This roundup summarises the most important news stories around the world in the last month (August 2023).
Author: guanyinmiao
A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting. Carlos Castaneda.
Singapore’s presidential… Group job interview? (PE2023)
Like the entire PE2023 campaign thus far, the presidential forum offered little beyond scripted platitudes and vague generalities. Be that as it may, Isaac Neo and I sat down after the forum to chat about our general impressions, and how the limits of the forum modality perhaps reflected the limits and ambiguities associated with Singapore’s elected presidency.
A “GE2020 Jamus Lim debate moment”?, PE2023’s young voters (with Aamir Bana)
Today, in the final episode of our three-part mini-series, we have 24-year-old Aamir Bana, a student at Yale-NUS and the National University of Singapore. He is part of CAPE, but speaks in his personal capacity in this episode. This was recorded on August 22, 2023.
Constitution? Ceremonial? Community?, PE2023’s young voters (with Liang Weiting)
Today, in the second episode, we have 22-year-old Liang Weiting, a final-year student in the Nanyang Technological University. This was recorded on August 22, 2023.
Much ado about “independence”, PE2023’s young voters
Today, in the first episode, we have 29-year-old Rosamund Lim, a postgraduate student in the Singapore Management University. This was recorded on August 21, 2023.
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