2008

15 August 2008, Straits Times, Singapore

• Don't sniff at our education system
  
  Singaporeans tend to see only the flaws in our system, says Kishore Mahbubani. NUS is now a 'world-class university'

23 July 2008, Straits Times, Singapore

• Coming up: Another round of price hikes in East Asia
  
  A second round of inflation may be on the cards for Singapore and the rest of East Asia - and this time it won't be just food and fuel prices going through the roof.

23 July 2008, Business Times, Singapore

• S'pore right in allowing currency to rise: ADB
  
  Singapore has taken the right approach in tackling inflation by allowing its currency to appreciate. But now, with growth slowing, it should also raise fiscal spending, an Asian Development Bank (ADB) economist said yesterday.

25 June 2008, Straits Times, Singapore

• Singapore's new water-policy institute has big goals
  
  Just as Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government is the hallmark learning ground for politicians and policymakers, Singapore's new Institute of Water Policy has the potential to be the defining institution for leaders in the management of water issues.

25 June 2008, Business Times, Singapore

• Proper energy pricing crucial to sustainable development: PM
  
  Energy prices should not be subsidised and should ideally be set at levels that would encourage people to use energy wisely, said Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

11 June 2008, Straits Times, Singapore

• Interaction key to better policymaking
  
  Academics and policymakers need to interact more with the public, including the non- English-speaking public.

7 June 2008, Today, Singapore

• Criticism helps shape better policies, says new IPS director
  
  When he was secretary-general of the Association of South-east Asian Nations (Asean), Mr Ong Keng Yong was subject to criticism from think-tanks about the grouping’s conduct, with some flak even directed at him personally.

23 May 2008, Today, Singapore

• Singapore’s role in Rwanda’s recovery
  
  Fourteen years after the worst genocide in recent history, Rwanda is rebuilding at a champion's pace - with a little help from Singapore.

21 May 2008, Straits Times, Singapore

• Soaring food prices could erode gains against poverty
  
  Soaring food prices could wipe out gains made in reducing global poverty over the past seven years.

21 May 2008, Business Times, Singapore

• Food price hike could set back global poverty fight
  
  Higher food prices could erase seven years of progress in eliminating global poverty, said a senior World Bank official yesterday.

05 April 2008, Straits Times, Singapore

• Booming India showcases its vibrancy
  
  Things Indian ruled across Singapore yesterday as the country celebrated 60 years of independence with events and functions that showed off the booming nation's vibrancy and ambitions.

21 February 2008, Straits Times, Singapore

• US policy on China ‘won’t change’
  
  Washington's policy on China will remain unchanged irrespective of who wins the race to the White House in November, according to congressional scholar Thomas Mann.

18 January 2008, Straits Times, Singapore

• S’pore’s traffic woes are minor: US don
  
  Prof Alan Altshuler, who was in town to give a public lecture at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS, said that local policies have kept roads here flowing and gridlock-free.

18 January 2008, Business Times, Singapore

• How sovereign wealth funds can start feeling welcome…
  
  Sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) should significantly increase their accountability to the citizens of their own countries, to governments and citizens of the countries in which they invest and to participants in financial markets, according to an influential former official of the US Treasury and US Federal Reserve.