Make it easy to recycle toxic trash
Recycling everyday trash like paper has never been easier — look around and there seem to be more recycling bins than ever. Where recycling seems hardest, however, is where it...
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Can Singapore be a Seattle?
Around the time of Singapore’s independence, Seattle was viewed more as a backwater than a leading city in the United States. The two biggest corporate titans were perhaps...
Why not a ‘drive less, pay less’ system?
Anyone who wants to own a car in Singapore today faces a double dilemma.
Do cars last only 10 years?
More than two decades ago, the validity of Certificates of Entitlement (COEs) was set at 10 years. Even after tremendous advances in automobile technology and increases in how...
Lure better workers here
In a developed country like Singapore, most people take clean water, ventilation and enough space for granted. Not so, it seems, for foreign workers, even in Singapore.
People matter more than trays
Take a look around Singapore, and there are plenty of gaps in service and graciousness where improvements could have a big impact in making the nation an even better place to live.
Gaps in law protecting our data
That caramel latte and a muffin you pick up most mornings might seem to have no connection to your personal data. What the purchase may mean, though, is that the barista is...
Forget fines, use peer pressure
“Do the Right Thing”, the well-remembered Australian anti-litter campaign from the ’80s and ’90s, has been called the most successful behaviour-change campaign in Australian...
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