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Op-Ed by Head of NUS Chinese Studies Professor Ong Chang Woei in Lianhe Zaobao (24 May 2023).
At the recently held inaugural Population of Singapore Annual Meeting conference, public and private sector leaders as well as researchers discussed major issues such as Singapore’s ageing population, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Singapore population, and strategies for narrowing the disparity in learning outcomes between children from higher- and lower-income families.
Professor Elaine Ho (NUS Geography) and Professor Tuen Yi Chiu (Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong) consider the use of technology in bridging the cultural and generational gaps among the grandparent generation in ‘Transnational ageing and “care technologies”: Chinese grandparenting migrants in Singapore and Sydney’ (Population, Space and Place, 2020) Singapore …
The strength and grit displayed by the TeamNUS athletes at the 32nd Southeast Asian (SEA) Games, and the excellence and camaraderie they showed on the regional sporting stage, pulled off 23 podium finishes consisting of 11 gold, two silver and 10 bronze medals.
In ‘NUS professor works in ryokan for a year, offers behind-the-scenes look at Japan’s iconic inns in new book’ (The Straits Times, May 2023), Associate Professor Chris McMorran (NUS Japanese Studies) discusses his book, Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan (University of Hawaii Press, 2022), and details his experiences from his stint as a ryokan employee …
The news segment ‘Push for flexible work arrangements as fertility rate hits record low ‘ (Channel NewsAsia, May 2023) discusses the Singapore government’s urge for employers and workers to adopt flexible working arrangements to make it easier for working adults to start and raise families. This was an issue discussed at a conference titled ‘Building …
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Loneliness amongst seniors is increasingly recognised as an issue of pressing importance to public health. Dr Ad Maulod (Duke-NUS Medical School Centre for Ageing Research and Education) and Associate Professor Angelique Chan (Duke-NUS Medical School Centre for Ageing Research and Education & NUS Sociology and Anthropology) discuss salient causes of loneliness amongst the elderly in …
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According to Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser (NUS Sociology & Anthropology and IPS Social Lab) and Ms Sim Kai Lin (IPS Social Lab), Singapore imagines itself as a middle-class society. In ‘Why does everyone think they are middle class?’ (Straits Times, May 2023), they answer the titular question and provide some solutions to the pains …
On May 27 1988, the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system was passed into law. GRCs have to be contested by multi-member teams with at least one member from the minority races. While the government maintains that GRCs help ensure racial representation, some have criticised it for straining the opposition’s talent pool due to the additional …
Congratulations to Professor William Bain (NUS Political Science), Assistant Professor Senhu Wang (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), and Assistant Professor Sahana Ghosh (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), for winning the FASS 2022/23 Award for Excellent Researcher (awarded to Prof Bain), and the FASS 2022/23 Award for Promising Researcher (awarded to Asst Profs Wang and Ghosh)! The Award for …
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