Singapore’s Central Bank Explains “What problem are you solving for?” The best ventures can readily and clearly articulate the need for their existence. The Singapore central bank’s response to “Wen airdrop tokenized SGD” is a excellent example of this user-centric thinking. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) recently clarified —…

Analysis of the text and audio of her apology reveals: Raeesah spent over a third of her speech (35%) talking about herself. Admitting wrongdoing accounted for only about half (18%) of the time she spent talking about herself. Apologizing to the police she accused of misconduct, and the rape victim…

Economists have long preoccupied themselves with trying to make rational decisions, especially when facing risk or uncertainty. …

By Ivan Hong To everyone who took the time to thank me, correct or curse me — here are some reflections on my original piece that went viral. It’s short this time, I promise. Megan K. Stack is an American journalist living in Singapore with her husband, and her two…

By Ivan Hong May 21, 2020, 5:00 a.m. ET The outbreak of COVID-19 has been a global stress-test of countries’ national health systems, political leadership, and pandemic preparedness plans. Sure, China’s over-zealous censorship machine has failed its own people, and the international community. But like many of us who live…

The rabid netizens that regularly appear in the comments section on the news in Singapore need to be better managed. Public displays of idiocy are important in showing our kids how not to behave when they grow up, but so is minimising human-wildlife conflict. Foreigners have never been encouraged to…

Waste is the problem we are trying to solve. We live in a world of waste. A world where football stadiums’ worth of perfectly good food is thrown away while people starve to death. A world where never-worn bags and clothes are taken from stores to be burnt — while…

Singapore’s anti-molestation campaign has drawn flak from AWARE, a local feminist group. I explore a brief history of Singapore’s approach to crime and punishment, and let Martin Luther King Jr. …

“I’m not into investing”, is one of the most cringe-worthy things I’ve heard anyone say. In case you don’t already know; if you have a bank account, like it or not, you have already invested your money into the financial markets. What do you think happens when you deposit your…