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MENDAKI Commemorative Book: Malay Community have shown progress in education; middle-class groups urged to do more to help
(Article is in Malay Language) Thursday, 10 October 2019, BERITA Mediacorp Buku Peringatan MENDAKI: Masyarakat Melayu sudah tunjukkan pendakian dalam pendidikan; lebih ramai golongan pertengahan digesa tampil hulur bantuan Oleh: UMMU RABBISYFINA ABDUL HAMID SINGAPURA: Sepanjang 37 tahun sejak penubuhan Yayasan MENDAKI, badan tersebut sudah mengatur pelbagai bentuk program dan bantuan bagi mempertingkatkan masyarakat …
FASS Awards 2019
The annual FASS Awards Ceremony celebrates the pursuit of excellence across all domains, academic and non-academic achievements alike. From Special Book Prizes and Gold Medals for high-performing undergraduates to the FASS Student Leadership Award (#FSLA) which rewards leadership in extra-curricular activities, the Faculty’s bid to cultivate well-rounded students is an unceasing one. Our heartiest congratulations …
NUS News Education – Lessons from Syed Hussein Alatas
By NUS Office of Corporate Relations, Friday 20 September 2019 for NUS News The late Professor Syed Hussein Alatas, internationally renowned Malaysian social scientist and public intellectual, was honoured on 17 September at the Second Syed Hussein Alatas Memorial Lecture. His legacy lives on through this annual series organised by NUS Malay Studies where eminent scholars and …
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Prof Tommy Koh: Don’t let ‘religious politics’ pollute Singapore
(Article is in Malay Language) Wednesday, 18 September 2019, BERITA Mediacorp Prof Tommy Koh: Jangan biarkan ‘politik agama’ cemari S’pura Oleh: AFIQAH HUSSAIN SINGAPURA: Dalam dunia kontemporari, malangnya sesetengah ahli politik mempergunakan agama untuk mencetuskan keadaan huru-hara baik di dalam mahupun luar negara. Maka itu Singapura, yang berpegang teguh kepada prinsip yang tidak mahu …
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FOCUS: What are the characteristics that shapes the identity of the ‘Malay Women of Singapore’?
(Article is in Malay Language) Sunday, 15 September 2019, BERITA Mediacorp FOKUS: Apakah ciri-ciri yang membentuk identiti ‘Wanita Melayu S’pura’? Oleh: UMMU RABBISYFINA ABDUL HAMID BERITAmediacorp: Sekiranya anda ditanya, apakah ciri-ciri yang membentuk identiti wanita Melayu Singapura, apa agaknya jawapan anda? Sebenarnya apa dan siapa dia ‘wajah’ wanita Melayu Singapura? Dalam bahagian ketujuh dan …
New Publication: Islam in Malaysia : An Entwined History by Khairudin Aljunied
Khairudin Aljunied, Islam in Malaysia: An Entwined History, UK: Oxford University Press, 2019 This book surveys the growth and development of Islam in Malaysia from the eleventh to the twenty-first century, investigating how Islam has shaped the social lives, languages, cultures and politics of both Muslims and non-Muslims in one of the most populous Muslim …
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