Lead The Way, Joseph Isaac Schooling

August 16, 2016

We salute Joseph Isaac Schooling for winning an Olympic gold medal and celebrate his unprecedented victory, a victory that can potentially go beyond just setting a new Olympic record. As we rejoice as a nation, let’s look at how to leverage a seemingly impossible feat to inspire our country to even greater heights. Success can […]

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Can Family-Run Businesses Survive?

August 11, 2016

While it’s important to have love, harmony and shared values in family-run businesses, these factors may not be adequate to help them survive and succeed in a ever-changing and fast-moving world. The challenges for some of these businesses are that they may not have the strength, size, scale, scope and speed of operation to ring […]

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The Little Red Dot

August 8, 2016

As a small country, Singapore has been depicted as a little red dot in both global and Asian maps. The little red dot is also a nickname to refer to Singapore in casual conversations and other forms of communication. The term “little red dot” became more prominent because of former President of Indonesia B. J. […]

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Suspending Orientation Activities

August 1, 2016

While suspending orientation activities can prevent additional breaches of the rules and unacceptable activities. However, this possible over-reaction may only be treating symptoms but not roots of bigger problems. In addition, this unprecedented action left many key questions unanswered. If these questions are not addressed properly, it may affect credibility and good standing of a […]

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High Speed Rail (HSR): Challenges Ahead

July 28, 2016

The High Speed Rail (HSR) has the potential to modernize communities, improve the economies, strengthen businesses, and bring about other benefits for both Malaysia and Singapore. It can also improve our bilateral relationship and help us compete better in the global marketplace. To ensure that the HSR is stable, secure and sustainable, we need to […]

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Coping With ADHD

July 12, 2016

I’m writing as somebody who has been blessed with ADHD and would like to encourage those who are having similar mental disorders that can affect structured learning and other areas of life. What is seen as a setback can make you a stronger person and draw you closer to success. Instead of allowing ADHD to […]

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A Story Of Love, Betrayal And Freedom

June 28, 2016

There is one story I have kept in my heart. It has left me bitter for a long time. I could not even think about it, let alone talk about it without feeling a sharp ache in my heart. Sadly, every now and then, when I thought I have gotten over it, something would trigger […]

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A Lifelong Love Affair With Books

June 6, 2016

In an increasingly digitized and fast-moving society, there are many distractions, and communications are frequently reduced to sound bites. As a result, reading as a habit has taken a beating and if this trend continues, we will not be any wiser or healthier as a people. We should inculcate a lifelong love affair with books […]

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Judging Others

June 6, 2016

After my last “retirement,” I invested a lot of time to help SMEs grow their business. I realised many of the CEOs are fond of criticizing others and throwing mud at their competitors. Why do they do it? Let me hazard the following guesses: 1. It makes them feel that they are better than others. […]

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Educational Institutions Of The Future

June 1, 2016

While it’s important to plan for the future, it’s also important to be mindful that the world is changing faster than we can predict its future landscapes and other outcomes. Therefore, it’s important that we put together building blocks to help our students respond to and leverage the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous future. We […]

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