By Richard Wan Channel News Asia (CNA) reported on 23 January that the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office, Chan Chun Sing, told the St Gallen Symposium Singapore Forum that instead of blindly chasing conventional definitions of success, society must have diverse groups of people and talents [Link]. Singapore must not become a ‘yardstick society’, Mr Chan said. “Don’t become …

By Ghui National service (NS) has always been a hot button issue. Given that it is a mandatory 2-year (formerly 2.5 years) sacrifice meted out on our young men in this increasingly competitive world, it comes as no surprise that this topic is a controversial one which elicits much angst and fervour. Not serving NS has been the perennial bugbear …