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Surekha A. Yadav
Born and bred in Singapore, Surekha A. Yadav is a freelance journalist in Southeast Asia.
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How Covid-19 is changing how we behave
MARCH 8 — And so the world enters another week in its war against Covid-19. There have now been over 100,000 cases and 3,000 deaths from the virus. Factories, schools and...
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A setback for reforms
MARCH 1 — With what seemed to be very little warning, Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan (PH) government collapsed last week. Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad's Bersatu party pulled...
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Budget in a time of Covid-19
FEBRUARY 23 — Covid-19 is doing real damage to our economy. Given the already tough conditions as a result of US-China trade tensions, the last few months in Singapore have seen...
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The challenges of a virus on Singapore
FEBRUARY 16 — So, Covid-19 rages on. There have now been 67 cases in Singapore. And despite rapid government response — airport health screening, work place temperature...
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New Asian ideas needed immediately
FEBRUARY 9 — The US political system appears to be stuttering. The attempted (and failed) impeachment of US President Donald Trump by the Democratic party has largely...
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When disinformation goes viral
FEBRUARY 2 — The Wuhan virus rages on. Though in fact its impact outside of China has been very limited so far. There have been no deaths outside China and very few cases of...
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Welcoming the Year of the Rat... with a pandemic?
JANUARY 26 — So another Chinese New Year has rolled in. But this year along with the fireworks, lion dances, bak kwa, pineapple tarts and angpows ― we have a new and far less...
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Australia’s fires, Singapore’s problem
JANUARY 19 — Australia is burning. Well over 10 million hectares of it has already burned. That is an area larger than South Korea, and over 1,000 times larger than Singapore....
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Branding our regional ingredients
JANUARY 12 — The other day I paid a hefty premium for some bubble tea with Okinawa sugar to be delivered to me. Okay, I will admit, I’ve spent on this tea more than once. I...
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A Malayan New Year
JANUARY 5 — Welcome to 2020. How did you usher in the turn of a decade? With friends and drinks out in the town? A quiet evening with family? Or perhaps even bed at 10pm and the...
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Singapore strikes against revenge porn
DECEMBER 29 — From January 1, it will be illegal to send non-consensual “dick-pics” (you know what I mean) across social media and chat applications in Singapore. It...
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Housing the homeless in Singapore
DECEMBER 22 — There are at least 1,000 homeless people in Singapore. More precisely a recent study found evidence of about 1,000 people sleeping rough every night. Now in a city...
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Tunnelling under Singapore’s rainforest
DEC 15 — So Singapore is going to build an MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) line through its largest nature reserve — the Central Catchment Nature Reserve. Now that doesn’t sound so...
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Save the Singapore Marathon
DECEMBER 8 — I am not a runner. I would like to be but I lack the discipline and endurance running requires. Allowing the human body to do better, go faster, run further is a...
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Powering Singapore for over 100 years
DEC 1 — A hundred years ago, St James Power Station was established as Singapore’s first electric power station. Somewhat fittingly today, it is about to become a major...