Singapore launched its Smart Nation 1.0 initiative in 2014, which outlines three major directions, namely digital economy, digital government and digital society, with a focus on the development ...

I had the pleasure of perusing ‘Revolusi’ – an exceptional work by David Van Reybrouck – over the Christmas and New Year holidays. The book proved to be a riveting tour de force, taking ...

“Carpe Diem” – we are told. To seize the day, is a moral prerogative. We must expend each and every hour, minute, and second with due care and caution, paying conscientious heed to the fact ...

Dr John Mackay arrived in Hong Kong in 1963 and has lived here ever since. For 30 years. he was one of the city’s most respected physicians in one of the largest medical practices and then chose ...

As North Korean casualties in Russia mount, so does the alarm of China. It increasingly fears the uncontrollable behaviour of a Kim Jong-un emboldened by Russian missile and nuclear technology and ...

Since 2022, the Government has introduced a number of measures to compete for talents, and this year's Policy Address has made more persistent efforts to nurture local and lure I&T talent from all ...

What can we learn from the latest research which shows a positive relationship between mental health and academic achievement? In view of the sharp increase in student suicide cases in recent ...

One way of answering this question is by reflecting upon its counterpart, “Why do we read?” We read for a plurality of reasons – instrumentally, as a source of information, inspiration ...

Morris Chang is both proud and uneasy about Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), the company he founded in 1987 that has become the undisputed world leader. To describe his feelings ...

There are unpopular presidents, popular presidents, and great presidents. Jimmy Carter, who died last Sunday December 29 at the age of 100, was an unpopular one-term American president. A small ...

I spend an unhealthy amount of time answering emails. So I breathed a sigh of relief when I was recently made aware of an application that could scan through thousands of my emails, devise a ...