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Ms Lai Peng Priscilla Ho (Principal Medical Social Worker, Tan Tock Seng Hospital) and Associate Professor Esther Goh (NUS Department of Social Work) explore the everyday lives of twelve heterosexual Chinese men living with the disease and how it impacts their self-identity in ‘I have HIV but I’m not the HIV – the experiences of heterosexual Chinese men living with HIV in Singapore’ (AIDS Care, 2020).
Stellar female alumnae shared their experiences on fostering gender equality and diversity in the workplace at the recent WoW: In Conversation panel discussion, organised by NUS Alumni Relations.
With carbon dioxide (CO2) accumulating in the atmosphere, excess heat is trapped on Earth, causing weather patterns to change. Climate scientists have warned that drought events could become more intense and frequent as the global temperature continues to rise. In ‘Droughts may affect forest’s ability to take in carbon dioxide: NUS study’ (Straits Times, …
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‘Introduce individual carbon scorecard with incentives to keep emissions low’ (Straits Times, March 2022) reports that on 18 February 2022, the government announced that as part of this year’s Budget, the carbon tax rate in Singapore would increase from the current S$5 per tonne of emissions to between S$50 and S$80 by 2030, with emissions …
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In commemoration of World Social Work Day, the SSR Conference 2022 spotlights the struggles and resilience of vulnerable groups and social service workers alike as we journey towards the endemic stage of COVID-19.
In the 18 March 2022 seminar titled Interconnected Worlds of Electronics Global Production After the Pandemic: Current Trajectories and Future Agendas, Prof Henry Yeung (Distinguished Professor, NUS Geography and Co-Director of the Global Production Networks Centre) discussed the co-evolutionary trajectories of electronics global production networks up to the late 2010s, and their most significant implications for the global economy in the post-pandemic, post-Trump 2020s.
In January 2020, Changi Airport saw a record of 5,950,000 passengers, a 5.2 percent year-on-year increase, even as the first imported cases of COVID-19 were beginning to appear. At that period of time, people were still able to enjoy nearly uninhibited access to Singapore. With the conventional wisdom at that time being to manage, and …
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Distinguished Fellow at the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore, and also NUS Philosophy alumnus (1971), Prof Kishore Mahbubani laments the absence of global peacemakers now – “when we need them more than ever”.
Prevalent historical narratives of Singapore have largely ignored the role of Indian pioneers such as Narayana Pillai, who was one of the earliest Indian businessmen to come to the island. Born on 21 March 1879, Pillai was also an interpreter and clerk who accompanied Raffles when he first landed in Singapore. Since pre-colonial times, Indian …
Elections to public offices in Malaysia occur at both the state and the federal level. At the state level, elections employ a first-past-the-post system where candidates compete in single-member constituencies to be elected to the state legislative assembly. Barisan Nasional (BN) secured a two-thirds majority of 40 out of 56 contested seats in the Johor …
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