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In the late 1990s, there were concerns of a decline in Singapore’s standard of English. This was attributed to Singaporeans’ penchant of using Singlish in casual conversation, which is grammatically incorrect and not commonly understood among foreigners. To reverse this problem, the Speak Good English Movement was launched on 29 April 2000 to discourage the …
As part of the #DiscoverFASS@CHS campaign leading up to our Open House in May, we are holding in-person Masterclasses presented by three of our award-winning Faculty members this Saturday, 23 April 2022, and streaming them ‘live’ on our website—so NO ONE misses them.
United through shared memories and passions, the Class of ’72 — and their close long-time friends — continues to give back to the NUS community, 50 years since their graduation.
For close to a century, generations of students have passed through the NUS Bukit Timah Campus, their memories adding to its long history — a story that continues to be written.
While meritocracy has levelled the playing field and blurred ethnic lines for earlier cohorts of Singaporeans, new inequalities have emerged.
The first Sikh studies professorship to be set up in Asia (outside the Indian subcontinent) will be administered by the NUS FASS South Asian Studies Programme, and aims to promote academic scholarship in Sikh studies not just in Singapore but also globally.
The street light-up for Ramadan and Hari Raya Puasa was first introduced in 1984 by Singapore’s Tourism Task Force. Now an annual affair, the light-up takes place for around a month from April to May at the Geylang Serai precinct, one of the most prominent ‘Malay places’ in Singapore. In ‘Locating “Malay Places” and Ethnic …
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Presidential Young Professor Abelard Podgorski explores diverse topics in his philosophical and mathematical thought, and can cast new light on problems and solutions in almost any discipline.
The “Forum on Population Research Priorities in Singapore” focused on identifying and discussing Singapore’s most pressing population issues.
The Opposition’s generally poor performance have convinced the public to return to the security as evident from the PAP’s track record. A successful campaign against the dominant incumbent will thus require the Opposition to convince the public with strong alternatives.