Tenggara Society

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Our term card for Lent! Save the dates and we hope to see you soon!

Thank you all for attending our recent closed group discussion on the Smart Nation! We hope you enjoyed yourself and learned something new. For all those who have missed it, we have uploaded the points of discussion on our page!

We hope to see you again soon!

What exactly is the Smart Nation?

Join us this Saturday at Magdalene College to find out more! :)

**PS: Snacks will be provided 🧀 ☕🍓

Commentary: Singapore’s Smart Nation vision blurry without a success story From smart sensors for lighting and rubbish bins, to helping the elderly embrace technology – Singapore’s Smart Nation vision encompasses a lot, but it hasn’t really captured the imagination of the people. What would help?

CMIO - a divisive system devised by the British that haunts us today.

Check out Thum PJ's new society NewNaratif and his insightful take on how the CMIO reared its ugly head in the Presidential Election!

P.S. This is quite relevant to our discussion in Week 2 :)

The Show With PJ Thum - Ep 1 - The Elected Presidency and the Political Economy of Race in Singapore With Singapore's first racially reserved Presidential election looming, historian Thum Ping Tjin ("PJ") observes that the government's much vaunted "Chinese-...

Thank you all for attending our recent closed group discussion on the Lee Family Saga! We hope you enjoyed yourself and learned something new. For all those who have missed it, we have uploaded the points of discussion on our page!

We hope to see you again soon!

Jeevan Vasagar suggests that the FAMILEE dispute exposes the weakness of the Singaporean system and that the allegations of nepotism by the Lee siblings fundamentally challenges Singapore's principles of meritocracy and equality.
Still confused by the FB squabble? Have a controversial opinion to share? Tenggara, this sat, 3-5pm at Wolfson.
I'll LEEve it at that for now :)

Asian dynasties: Battle for the soul of Singapore Competition from China takes some gloss off the city-state’s performance while its ruling family’s squabbles raise difficult questions

Thank you all for attending our recent closed group discussion on the reserved presidential election! We hope you enjoyed yourself and learned something new. The points we discussed will be uploaded shortly as well :)

We hope to see you again soon!