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Why depicting 'brownface' characters is no joke
Fundamentally, such stereotypes are exercises in reductionism and diminution. Not only did the Nets ad use skin colour as an expedient shorthand for our ethnic minority groups, but it also implied that minorities cannot represent themselves…
Social compact needed on PMD reporting app
Involving the public in this effort is beneficial in several ways. Besides educating everyone as to what does or does not constitute safe PMD riding behaviour, driving up public participation also means access to a significantly broader body of data which the LTA may draw from.
How to fight fake news: Tech has the answers
The debate around the recently passed Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act brought to light the different possibilities and difficulties in developing legislative responses to the scourge of fake news.
From the Gallery: A larger stick to tackle dangerous driving behaviour
From the Gallery: A larger stick to tackle dangerous driving behaviour
Japan wants its leader called Abe Shinzo – surname first. What does this have to do with colonialism and 'unenlightened Westerners'?
Experts say the request is consistent with Abe’s nationalist views, while others point to Tokyo no longer wanting to provide cultural concessions to the West
A tripartite approach to tackling fake news – media tech companies, State, consumers
Among the many wonderful museums in Singapore, one of the most evocative must be the Former Ford Factory. Walking down the museum’s quiet driveway, you feel like you might come face to face with General Arthur Percival and his troops, trudging in resolutely as they bear a flag of surrender, soon to capitulate to the Japanese forces.
China, Taiwan, and the United States in the Taiwan Strait Crises, 1954-1958
China, Taiwan, and the United States in the Taiwan Strait Crises, 1954-1958
Why waste management is such a knotty issue in Singapore
Why waste management is such a knotty issue in Singapore
Hey mum, don't spread that fake news
The vulnerability that seniors face in the digital age also has to do with the fact that they often have a much smaller and limited social network, said communication and technology professor Lim Sun Sun of the Singapore University of Technology and Design.
Raffles bicentennial stokes debate in Singapore over colonization legacy
Raffles bicentennial stokes debate in Singapore over colonization legacy