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I’m turning 40 this year, and something still amuses me. Even now, I often hear people my age introducing themselves by their alma mater. It slips into conversations almost naturally. “So-and-so from Raffles.” “ACS boy.” “RI batch.” I suppose it signals networks, familiarity, maybe even credibility. I never quite had that privilege. Every now and then someone asks me, “Hey Khai, are you an XX boy? You sound just like them.” If reading widely, paying attention, and absorbing i

The panel for the Halal Creative Forum 2025 consisted of the Trade Attaché from the Embassy of Indonesia, Mr Billy Anugrah (second from left); Head of Stakeholder Engagement, Halal Development at the Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (Muis) , Ms Nur Aini Hamid (third from left); and Head of Communications at Asap & Co , Mr Muhammad Fariq Kader . Dr Sutan Emir Hidayat , Director of Sharia Ecosystem Infrastructure at the National Committee for Islamic Economy and Financ