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Let’s get poetic about the wonders of an engineering education
In a paradox rich with Dickensian undertones, one could say it is perhaps the best of times and the worst of times to be an engineer.
Commentary: Shady tactics in influencer campaigns make social media the new frontier for stubbing out smoking
The use of global social media campaigns by multinational tobacco companies to glamourise smoking is what authorities ought to focus on…
Public signs that don't carry all four official languages fuel concerns for cultural diversity
More primary schools keep out sugary drinks
Raffles who? 200 years since the British colonialist, Singapore would rather he disappear
For half a century since 1969, a white polymarble statue of Sir Stamford Raffles stood by the Singapore River, purportedly at the exact…
WhatsApp’s limit on message forwarding will be available when users update their app
SINGAPORE — Messaging platform WhatsApp’s move to limit the number of times a user can forward a message serves as a nudge to curb…
The Rise of Homo verticalis
When diffusion hits a snag
Singapore’s fintech sector will receive a significant boost, with the passing of the Payment Services Bill, as it considerably strengthens consumer protections.
AI, Big Data, IoT : The pressing need for the establishment of national digital ethics councils
As technological processes have reached a level of complexity that far exceeds the scope of current laws (including the self-programming capacity of AI)…
ESD Summer Newsletter 2019
ESD Summer Newsletter 2019