Nordic literature: Not only crime fiction
Some sessions at SWF showcased Nordic literature, giving Singaporeans a chance to experience other form of creative works from the region apart from crime fiction
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This issue of Newzzit is a multifaceted one. We have stories related to law, history, foreign policy, higher education, and gender inside. There is also a photo-essay about Vietnam, which its citizens proudly call as “the last power to beat a super-power”.
Read MoreLaw: “A good code no longer”
Three law professors in a recently released book have called upon the legislature to amend and give Singapore a modernised Penal Code for the 21st century
Read MoreHistory: From night-soil buckets to World Toilet Day
A trip down the memory lane to a lesser known fact of life in Singapore, just over 25 years ago – the night-soil bucket system
Read MoreGender: Beyond the Singapore girl
“Is there a feminised symbol of a nation more globally recognised than the Singapore Girl?” asks Chris Hudson in his recent thought-provoking book, Beyond the Singapore Girl: Discourses of gender and nation in Singapore, published by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies, University of Copenhagen.
Read MorePhoto essay: Vietnam - The last power to defeat a super-power
As they say, a picture is worth a thousand words. In this issue, we take our readers to Vietnam via few pictures.
Read MoreSino-Singapore: Pragmatism at its best
Giving the state of affairs now, its difficult to believe that Singapore was the last country in ASEAN to formalize relations with China in 1990, shortly after Indonesia did so
Read MoreVarsity rankings: Do they really matter
As Singapore's two oldest universities rise up in international university rankings, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong recently joined the debate on relevance of such rankings
Read MoreAlready in the election mode?
A poster found in the heartlands nowadays emphasizing that Singapore will be less reliant on foreign workers in future resulting in more jobs and better salaries for Singaporeans
Read MoreTo sue or not to sue?
Has The Strait Times settled the debate on six-month log saga of whether "public bodies" can sue citizens in Singapore
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