Tag Archive: Singapore

Alfian Sa’at: SOTA Students Must Not Treat Arts As After-Hours Hobby

“I know I’m coming across as harsh,” said poet and playwright, Alfian Sa’at. “But I have to register my disappointment at the responses coming from SOTA students regarding why an overwhelming majority of them, despite having an arts-based education, would…
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Singaporeans Among Foreign Fighters Involved In ISIS-linked Insurgency In Southern Philippines’ Marawi

Foreign Muslim militants, including some from Singapore, are involved in the days-long clashes in a key city in the southern Philippine island group of Mindanao, the military said on Friday (May 26). “There are… Malaysians, Singaporeans… in the fight that…
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‘Nomad’ Takes On National Service To Become Singapore Citizen, Achieves Golden Bayonet

By 16, he had lived in four different cities. But even then, Kyle Brendan Coughlan, an Irish-Singaporean who held dual citizenship, was certain he wanted to become a Singapore citizen. He did, two years later. Like all Singaporean men, Mr…
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Finally Becoming Inspector Thanks To SPF’s Unified Rank Scheme

As a senior investigation officer, Station Inspector Mohammad Rosman Hassan trains new investigation officers at Ang Mo Kio Police Division. For the past year, among his other roles, the 48-year-old has trained at least 15 rookies, many of whom held…
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