What percentage of Singapore’s total population was born in Singapore?

For a piece on identity that I will be publishing on IPS Commons–with the excerpted version on Yahoo!–I needed to figure out the % of Singapore’s total population that was born in Singapore. I am interested in this number only as a discussion point for identity, nothing else. (Please read the article to see my argument.) Singapore’s National Population and Talent Division (NPTD) was unable … Continue reading What percentage of Singapore’s total population was born in Singapore?

Sudhir Thomas VadakethAugust 21, 2012August 23, 201230 Comments

Economist Group, EIU, Media

Our work at The Economist Group

Many people, particularly in Singapore, have asked me what exactly happens at The Economist Group, both globally and in the Singapore office. I think this is partly because quite little is known about the people behind The Economist, our flagship “newspaper” (most of the public calls it a magazine), since there are no by-lines on articles. But it’s also because we are a very small … Continue reading Our work at The Economist Group

Sudhir Thomas VadakethAugust 4, 2012January 20, 20146 Comments

Cycling, FOMB Book Blog, Malaysia, Media

Post-bicycle trip, starting to write. Aug–Dec 2004

Dear friends, I won’t spend too much time discussing the actual bicycle trip here, as many of those stories have found their way into the book–please read it!!! 🙂 However, I shall chat a bit about the period immediately after we returned from the trip, and as the actual book writing began. When we got back to Singapore, after 30 days on the road, living … Continue reading Post-bicycle trip, starting to write. Aug–Dec 2004

Sudhir Thomas VadakethAugust 3, 2012August 5, 2012Leave a comment

Media, Singapore

ST Forum: Scandals exposed flaws in our system

Unless there’s some paywall, you can probably read the original on the ST site here. Aug 02, 2012. The Straits Times ALTHOUGH deputy editor Zuraidah Ibrahim makes many good points in her commentary on Sunday (“Scrubbing out sleaze in Singapore”) on recent corruption scandals, in particular, the need for a more watchful, engaged public, I am surprised by one of her conclusions that “everything that … Continue reading ST Forum: Scandals exposed flaws in our system

Sudhir Thomas VadakethAugust 2, 2012August 14, 20124 Comments

Media, PAP

The problem with Singapore’s media

I am publishing this post, dear reader, because I believe that Singaporeans place too much trust in our mainstream media to deliver “the truth”. It really irks me that Singapore’s media keeps patting itself on the back, when it suffers from several problems, not least a pro-government bias. So, I have decided to show six very clear examples of poor journalism. Each one is different, … Continue reading The problem with Singapore’s media

Sudhir Thomas VadakethApril 10, 2011May 11, 20218 Comments