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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Two recent reports about Singapore
Two interesting reports, each about a key aspect of Singapore, have recently come out in the news. The more recent one, published earlier this month, is the Auditor-General’s report to Parliament and the President. Highlighted in the media, the report casts … Continue reading
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Tagged civil service, corruption, discrimination, public service, race, Singapore
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Trend: Increasing liberalization of social values
Headlines often show issues regarding our personal privacy and our freedom of speech. Recent news of the Julian Assange and Edward Snowden saga are on the front pages of every major newspaper, blogs and forums alike. This comes to show … Continue reading
The world’s pace is accelerating towards…?
The average pace of walking is around 60 steps per minutes a few decades ago. Now, the pace of walking has accelerated to 100 steps per minute. Through this small example, people are now moving more quickly in both literal … Continue reading
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Aging Population
Vaitesswar, Jerizxa, Wen Zhe, Joel, Wei Ger In highly developed countries, the problem of aging population increases due to better healthcare services and greater portion of GDP can be used for healthcare sector. For example, there is an increasing percentage … Continue reading
Changing Attitudes
http://www.people-press.org/2013/03/20/growing-support-for-gay-marriage-changed-minds-and-changing-demographics/ As the society becomes more open-minded, it becomes more tolerant of LGBT, who were previously shunned due to conservative views. LGBT social movements have been ongoing for a long time, it recently produced results, with more states in America … Continue reading
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Wider Spread Of Regional Instability
Wider Spread Of Regional Instability AP REGIONAL INSTABILITY: The Middle East’s youth population is getting younger, and unemployment is rising. CFR REGIONAL INSTABILITY: Defense spending in Asia is increasing. http://www.businessinsider.com/megatrends-the-6-gamechangers-that-will-change-the-world-in-the-next-decades-2012-12?op=1#ixzz2ZqKVMV57 Iraqi Issues Gun battles and deadly clashes have broken out … Continue reading
Study on mental health (in Singapore) According to statistics published by the Samaritans of Singapore, there is an increase in number of youths seeking help for mental illness. These mental illnesses include: anxiety, bipolar disorder, and even schizophrenia. Mental health experts … Continue reading
Shift of power from the West to the East.
A defining historical feature of the decline of specific empires in the world capitalist system has been the conflict surrounding the emergence of a successor. The United States and Germany engaged in a protracted struggle in the first half of … Continue reading
I am a Muslim and I am not that offended July 22, 2013 I am a Muslim and I am not that offended Filed under: Human rights,Politics — Hornbill Unleashed @ 12:00 AM Tags: Anak Sarawak Bangsa Malaysia, Save Malaysia, Save Sabah, Save Sarawak Young Singaporean Muslim When … Continue reading
Identifying trends – linking your content knowledge
This lesson will emphasise the connectedness of the various topics we have covered, in two main ways: (1) Identifying general trends and concepts that cut across topics. (2) Understanding how individual examples/events can be applied to a variety of questions, … Continue reading
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