It's our 200th episode!!! And we are discussing EPIC topics! In the National Day Rally, PM Lee asserted that it is “entirely baseless” to claim that “Chinese privilege” exists in Singapore; an assertion that eclipsed the rest of the content of his speech. What was that and all the ensuing hoo-hah about? Also, Yale-NUS shocked everyone last Friday by announcing that the school would be merged with NUS’s USP program, effectively closing the school down for good. Students and faculty mourned the decision, while some online commentators rejoiced the shuttering of our first liberal arts college. But what does this decision really mean for all the stakeholders involved?

 

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PM Lee's take on "Chinese Privilege"

Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act planned in Singapore
https://news.yahoo.com/singapore-pass-law-maintain-racial-harmony-pm-lee-hsien-loong-125350674.html

National Day Rally 2021: ‘Entirely baseless’ to claim there is Chinese privilege in S’pore, says PM Lee
https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/politics/national-day-rally-2021-all-races-treated-equally-in-spore-with-no-special

Singapore will pass new laws to combat racism, workplace discrimination: PM Lee
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/politics/article/3146812/singapore-will-pass-new-laws-combat-racism-workplace

PMO | National Day Rally 2021 (Chinese)
https://www.pmo.gov.sg/Newsroom/National-Day-Rally-2021-Chinese


 

Yale-NUS closing down

NUS to merge Yale-NUS and University Scholars Programme into new college; engineering and design schools to be combined
https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/nus-merge-yale-nus-and-university-scholars-programme-new-college-engineering-and-design-schools-combined

Few Senior Figures had a Voice in Yale-NUS and USP Merger Decision
https://theoctant.org/edition/issue/allposts/news/few-senior-figures-had-a-voice-in-yale-nus-and-usp-merger-decision/

Yale-NUS College to close in 2025
https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2021/08/26/yale-nus-college-to-close-in-2025/

Before NTU, There Was Nantah. Have We Forgotten How Students Struggled To Save It From Demise?
https://www.ricemedia.co/current-affairs-features-culture-people-before-ntu-nantah-forgotten-students-struggled-save-from-demise/


 

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