The challenges Singapore faces

Earlier this month, Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong posed 10 challenges for the next generation to Cabinet ministers, families and the young. YouthInk writers choose the challenges most pertinent to them and tell us how they’ll deal with them.
Genetic sequencing for all
SM Goh: Can the Health Minister stamp out diseases linked to an affluent lifestyle, [...]

How Singapore saw Mumbai

The dust has settled on last month’s Mumbai attacks, and the world has moved on. Local and foreign media have expended tremendous efforts and resources into covering the event. But what are YouthINK writers’ verdicts on the way they have presented the disaster?
It’s not just about her – or us
While my heart goes out [...]

Raising awareness about risks of unprotected sex

YouthInk writers speak up about what’s lacking in sex education.
Use graphic ads to shock youth
JUDGING by the results of a recent Health Promotion Board (HPB) Aids awareness survey, it seems that young people are least concerned about the risk of Aids infection via unprotected sex.
It is high time that they be shocked into action through [...]

NDP: Has it lost its relevance to youth?

Gen Y writers reveal what the National Day Parade means to them now.
An empty celebration
THE constant urge to pursue materialistic needs – not the National Day Parade – is what bonds Singaporeans together.
The sights and sounds of the parade itself have overshadowed the sense of nationhood it is supposed to invoke.
While messages of [...]

The human touch

Despite the many social networking tools available to youth, a corresponding rise in the rate of marriages is nowhere in sight. YouthInk writers say why.
Lost in their own world
IT IS ironic that as technology progresses and interpersonal communication becomes more efficient, we are losing touch with the essential skills needed for face-to-face interaction.
‘People resemble [...]

What price for a pound of flesh?

YouthInk writers give their take on whether human organs should be traded.
Allow it, but regulate it
AS A young doctor, it is not difficult to take one side of this debate, especially after witnessing first-hand the suffering and scepticism of patients on an organ transplant waiting list.
It is frustrating not to be able to save a [...]

Do clothes maketh the man?

The way young people dress has recently been making headlines. Are we really what we wear? Is it wrong to be flippant over corporate dress codes? YouthInk writers make their case.
Judge the work, not the wear

PERHAPS due to a phobia of wearing school uniforms after doing so for a good 10 years, I tend to [...]

Here today, dust and rubble tomorrow?

With Singapore’s old landmarks under threat, YouthInk writers weigh in on how and why these architectural relics should be preserved.
Don’t just conserve, educate the public too

BUILDINGS are not just bricks and clay; They tell stories. But only the few which hold significant tales of our cultural identity are conserved.
These are chosen for different reasons. Whether [...]

Elderly cleaners – Is it a choice or a necessity?

Are elderly cleaners an inevitable consequence of an ageing society? YouthInk writers weigh in on the issue.
It reflects badly on us
MANY elderly people choose to return to the workforce because they do not have the means to retire comfortably.
Some prefer an active working life to retirement.
However, rather than offering back-breaking jobs such as cleaners, other [...]

What good is a leisure island if we have no time to enjoy it?

YouthInk writers share their thoughts on the URA Master Plan unveiled recently.
Too busy for leisure
THE proposed plan to turn the nation into a ‘leisure island’ is a laudable effort by the Government to encourage Singaporeans to spend more time with their family.
However, its aims seem unrealistic in work-obsessed Singapore.
Consider an average family of two parents [...]