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On 8 December 2013, a riot broke out in Little India after a foreign worker was killed in a traffic accident. In the aftermath of the riot, the Singapore government restricted migrant workers’ access to alcohol in certain recreational spaces. Although the government agreed that alcohol was not a direct cause of the riot, they […]
The second of Singapore’s post-independence riots, the Little India riot on December 8, 2013 led to the rise of distasteful sentiments towards the migrant worker population in Singapore. While dormitories already segregated migrant workers from the general population, the aftermath of the riot saw further limitations being placed on their mobility. Despite the country’s desire […]
In ‘University grads’ median pay is $4.2k, double the $2k of those with ITE, secondary education: Study’ (The Straits Times, December 2022), Associate Professor Irene Y.H. Ng (NUS Social Work) was featured for her study on the wage gap between young Singaporeans holding a university or post-graduate degree and those with lower education qualifications. From […]
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development is observed on the 5th of December every year. Created by the United Nations, it is a day that recognises the volunteer efforts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, government authorities, and the private sector. Despite the proliferation of studies and publications on voluntary organisations, […]
‘Sustainability 101 for Policy Officers’ is the first executive training programme in Singapore to cover all aspects of sustainability.
The 7th Association of Southeast Asian Nations-United Nations (ASEAN-UN) Workshop-5th Regional Dialogue on Political-Security Cooperation was held in Hanoi on 3-4 December 2019. Senior officials and experts from ASEAN and UN discussed ways to facilitate support and cooperation to maintain peace and security in Southeast Asia (SEA) and internationally. Peace and security are not the […]
Photo: ‘Passing Time’ by Kelman Chiang from SRN’s SG Photobank COP28 will convene in the UAE on 30 November, 2023. Climate change and global warming threaten the survival of many costal cities, and it is interesting to study how proximity to the sea shapes urbanization of cities along the coast. Coastal Urbanities: Mobilities, Meanings, Manoeuvrings […]
successfully harnessing nature as a climate solution would require partnerships across different sectors of society, with scientific research from universities such as NUS being instrumental in informing government policy and commercial decisions.
Commentary in TODAY by Assoc Prof Vincent Chua, from the Dept of Sociology and Anthropology at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and Ms Isabelle Tan (Research Assistant) and Dr Chew Han Ei (Senior Research Fellow) of the Social Lab, Institute of Policy Studies at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at NUS.
Could Anwar Ibrahim’s Unity Government Fight for the Interests of the People?
Commentary by Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies) in Suria News Online.