News Writing

Here’s a selected list of my published news writing. Titles marked with an asterisk are featured on my website. 

Businesses, economy, and labour productivity

• *Reuters: Piece by piece, Malaysia builds new metropolis by Singapore
• *Reuters: CSE Global to delay buying Middle East firm as unrest rocks region
• TODAY: Slow wage growth likely to continue: Economists
• TODAY: More urgency needed for firms to raise productivity
• Rules on credit cards, loans to be tightened from Dec 1

Environment

• *Straits Times Special: The Green House Effect
• *Eco-Business feature: How the aviation industry is lowering its carbon footprint
• Singapore will be able to cope with rising global sea levels: Experts
• TODAY: Two new train depots to get rooftop solar panels
• TODAY: Woodlands MRT Station is now eco-friendly

Technology

• *Eco-Business: Digital power could save billions, but change will take time
• Reuters: Apple’s iPad enters Singapore classrooms
• TODAY: Arriving soon: Robots to meet airport’s manpower needs
  
• TODAY: STB explores use of Disney-style wearable tags to boost visitor experience
• TODAY: Concrete productivity gains through automation, upgrading at Samwoh

Defence and security

• *TODAY: Safer waters: Global piracy menace on the wane
• TODAY: Singapore to join fight against ISIS
• TODAY: Singapore sends strong signal to Jakarta, will bar Indonesian ship
• TODAY: S’pore, M’sia, Indonesia could extend joint patrols in South China Sea
• TODAY: S’pore must be on guard against online threats

Foreign Policy

• *IPP Commentary: China’s Ties with Middle East Goes Beyond Oil into Technology
• *IPP Commentary: Will Mahathir Put a Brake on Chinese Mega Projects in Malaysia?
• TODAY: Denmark, S’pore share interest in green growth
• TODAY: Arbitration the ‘sensible way to move ahead’
• TODAY: Integration can start in migrants’ homelands, says German official

Overseas reporting / Humanitarian Efforts

• *TODAY: Indon diver fights rough seas, wind as search continues 
• TODAY: Tacloban residents see no future for city, says Deputy Mayor
• TODAY: Aid efforts ‘getting more politicised’
• TODAY: Bad weather continues to hamper search efforts

Singapore politics

• InSing Commentary: Can the Hougang by-election remain strictly a local affair?\
• TODAY: ESM Goh calls for panel to review social policies
• TODAY: PAP could lose ‘control, power over next 15-25 years’
• At least three NMPs not seeking second term