Goh Jun Cheng
How Singapore Sustains Low Crime Rates and Public Safety
With its dense urbanization and diversity, Singapore faces many typical big city risks for crime. Yet the tiny city-state has ...
The Price of Progress: Examining Singapore’s Culture of Stress
Singapore’s rapid economic development from third world to first world status in a single generation is an undisputed success story. ...
Beyond Book Smarts: Fostering Holistic Education in Singapore
Singapore’s education system has long focused on academic excellence, with students drilled to excel in subjects, tests and examinations. This ...
Cultivating Singapore’s Garden City: Reforesting an Urban Jungle
Singapore today is often described as a verdant “Garden City”, yet this green landscape was intentionally cultivated only in recent ...
Singapore’s Green Evolution: Balancing Sustainability and Development
An early industrializer and transport hub, rapid economic development left Singapore’s natural environment severely eroded. But today the city is ...
Caring for Singapore’s Aging Population – Challenges, Dilemmas and the Road Ahead
Like many developed economies, Singapore faces the onset of a profound demographic shift – a rapidly aging population. Declining birth ...
The Road to Equality: Singapore’s LGBTQ Journey
Singapore’s LGBTQ citizens have faced a complex history, from criminalization and invisibility to gradual moves towards equality, albeit with much ...
Bridging the Divide: Singapore’s Struggle With Wealth Inequality and Elitism
An affluent, developed economy, Singapore paints a portrait of widespread middle-class prosperity in aggregate terms. However, substantial wealth inequality has ...
The Plight of Migrant Workers: Reforming Singapore’s Inequities
Singapore’s rapid development from third world to first world status in a single generation was fueled significantly by cheap migrant ...
Is Singapore really perfect?
On the surface, Singapore gleams with prestige and smooth efficiency. Its economic success, gleaming infrastructure and public order have earned ...
