As a former Gifted Education Programme (GEP) student, I had mixed feelings about Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s announcement at the National Day Rally that
I visited Fishing Ground A at Kranji Reservoir Park on Aug 19 and was very disappointed to see the amount of rubbish strewn everywhere despite dustbins available nearby.
In China’s top-grossing summer film, Successor, a rich businessman seeks to motivate his son by raising him in poverty. Young Jiye believes his family is truly poor. He is told to “change his fate” by studying hard and doing well in China’s university-entrance exam, known as the gaokao.