#539 ft. Jacky Ng - Oil Spill Stains Singapore & Does Creativity Exist in Schools?

In light of Haresh’s absence, we have comedian Jacky onboard as this week’s guest host! We talk about last weekend’s big news: the oil spill caused by an allision between two vessels that stained coastlines at East Coast Park, Labrador Nature Reserve, Keppel Bay, the Southern Islands and Sentosa. We discuss the media frenzy around the issue, and whether more could have been done to contain the spill. Aside from that, we also talk about creativity in Singapore schools, as MOE revealed that Singapore’s 15-year-olds topped a global test of creative thinking despite not thinking of themselves as creative.

(00:00) Intro
(11:05) Oil Spill Stains Singapore
(33:54) Does Creativity Exist in Schools?
(01:02:28) One Shiok Thing

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Oil Spill Stains Singapore

• CNA Explains: What we know about the Singapore oil spill that's affected Sentosa and other beaches
• Joint Media Statement: Progress of Joint Oil Spill Clean-up Operations
• Joint Oil Spill Clean-Up Operations Advance to Next Phase
• Booms, busters and dispersants: Here’s how an oil spill is cleaned up in S’pore waters
• Singapore races to clean up beaches after oil spill
• Singapore races to clean oil spill as luxury beach resort coated in slick
• Oil spill incident: Four kingfishers rescued so far, two have died
• MPA responded within 11 minutes of being alerted to oil spill, cleanup to take time: Chee Hong Tat

Does Creativity Exist in Schools?

• Singapore’s 15-year-old students score top marks in OECD’s creative thinking test
• Singapore students top PISA study on creative thinking, despite not thinking of themselves as creative
• Singapore Students Show High Levels of Creative Thinking Skills: OECD PISA 2022

One Shiok Thing

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• My Response to Terrence Howard

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