What youths think of wet markets

How can wet markets stay relevant? YouthInk writers give their take.
Keep up with changing needs
IT IS hard to imagine a neighbourhood without wet markets. Their wet floors, friendly vendor banter and little idiosyncrasies make them almost a unique cultural attraction on their own.
To remain relevant, though, they should be open to change.
How about diversifying [...]

Who watches local TV? Not the young – and here’s why

In the latest telco giant slugfest over cable TV football, SingTel scored one over StarHub. But what about local TV programming, like Channels 5 and 8? YouthInk writers point out why these channels have largely become irrelevant for them – and what producers will have to do to win them back.
Foreigners can help raise quality
ORIGINALITY [...]

Parent-support law: Necessary or not?

Amendments to the Maintenance of Parents Act could compel recalcitrant children to provide for their parents. Do youths need such a law to get them to do their filial duty? YouthInkers give their take.
Remember their love
ON A recent outing with my friend, who had been married for a year, he dropped a bombshell: He is [...]

Scholarships: First, study the options

Scholarships – the holy grail every youth should gun for, or the bane of their young and restless lives? Scholarship winners dole out some advice on scholarships, while non-scholars argue why they made the right choice in not signing away the best years of their life. Finally, there are others who are left out in [...]

In loving memory of MJ

King of Pop Michael Jackson died on June 25 at the age of 50. YouthInkers remember the music icon
Think about it – life goes on
“TODAY is the day music died,” a distraught, teary-eyed girl wailed on television.
I sat at home watching this report with some degree of scepticism.
Sure, Michael Jackson’s death was tragic, but no [...]

Should I stay or go?

Stay in Singapore, or fly the coop for a life overseas? YouthInk writers say what goes into their reasoning about taking either route.
Seeing it for ourselves
I RECENTLY bumped into an old friend who had just completed his degree in the United States.
He was due to return here to serve his scholarship with a local statutory [...]

The Cs that guide us forth

What are the new Cs that will guide today’s youth caught in the world’s deepest recession since the Great Depression? YouthInkers give their two cents’ worth on the shift in values
Build on health and abilities
TO QUOTE a cliche: Youth is wasted on the young. Why? Because we spend so much time and effort chasing the [...]

Keeping the young in touch with grassroots reality

Get our heads out of the clouds
HOW can tomorrow’s leaders be attuned to the grassroots community if many of us are confined to our privileged backgrounds and elite schools?
If all we fret over is getting first class honours or organising chi-chi parties, we will never understand how some struggle to put food on the table.
Many [...]

What I’m willing to do while waiting for a job

I’ll do it for free
I WOULD gladly intern for free, were I convinced that the experience would be worth it in my chosen field of journalism.
With hiring freezes in almost all local news media companies, I found many doors shut in my face. So after evaluating my choices, I felt it might be a [...]

Streakers get the boot: fair or not?

Be creative in punishing them
I MET the punishment meted out to the streakers with incredulity. Why such harshness when no one was hurt, albeit a few pairs of eyes?
Expelling them from their hall is similar to suspension from secondary school, in that they are both usually the last resort and the easiest option available.
The guilty [...]