THINKING ALOUD

How to fix the COE system

What kind of COE you bid for should depend on what kind of person you are

Singapore increasingly serves as a pathfinder, helping global firms enter South-east Asia and chart pathways for regional expansion.
NEW GLOBAL ORDER

Singapore can be Asia’s ‘super-connector’ and strengthen global trade

More than a hub connecting trade and investment, the Republic is shaping the rules for connectivity

By targeting supermarket prices alone, governments miss an opportunity to tackle the real causes of the affordability crisis.

The affordability crisis is about more than prices

Governments are responding to affordability concerns by negotiating retail price cuts, but results disappoint

Young adults, worried over job security, should not hold back from applying for HDB BTO flats.
THE LEVEL GROUND

Worried over job prospects? Young adults should go forth fearlessly to buy an HDB BTO flat

Bank on creating wealth from purchasing a subsidised home amid rising uncertainty

The rise of working from home has been a boon for 30-somethings, but has slowed the climb up the career ladder for the youngest workers.
THE BOTTOM LINE

What if remote working, not AI, is to blame for weak junior hiring?

New evidence suggests the rise of working from home has made entry-level hires a less attractive proposition

What New York needs from Mayor Zohran Mamdani is not a retreat from progressive ambition, but the recognition that the city needs to compete for its tax base in a global market.

Why Mamdani’s New York has to fight to retain its crown

With Singapore, London and Dubai doing more to attract talent, the world’s premier financial hub is finding out its title is contestable

The future of the Strait of Hormuz is likely going to be a complex and fragmented regional balance in which the waterway remains open  conditionally.

What price Hormuz?

Trump has 3 objectives in the Persian Gulf – he can achieve at most 2 of these goals

Locals washing their hands at a checkpoint set up for preventive measures against the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Ebola science is moving fast; it might not be enough

The tension is worsening between scientific advances and the realities that make it difficult to translate them into lives saved

Data centres are buying substantial new renewable and nuclear electricity, but fossil fuels remain their largest source of new generation.
ESG INSIGHTS

Issue 196: AI’s complex role in sustainability; Keppel’s emissions targets

This week in ESG: AI hyperscalers now major funders of nuclear startups; Keppel well ahead on 2030 emissions goals

Pope Leo argues that AI is not morally neutral and must be designed within an ethical framework from its inception.
THE BROAD VIEW

The pope disrupts Silicon Valley

Unlike the US president, the pontiff is choosing to grapple with the serious challenges of AI