Essays on Singapore

Singapore is one of the world’s most prosperous nations. Despite an active parliamentary opposition, it has been ruled by one party, the People’s Action Party. Singapore is a small, heavily urbanised, island city-state in Southeast Asia, located at the end of the Malayan Peninsula between...

The death penalty has been a subject that has been highly debated and talked about amongst Singaporeans ranging from teenagers to elderly. In this essay, the researchers attempt to understand why Singaporeans support the death penalty, and what the numbers are. This research is a...

Unemployment has always been a key concern and a pressing issue worldwide. In this essay, I would like to focus on the unemployment rates in Singapore. Being a small country, having a high employment rate is disastrous to the economy and it is vital that...

Abstract In the scholarly literature on homelessness two types of reasons for homelessness has been identified: structural and individual reasons. Almost all scholars assert structural or individual reasons as the ‘main’ source of homelessness and claim that other factors are not significant. There are few...

What are some qualities or desires of the future cohort of seniors that will affect the short- and long-term housing planning vision of Singapore (e. g. more studio apartments, retirement village model, group-living, high-rise mega nursing home model)? In designing housing policy, what are the...

Why take worries about hosting the guests for every single move or activity that you have planned to execute on your best sister’s wedding? Wedding or occasions like birthdays or a party with college friends, for the last time before you fly back to your...

The role of CNB differ from that of the Singapore Police Force (SPF) in terms of the cases that they deal with. Unlike SPF, which is the main government agency assigned to maintain law and order in Singapore, CNB is the primary drug enforcement agency...

The secret of getting ahead is to get started. “Business” means all those human activities which are related to the production and distribution of goods and services with the object of earning profit. Every business enterprise whether it is carried on a small or a...

Grace Fu, the Minister for Culture, Community and Youth, said in a statement: “Over the last 50 years, we have built a Singapore where every citizen matters, regardless of race, language or religion. This has been our fundamental approach to nation-building and will continue to...

What are some of the matters pertaining to Singapore’s social work field? What are social workers in Singapore expected to do, challenges faced by them and how they achieve work-life balance? I am glad that the visits to Thye Hua Kwan Family Service Centre (THK...

Chinese Students Who Came to Singapore for Further Studying after the Reform and Opening-Up Policy Since the Reform and Opening-Up Policy, the Chinese government has gradually relaxed its study-abroad policy and started dispatching its students abroad to study. According to statistics, up to now, the...

Introduction This report focuses on the increasing prevalence of elderly malnutrition in Singapore (Lim, 2018). Malnutrition among elderly in Singapore is caused by isolation, inadequate knowledge on putting together healthy dishes and inadequate knowledge on nutritional value of food. We decided to target elderly aged...

Online falsehoods have been spreading rapidly in Singapore’s media ever since the creation of internet. It is a negative voice, thought, comment or an attack that someone opinionate to a person or an organization. It is demonstrated falsely which can cause a significant impact such...

Social media has become part of Singaporeans’ lives. Citizens aged between youths and adults have at least own an account in Facebook, Instagram, Twitter or WhatsApp. It is no doubt that these interactive technologies have enable us to be connected with people from far distance,...

The belief in ‘Yin’ and ‘Yang’ dates back many generations in Chinese belief and health is said to be the balance of both Yin and Yang in the body. Similarly, the beliefs of many Malays (25%) and Indians (11%) in the community in indigenous medicine...

History Clementi located at the west region of Singapore. The name of ‘Clementi’ came from ‘Clementi Road’. In the past, this road was named after the first British High Commissioner whose name is Sir Cecil Clementi Smith. Demographic Data According to 2010 Singapore national statistics...

Introduction The Singapore Land Use Plan 2030 is a conceptual plan that serves to set out the broad developmental direction for Singapore over the next 40-50 years. The Concept Plan review, carried out in 2011, included discussions undertaken by the National Population and Talent Division...

My visit to the National Museum was an insightful and enriching one. In this essay, I will highlight some of my key takeaways from the “Modern Colony” exhibit and how they have helped to better my own understanding of Singapore’s history. The main themes explained...

One of reasons why Singapore withholds psychedelic drug therapy could be due to its potential deleterious effects on individuals and society alike. However, it has been shown that majority of the safety concerns have been fallacious. A population study comprising of 130,000 individuals found no...

Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) was a French Sociologist renowned for his influence on sociology. Some theories that he founded would include the collective conscience and the idea of ‘Anomie’, which still holds relevance in our society. This essay attempts to analyse an article regarding stress experienced...

Life-turning opportunity When people ask me why I come to Singapore to study at the age of 15 alone, I tried to avoid telling them that I am a scholar. Partially that is because I don’t want to sound like bragging about the scholarship. To...

Singapore’s history to me was always about chaos, hawkers and brotherhood. The Modern Colony exhibition gave me new insights on Singapore’s rich history, mainly on how technological advancements and modernity have led to progress and development for Singapore. Singapore’s past, especially in terms of fashion,...

National Kidney Foundation (NKF) has been part of a controversial topic in Singapore during the early 2000s and previously made headlines for not the best of reasons. In spite of its notable contributions towards helping kidney failure patients and the needy, there were perennial problems...

What does the touristic market look like for Singapore? This chapter focuses on the external environment of Singapore and what different areas of the country look like. There will also be a focus on what the touristic elements of Singapore are and whether Singapore is...

On the one hand, the Urban Redevelopment Authority and Land Transport Authority speak glowingly about how the government wants the community playing a more active role in steering Singapore towards becoming a car-lite society. On the other hand, they can’t seem to shake off the...

Health issue Did you know that Singapore is ranked the second-highest overweight country according to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at 32. 8 per cent by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 2014? As published in the World Health Organisation website, “worldwide obesity...

Free Trade Agreement (FTAs) are treaties between two or more economies to reduce or remove trade barriers and bring economic integration. As a country with open economy, Sri Lanka has also involved FTAs aligning with economic developments, especially in international trade. More recently, Sri Lanka...

The differences in the acute ward management practices of Australia and Singapore The preparations need to be done in Singapore before a surgical operation performing on a patient like Ben are included: MRI, CT Scan, laparoscopic camera and telescope (with diff degree angles), Laparascopic system....

How have OB markers surrounding the topic of homosexuality shifted over time? Out-of-bound markers, or OB markers, will be defined in this essay as an arbitrary framework that denotes what is permissible for public discussion in the Singapore context. Rather than what is stipulated in...

From the title, you probably already guessed it right. Mother Tongue is indeed at risk of extinction in Singapore. It is a common sight to see younger Singaporeans speaking English fluently, but when it comes to their mother tongue languages, they face significantly more difficulty...