious development. Advertisement Yet, it is also important to realise that Singapore society textured and...
