From The Straits Times
By Teo Wan Gek
Published 16 Jun 2011

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Wondering where to head to after work today? Why not head down to a rally nearby your home and get a better idea of which party to vote for this General Elections? Here's today's rally schedule.

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From The Straits Times
By Eisen Teo
Published 13 Apr 2011

MY GENERATION, Gen Y, is not notably associated with commitment. Rather, we have been called isolated, apathetic, disengaged, spoilt, narcissistic or the 'maid' generation - a reference to the soldier who got a domestic helper to carry his field pack. In short, we are the ones with an inflated sense of entitlement.

Then a 27-year-old comes along, unveiled as the People's Action Party's (PAP) youngest candidate in almost four decades. Never mind that Ms Tin Pei Ling has been a grassroots leader for the past six years and sits on the executive committee of Young PAP, the party's youth wing.

Netizens quickly lynched her, beginning with her Facebook and Twitter accounts. Her 'act cute' pictures were flamed. Her now infamous picture with a Kate Spade box, complete with a kawaii smile and fingers forming a victory sign, has appeared on my Twitter account at least half a dozen times.

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From The Straits Times
By Jane Ng
Published 22 Mar 2011

With the economic recovery, the Class of 2010 from the three local universities is reporting higher employment rates and better starting salaries compared to graduates from the year before.

In particular, graduates from the Singapore Management University (SMU) last year had a record employment rate of 99.9 per cent and higher starting salaries across five of the university's degree programmes, surpassing the performance of graduates in 2009, when 96.8 per cent found employment.

At the National University of Singapore (NUS) and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), about 90 per cent found jobs within six months.

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