Youth Speaks – Stories & Co.

Sailing High: Max Maeder’s Olympic breakthrough and Future of Sports in Singapore

Written by: Caleigh Heng, Cho Han, Darius Loong, Naima Razali While Singaporeans celebrated National Day on Aug 9 2024, Team Singapore kitefoiler Max Maeder had brought home, in the words of PM Lawrence Wong, a “beautiful birthday gift to Singapore” from 10,722km away. The 18-year-old kitefoiling prodigy made national sporting history at the 2024 Paris […]

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We have zero regrets joining PFP@TP – Here’s why!

All Things TP, Youth Speaks

Written by Ryan Yeo and Tiffany Wee Unsurprisingly, when people inquire about my path after ‘N’ Levels, the first question that arises is, ‘What is the Polytechnic Foundation Programme (PFP)?’ As current Year 2 students in the Diploma in Communications & Media Management (CMM), we embarked on the PFP@TP journey from 2021 to 2022. Fresh

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From Royalty, With Love: The Princess of Bahrain’s Message for Youths

People, Top category, Youth Speaks

Written by: Gabriel Ramsey, Charlene Wang, and Ryan Yeo (Photo: Marilyn Lim & Tien Shi Han) A Royal Visit “My all time advice is believe in yourself. Do not listen to anyone else but yourself. If you feel that you have a talent, try it. if you feel that you want to try something, you

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Unspoken but not Unknown: Arts Censorship in Singapore

Culture, Youth Speaks

Written by: Jerome Thomas Ng Tze Loong, Charlotte Goh, and Semran Rai To some, art censorship is equivalent to “a violation of artistic freedom”. Here in Singapore, however, censored arts are usually related to content containing political, racial, religious and homosexual issues. Artists all around the world make use of both physical and online spaces

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My EAE Experience: Tips, Tricks, and More!

All Things TP, Youth Speaks

Written by: Ashley Koh “Why did you choose this diploma?” This is a common question that I get asked in almost every interview. Unsurprisingly, this question popped up during my Early Admission Exercise (EAE) interview. I am currently a Year 1 Culinary and Catering Management (CCM) student in Temasek Polytechnic (TP). Exactly one year ago,

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A Moral Dilemma: Can you really separate the art from the artist?

Lifestyle, Youth Speaks

Written by: Tan Yue Tong For most of us, we would have had celebrity crushes at one point or another in our youth. For many years, I was an ardent fan of Kris Wu, a Chinese-Canadian rapper, singer, model and actor based in China. I loved listening to every piece of music he produced, watching

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What do Singaporean youths think about locally produced films?

Culture, Youth Speaks

Written by Gemma Chen & Germaine Nam For some of us, free-to-air broadcast channels like Mediacorp Channel 8 are part of our childhood. Today, streaming platforms such as Netflix, Viu and Walt Disney Co’s Disney+ have been gaining popularity worldwide. Would Singaporeans still be as interested in watching films produced by our local scene in

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Free speech in the modern day: Is it really necessary?

Youth Speaks

Written by Terence Sim & Jerome Thomas According to the United Nations, freedom of expression is a fundamental right which should be entitled to every person on earth. As defined by Cambridge Dictionary, free speech is the right to express any opinion one might have in public. The origins of free speech can be traced

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Has COVID-19 harmed tertiary education?

Adulting, Lifestyle, Youth Speaks

Written by Rifdi Syahir An Institute of Mental Health study conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic found that 9.4% of surveyed Singaporeans met the criteria for anxiety caused by the massive changes brought about in their daily lives. This is one of the results of Singaporeans having to, for example, become accustomed to donning masks and

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