Singapore society

MERITOCRACY is in the core of Singapore’s psyche and is generally believed to be a major force behind the nation’s economic success. Indeed, since the times of Plato’s Republic, meritocracy has been c...

SINGAPOREANS are now less convinced than a year ago that companies can balance high profitability and excellent performance in the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) arena.

Acceptance of the LGBTQ+ community is growing in the city-state. Businesses are paying closer attention to this demographic in the battle for consumers and employees

EARLIER this month, Fitch downgraded the United States sovereign credit rating by one notch from the highest AAA to AA+.

AS Singapore celebrates its 58th National Day, it is perhaps timely to take stock of what the uniquely constrained city-state has achieved thus far – notably and undoubtedly, significant economic deve...

Conversations between the government and Singaporeans over the past year have shown an emerging consensus on what the refreshed social compact could look like, said Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong...

GIVEN the string of past national conversations, it might be easy for cynics to dismiss Forward Singapore as just another refreshed, feel-good exercise in public consultation.

WHEN the Forward Singapore initiative was announced this June, there was the predictable range of reactions. Some people stayed apathetic while others expressed cynicism along the lines of “We’ve been...

DELIBERATELY slowing down Singapore's economic growth will not help tackle inequality, but will instead make everybody worse off, said Manpower Minister Josephine Teo on Friday.