I can't see the point of this RazorTV article in ST. To make people feel envious? Or to let these "lucky" undergraduates boast about their spankingly beautiful cars? Yet another blatant sign of materialism being "promoted" by our dear ST!
Sep 16, 2010
First car before graduation By Shivali Nayak, Multimedia Journalist, RazorTV
UNDERGRADUATES are not just chasing degrees these days. Some of them they are also chasing milestones, like owning their first car before graduation.
One such person is Nur Ilham, a first-year student from National Institute of Education, who has yet to graduate but has already gotten his first car. The 21-year-old owns a Chevrolet Aveo 5 that cost him $57,000 and is fully paid - by him. He had worked part-time to finance his car payments.
Other undergraduates are even luckier. First-year undergraduate Asri drives a Volkswagen Beetle, while final-year Electrical and Electronic Engineering undergraduate Wong Kah Wai drives a Lexus. These cars cost well over $100,000 each, all paid for by their parents.
RazorTV staked out the car parks at Nanyang Technological University and National University of Singapore, and found many luxury cars on campus - all owned by students.