by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 29, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Hope, Life Issues, Violence, World Issues
Tensions rise over refugee ship Four dead in Spanish plane crash Policeman “killed family then himself” Mid-East ‘truce’ fails to bite These were the main headlines from BBC Online today (29th August, 2001). If they sound too grim, here is the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 25, 2001 | 2001, Articles, Governance, World Issues
Do you know the name of the President of the Philippines? Its Gloria Arroyo. Don’t feel too bad if you said Joseph Estrada. The events that led to Mr. Estrada’s ouster and the swearing in of Mrs. Arroyo took place at lightning speed. At least it seemed...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 15, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Governance, World Issues
“For a while, it seemed the market had conquered all. Now politics is reasserting itself as a driving force. In Europe, the welfare state is thriving, and partisan furies are again dividing the Mideast.” (Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek, Issues 2001 Special...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 9, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Ethics, World Issues
By a vote of 104-40, the lower house of the Dutch Parliament has just passed a new law that permits euthanasia under certain circumstances (Economist, December 2nd – 8th, 2000, p. 61). People over the age of 16 who suffer acute and unremitting pain may now...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 6, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Homosexuality, World Issues
One of the ‘fall-outs’ of the trial of Anwar Ibrahim, the former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, on charges of sodomy, was the sudden and widespread exposure given to the whole issue of homosexuality. Suddenly children were asking their parents,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 18, 2000 | 2000, Articles, Ethics, Life Issues, Work & Vocation, World Issues
The term “business ethics” has longed being considered an oxymoron in many Christian and non-Christian circles. Christian children are told that they are “too straight” to really make it big in the world of business. Furthermore, the new...
