What I’ll be looking for in this year’s Budget

Freeze university fee hikes
FOR those of us at school, our worry is whether the Budget allocation for education will be compromised in these hard times, bringing about another hike in university fees.
Just last year, all three local universities raised their annual tuition fees by about 4 per cent. Some faculties raised their fees by an [...]

Can wider stub-out ban change our lifestyle?

Ban promises to do good
SINGAPORE’S new smoke-free measures promise cleaner and healthier air for me.
My experiences with smoking have always been painful. Inconsiderate smokers have flicked hot ash on me, and I have felt choked by cigarette smoke while standing with smokers at pedestrian crossings.
I hope the extended ban will also deter underage teenagers [...]

Jury’s out on Net effect of online engagement

The power of new media
THE recent liberalisation of rules governing political activity in cyberspace not only signals the Government’s recognition of its influence on younger voters, but is also a tacit admission that tight regulation of the Internet is impossible.
New media is the most effective way in engaging us, as it is an integral part [...]

When it’s my turn, how will I decide?

YouthInk writers wonder if we are ready for legalised euthanasia.
My right to die
I HAVE always been a strong proponent of euthanasia. No one person, or law, should have the right to prolong the suffering of another against his clear and unadulterated will.
If I am terminally ill, bedridden, and in a perpetually drugged state because the [...]