Hykel Quek, Author at RICE

Will eat crickets for content.

80 Articles

Working Holiday Visas, The (Temporary) Solution To Singapore’s Rat Race

Working Holiday Visas, The (Temporary) Solution To Singapore’s Rat Race

Are these workcations all they're made out to be?

by Hykel Quek

September 28, 2023

History
News

The NTUSU Saga Points To An Inherent Problem With Student Unions

The NTUSU Saga Points To An Inherent Problem With Student Unions

Do student unions represent the students' interests or the students who happen to make the right political moves?

by Hykel Quek

September 26, 2023

Iswaran Probe: All MP Allowances Deserve Protection Until Proven Guilty

Iswaran Probe: All MP Allowances Deserve Protection Until Proven Guilty

Justice must run its due course.

by Hykel Quek

September 21, 2023

Jobs & Economy

What a Private Investigator Does In The Shadows

What a Private Investigator Does In The Shadows

The private life of a private investigator.

by Hykel Quek

September 15, 2023

How One Magician Holds Singapore’s Buskers Captive

How One Magician Holds Singapore’s Buskers Captive

And for his final trick, he's making other buskers disappear from Orchard Road.

by Hykel Quek

September 8, 2023

Tan Kin Lian Concedes Graciously. His Supporters? Not So Much.

Tan Kin Lian Concedes Graciously. His Supporters? Not So Much.

It's hard to take Iris Koh's rant seriously while she's helping herself to spring rolls, sweet-and-sour fish, and spaghetti.

by Hykel Quek

September 5, 2023

What Is a Moral Uplifting Society, and How Did One End Up in Orchard Road?

What Is a Moral Uplifting Society, and How Did One End Up in Orchard Road?

But does it actually elevate Singapore's morality?

by Hykel Quek

August 31, 2023

Politics

Tan Kin Lian’s Presidential Campaign Doesn’t Make Sense. But Is It Working?

Tan Kin Lian’s Presidential Campaign Doesn’t Make Sense. But Is It Working?

His pursuit for protest votes might just work.

by Hykel Quek

August 29, 2023

George Goh’s Presidential Election Swansong Is a Chaotic Ballad of Hope

George Goh’s Presidential Election Swansong Is a Chaotic Ballad of Hope

An opera singer with no song.

by Hykel Quek

August 18, 2023

Pipe Dreams: Why a 26-Year-Old Plumber Chose the Blue-Collar Life

Pipe Dreams: Why a 26-Year-Old Plumber Chose the Blue-Collar Life

Plumbers are important. But no one ever dreams of being a plumber.

by Hykel Quek

August 14, 2023

Does ‘Ownself Check Ownself’ Still Have Any Political Capital?

Does ‘Ownself Check Ownself’ Still Have Any Political Capital?

The saying isn't the virtue it once was—especially after recent happenings.

by Hykel Quek

August 10, 2023

Coming Of Age

Singapore’s Workplace Discrimination Dilemma: In Time or Fashionably Late?

Singapore’s Workplace Discrimination Dilemma: In Time or Fashionably Late?

Singapore's proposed Workplace Fairness Law is a step in the right direction. But is it too little too late?

by Hykel Quek

August 8, 2023