by Tanya Ong | Dec 13, 2018 | Community, inequality
Sociologist Teo You Yenn recently wrote a book, This is what inequality looks like, after spending three years researching inequality in Singapore. In particular, Teo was interested in the growing-up experiences of children from low-income families living in rental...
by Julian Wong | Dec 13, 2018 | Commentary, Current Affairs, data, elitism, inequality, milieu insight, policy making, prejudice, SES, socioeconomic inequality, stereotypes, survey
Top image: Unsplash Beginning with the textbook that gifted us the ‘high/low SES’ generalisations, and culminating in Channel NewsAsia’s documentary Regardless of Class, inequality has arguably become the national conversation of 2018. At the same time, a lot of it...
by IPS Editor | Dec 4, 2018 | Community Spirit, Demography, Demography & Family, Inclusion, inequality, Safety Nets
During the 2018 Budget debate in Singapore, considerable time was dedicated to discussing the Net Investment Returns Contribution (NIRC) framework. Under the constitution, the NIRC framework allows the government to utilise up to 50 per cent of the expected long-term...
by Tsiuwen Yeo | Dec 1, 2018 | conversations, inequality, nyc, Perspectives, Sponsored content, youth
Is inequality in Singapore a myth? These days, it’s definitely a conversation starter. It certainly isn’t as apparent here, but exists nevertheless. That’s what at least 40-odd Singapore youths think, having attended the final session of a two-parter Youth...
by Qi Siang Ng | Nov 22, 2018 | Commentary, critical thinking, Current Affairs, Education, elitism, inequality, Lee Kuan Yew, PSLE, results day, social engineering, stereotypes, streaming
Top image: ClearlySurely PSLE results day is usually a time of supercharged emotions. While there are cheers of jubilation for students who have done well, tears of despair often await those confronted with disappointing results. In such circumstances, a single...
by Obbana Rajah | Nov 16, 2018 | chee soon juan, Featured News, Home News, inequality
Singapore Democratic Party’s (SDP) secretary-general Dr Chee Soon Juan took to social media yesterday to call out Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on issues of social stratification and inequality in Singapore. In a post on social media, he quoted Prime...
