by Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim | Jan 21, 2020 | Commentary
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim The difficulty in coming up with a budget wish list when one is in the social service sector is that it would almost certainly entail proposals that would add to government expenditure. It would be ingenious to achieve the goal of...
by Nabilah Mohammad | Oct 21, 2019 | Commentary
By Nabilah Mohammad Raising a child is no easy feat. We often hear about the sacrifices a parent makes and the time and energy it takes to care for a child. A single mother’s responsibilities are no different, except that she is on her own. She has to be both a mother...
by Muhammad Faris Alfiq | Oct 18, 2019 | Commentary
By Muhammad Faris Alfiq The asatizah community in Singapore is one that is well-regarded by the Muslim community here. Asatizah, is the plural form of Ustaz or Ustazah in Arabic, and generally refers to Islamic religious teachers. Their purpose is to provide religious...
by Nurshirah Tabrani | Oct 18, 2019 | Commentary
By Nurshirah Tabrani Singapore society is plagued with incidences of intimate partner violence[1] (IPV). From 2012 to 2018, more than 70% of those who filed for Personal Protection Order (PPO) or Expedited Order (EO) or Domestic Exclusion Order (DEO) in Singapore are...
by Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim | Oct 18, 2019 | Commentary
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong delivered his seventh consecutive National Day Rally (NDR) speech this year at the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) College Central. The annual speech was moved to the present venue in 2013 after...
by Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim | Jul 16, 2019 | Commentary
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim On 23 April 2019, the long wait for a clear indication as to who would be Singapore’s next Prime Minister (PM) seemed to be over. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced that Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat will be promoted to Deputy...
