Publication

Economically Inactive Malay Women: The Need for Intervention

By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim While the Malay community has made significant socioeconomic progress over the last three decades, it continues to grapple with the problem of overrepresentation in the lower rungs of the socioeconomic ladder. At stake is its social...

Cabinet Changes: More Diversity Needed

By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim On 27 April 2017, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) announced changes to the Cabinet. Key among the changes were the promotion of two Senior Ministers of State to full ministers. The cabinet is poised for expansion as the promotion of Mrs...

Youth Poverty: A Lurking Social Issue

By Nabilah Mohammad Poverty: is it really all about the money? After witnessing decades of spectacular economic growth in Singapore, poverty was thought to have disappeared by the 1990s. However, in the recent years, growing inequality and stagnation of wages of...

A More Compassionate Budget?

By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim The Budget 2017 statement delivered by Minister for Finance, Mr Heng Swee Keat, on 20 February 2017, came shortly after the Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) made its recommendations on the policies that the government could pursue to...

Boulevard of Lifestyle: The Black Hole Group

This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), April 2017, Volume 12, Issue 2. Consumer lifestyles are gradually changing and competitive advantage for business today is shifting from a traditional,...

The Future Economy and the Community

By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim In its report to the Prime Minister on 7 February 2017, the Committee on the Future Economy (CFE) noted that Singapore is making “good progress” by nurturing highly-skilled people and an innovative economy for a “distinctive global city”....

Sectarianism and Muslim Diversity: Lessons for the Malay/Muslim Community

By Dr Nuraliah Norasid The early decades of the 21st century will be distinctly marked by inter- and intra-religious conflicts that almost invariably see at their centres Muslims and the Islamic faith they profess. The world is becoming increasingly diverse as the...

Singapore’s Malay-Muslims can be modern, vibrant community that the world looks up to: Shanmugam

Source: Channel News Asia Read more at http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/singapore-s-malay-muslims-can-be-modern-vibrant-community-that-t-8709004

The Future of Singapore Leadership

By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim News of Mr Heng Swee Keat’s collapse during a cabinet meeting on May 12, 2016, was greeted with anxiety by Singaporeans. The reason for the heightened consternation lies in the fact that Mr Heng, who is currently Singapore’s finance...

The Rise of the Educated Jobless?: A Personal Reflection

By Dr Nuraliah Norasid The edict set in the cement blocks of our consumer-oriented society is, “whither there be demand, thither shalt be supply” and when that demand is a grade on a sheet, actual learning is gradually overtaken by the odious ‘how-to’s of acing an...

The Future of Singapore Leadership

The Rise of the Educated Jobless?: A Personal Reflection

Revisiting the Vision of “A Graduate in Every Family”

By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim “A graduate in every family” – this was a goal proposed during the Third National Convention of Singapore Muslim Professionals in 2012. It has since become a mantra of sorts for Malay/Muslim self-help organisations intending to help...

Navigating the Turbulent Path with Captain Gibbrael Isaak

This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), January 2017, Volume 12, Issue 1 The private aviation industry is facing increased competition and greater challenges such as external security threats and...

Advancing Entrepreneurship: The Role of Malay/Muslim Institutions

By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Contrary to what is generally believed, institutional efforts to develop Malay/Muslim entrepreneurship is not a recent phenomenon, buoyed by the current national fervour of promoting and incentivising innovation and value creation, as...

Designed for Success: A Malay/Muslim Fashion Label

This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), July 2016, Volume 11, Issue 2. Introduction It is tough to be in the fashion industry in Singapore. The lack of clientele, contributed in part by a small...

Haji Hashim Bin Haji Abdullah: A Household Name Adapting to Changing Times

This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), July 2016, Volume 11, Issue 2. During our primary school days, my brother and I bought not only our Malay language and religious books but also soccer apparels...

Transforming Passion into Opportunity: Seafood at Your Doorstep

This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP), July 2016, Volume 11, Issue 2. One can never go wrong with food in Singapore. With the advent of technologies and a surge in entrepreneurial spirit and online...

The Porous USB: Memory & Cognition

By Nabilah Mohammad Can’t find your keys? Forget what you had for breakfast? Walked into a room and forgot why you went there? You are not alone. Everyone forgets things occasionally. Memory lapses can be frustrating, and most of the time these cognition glitches are...

Re-examining Malay/Muslim Entrepreneurship: Perceptions, Realities and Hopes

By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Promotion and advancement of Malay/Muslim entrepreneurship has often been viewed through the business lens. Thus, the solutions proposed have ranged from competence- and productivity-enhancing programmes, such as those offered by the SME...