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Singapore first hosted the Association for Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit from 27th January to 29th January 1992. ASEAN is an economic union that comprises ten member states in Southeast Asia. The union aims to promote intergovernmental cooperation, facilitate socio-cultural exchanges, and enhance economic integration. During the 1992 summit, ASEAN leaders agreed on a framework […]
On January 26, 2022, Singapore struck the Pacific Alliance-Singapore Free Trade Agreement, Singapore’s first direct FTA with the Pacific Alliance, a bloc of countries comprising Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. In ‘Building administrative capacity under developmental states in Chile and Singapore: a comparative perspective’ (International Review of Administrative Sciences, 2021), Professor M. Shamsul Haque […]
Photo: ‘Kindergarden’, from SRN’s SG Photobank “Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility” – United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) In 2018, a resolution passed by the The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) proclaimed 24th January as the International Day of Education. Education, in the words of Director […]
The first COVID-19 case in Singapore was reported on 23 January, 2020. In order to contain the spread of the virus, prompt hotspot identification and transmission risk assessment are critical for public health. In ‘Impact of urbanisation and environmental factors on spatial distribution of COVID‑19 cases during the early phase of epidemic in Singapore’ (Scientific […]
Chinese New Year begins on January 22 in 2023. As Southeast Asia has a large population of Chinese immigrants and their descendants, Chinese culture has played a large part in shaping Southeast Asians’ history and identity. In ‘Chinese Temple Networks in Southeast Asia: A WebGIS Digital Humanities Platform for the Collaborative Study of the Chinese […]
Provost’s Chair Professor Jean Yeung (NUS FASS Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Centre for Family and Population Research, and Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine) was interviewed by Channel NewsAsia (CNA) to discuss why China’s population dropped for the first time in six decades. Prof Yeung cites the decline in the fertility rate since the […]
Mr William Lim was the impetus for the establishment of the Cultural Studies in Asia PhD programme at NUS and a generous supporter of various arts and cultural practices.
Professor Jacques Bertrand, 2023 LKC NUS-Stanford Fellowship awardee, is visiting FASS from 11 January to 12 April, 2023. He is working on Return to Civil War: Insurgent Groups and the Decision to Abandon Peace, a research project and book that examines the evolution of insurgent groups during and after conflicts. We interviewed Prof Bertrand, who […]
In 1967, the British government first forewarned the Singapore government of its intention to pull out its military presence from the former Crown colony. Though initially met with acceptance by Singapore, pressing financial restraints forced the British to push forward the military pull-out to early 1971, which posed serious security threats to Singapore as its […]
Land-strapped Singapore May Struggle to Fulfil the New Global Biodiversity Deal but…
By FASS Alumna Ms Audrey Tan (NUS Sociology ’13) who is Science Communication and Outreach Lead at the Centre for Nature-based Climate Solutions at the Faculty of Science and the Tropical Marine Science Institute at NUS.