https://www.scmp.com/rss/523808/feed The latest news and top stories on the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS). A Singapore-based research institute and think tank, IPS is dedicated to studying and generating public policy ideas. Its main areas of focus include arts, culture and media, demography and family, economics and business, politics and governance, as well as society and identity. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Jean Iau Jean Iau Das still remembers an offhand remark from a former colleague who, upon seeing his hairy legs, said that they resembled a monkey’s. For the 30-year-old ethnic Indian Singaporean postgraduate student, who spoke to This Week in Asia under a pseudonym, the comment reflected a kind of casual insensitivity he said he had encountered as a racial minority in Singapore. “I would ascribe the confidence of saying such things without having to endure a blowback or to blow it off as a joke to Chinese... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3320004/does-chinese-privilege-exist-singapore-study-finds-views-differ-age-and-race?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/lifestyle-culture/article/3320004/does-chinese-privilege-exist-singapore-study-finds-views-differ-age-and-race?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 29 Jul 2025 09:56:25 +0000