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By Tan Zhan Tiam, Year 1 student from the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (Political Science and Chinese Studies), and Tai Kai Zhen, member of the Business China Youth Chapter.
Here are some of the highlights from the distinguished lecture “Hypnotic Ecologies and Thin Description in the Study of Southeast Asian Buddhist Art” by Professor Justin McDaniel (University of Pennsylvania) at the inaugural FASS Distinguished Lecture Series in Buddhist Studies!
Diwali, better known as Deepavali in Singapore, is the Hindu festival of lights. It will take place for five days, starting from the 22nd of October this year. One of the major annual celebrations in Hinduism, the festival symbolizes the triumph of light and goodness over darkness and evil; an annual reminder to all Hindus …
Passed by Parliament on 19 October, 2004, the Building Maintenance and Strata Management Act 2004 was meant to provide for proper maintenance and management of buildings, especially condominiums and apartments. As the population density of Singapore continues growing, the crowdedness of the building is becoming a major issue Singaporeans must consider before purchasing an apartment. …
From trailblazer in the banking world to leader in social services — Ms Junie Foo (NUS Political Science, ’90) has found her journey to be full of fulfilment.
On 1 November 2012, the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) was restructured to form the Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF). Formerly, the MCYS aimed to involve Singaporean youths in nation-building measures but was later restructured to provide social-safety nets to youths and families at risk. With its mission “to nurture …
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16 October is World Food Day, featuring food security as a global concern. Although Singapore is not a country typically associated with agriculture, it is actually an intriguing case for the study of smallholders and their persistence. In ‘Singapore: Making Space for Farming’ (in Asian Smallholders in Comparative Perspective (2019)), Ms Sakunika Wewalaarachchi (NUS Lee …
‘Public seminar on Singaporean Mandarin as 1,000 terms selected for online database’ (The Straits Times, October 2022) mentions Associate Professor Tham Shiao Wei (NUS Chinese Studies), who will speak in a PMC-organised public seminar – Selat to Singapore: A Conversation on Singaporean Mandarin – in October this year. The public seminar will take place on …
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Congratulations to Associate Professor Maria Kozhevnikov (NUS Departments of Psychology and Communications and New Media) and her co-authors, whose article ‘Beyond mindfulness: Arousal-driven modulation of attentional control during arousal-based practices’ has recently been accepted for publication in Current Research in Neurobiology! A/P Kozhevnikov’s study was funded by her 2019 Tier 1 Ministry of Education Grant, …
Xi’s China Dream – Its Appeal and Dangers
Whatever personnel and policy changes emerge from the 20th party congress, China’s ambitions and revanchist ethnonationalist goals will endure, says Mr Bilahari Kausikan, Chairman of the Middle East Institute at NUS, former Singaporean diplomat and NUS Political Science alumnus.