Reading Time: 11 minutes Afghanistan I couldn’t avoid doing a post on Afghanistan given what had been going on this week. The Afghanistan conflict posed a number of interesting questions about: What privacy and security means for the people left behind in Afghanistan in the digital age Why strategy is seldom a teacher and several countries have made the… Continue reading Afghanistan + other news
Category: 新加坡 | singapore | 싱가포르
Welcome to the Singapore category of this blog. This is where I share anything that relates to Singaporean business issues, the Singaporean people or culture. Often posts that appear in this category will appear in other categories as well. So if Singapore Air launched a new ad campaign. And that I thought was particularly interesting or noteworthy, that might appear in branding as well as Singapore la.
So far, I haven’t had too much Singaporean related content here at the moment. That’s just the way things work out sometimes.
I am fascinated by the way Singapore has been deftly playing China to increase its stature as the place to do business. I am interested in local politics when it intersects with business. An example of this would be legal issues affecting the media sector for instance.
If there are Singaporean related subjects that you think would fit with this blog, feel free to let me know by leaving a comment in the ‘Get in touch’ section of this blog here.
Hawker markets & things this week
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hawker markets Eating out is an important part of life in many Asian countries. Cheap eats in Singapore are provided by hawker markets. Imagine Asian street food, if it was run by Germans. They had a similar tradition to hawkers called da pai dang (大牌檔). But the Hong Kong government has slowly squeezed them out… Continue reading Hawker markets & things this week
Get Tough by William E Fairbairn
Reading Time: 4 minutes What is Get Tough? Get Tough is a book on hand-to-hand fighting originally published in 1942. It is important for what it represents as much as it is with regards its content. Fairbairn as an author By the time Get Tough was written in 1942; Fairbairn was an experienced published author. In 1926, Fairbairn wrote… Continue reading Get Tough by William E Fairbairn