Op-Ed
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Truths about Stock-Picking: Finding a Good Stock
When investing in the stock market, what makes a good stock pick? Ho Khinwai explains factors he looks at in picking out a good stock.
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No pageants in Tembusu – great!
No pageants in Tembusu – great! Pageants are the rite of passage to university life. Organised by all faculties and halls, it is an annual tradition dating back to the 80s. Yet, even as pageants make their mark in the various communities within the university, one particular community seems to be absent from the […]
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North Korea: An overview of the current tensions
This piece was written in response to Tembusu College’s recent forum titled “Will There Be Another War on the Korean Peninsula?”, which took place on the evening of Tuesday, October 17 of this year. Our Rector Professor Tommy Koh hosted Mr Lim Ju-Seong, Counsellor (Political) at the embassy of the Republic of Korea, Ms Stephanie Syptak-Ramnath, Charge D’Affaires […]
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Taylor, look what you made an old fan do.
They start off pure and innocent, starry-eyed and ready to take on the world. Their career begins and they ascend slowly but surely. Eventually, they release that one song which lights the afterburner of their careers and they are thrust into gargantuan fame. Yet fame is fickle. And so slowly, they lose control. They descend […]
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Good ol’ days before today’s pop music
As I was writing this article, the song ‘Rock And Roll’ by Led Zeppelin aptly played on Spotify: It’s been a long time since I rock and rolled, It’s been a long time since I did the Stroll. Ooh, let me get it back, let me get it back, Let me get it back, […]
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Daenerys Should Not Be Queen Of The Seven Kingdoms.
Game of Thrones may be taxonomically listed next to Lord of the Rings or Eragon as masterpieces from the genre of medieval high fantasy, but it vandalises the tropes found in historical high fantasy since Tolkien wrote The Lord of the Rings. Where Tolkien and Lewis imagined knights and noble crusaders, the people holding political […]