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Singapore Management University

2016

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Communication

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It Is Only In Giving That We Receive, Tan K. B. Eugene Dec 2016

It Is Only In Giving That We Receive, Tan K. B. Eugene

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Giving is quintessential to our common humanity and progress: It recognises that no man is an island and that there are causes greater than ourselves.


Singlish – A Uniquely Singaporean Threat, Tan K. B. Eugene Jun 2016

Singlish – A Uniquely Singaporean Threat, Tan K. B. Eugene

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In 2013 and 2014, I taught two graduate-level summer seminars at South Korea’s Yonsei University Law School. Although English was not their first language, my Korean students participated in class discussions, made oral presentations and sat for an examination — all in English, albeit without the same fluency of my Singaporean students.


How Should We Honour Our Pioneers Properly?, Tan K. B. Eugene Mar 2016

How Should We Honour Our Pioneers Properly?, Tan K. B. Eugene

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Last Wednesday’s commemoration of the passing of Singapore’s first Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew revealed a nation-state coming to terms with the fact that the first among equals in the founding generation of leaders is no longer with us.


Use Our Diversity To Strengthen Social Cohesion, Tan K. B. Eugene Feb 2016

Use Our Diversity To Strengthen Social Cohesion, Tan K. B. Eugene

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Two Cabinet Ministers recently offered a sobering view of the state of ethnic relations in Singapore, against the backdrop of rising religiosity and global terrorism. Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam spoke of four threats to social cohesion, including Muslims growing more distant from the rest of society and feelings of Islamophobia among non-Muslims. Environment and Water Resources Minister Masagos Zulkifli reiterated the importance of practising religion suited to the local context and for Muslims not to be influenced by radical foreign ideologies — often easily spread through social media.