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Are your medical savings adequate for your post retirement period? In April 1984, the Singapore government introduced a compulsory Medical Savings Account (MSA) known as Medisave, with the objective of allowing each individual citizen to save a portion of their salary so that they have an adequate healthcare fund which they can use in the […]
Does having an autistic child in the family have an impact on the relationship between their siblings and their parents? World Autism Day has been held annually since 2 April 2008. Organisations supporting those with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) around the world celebrate this day by hosting unique fundraising activities. However, autism not only impacts […]
Don’t be fooled by a preschooler’s rudimentary education, especially their bilingual capacity! On 1 April 2013, the Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA) was officially launched in Singapore to promote the accessibility of the early childhood sector and enhance the affordability of pre-school programmes. ECDA raises public awareness and support for children’s development. Aligned with this […]
Was Sir Stamford Raffles the first to discover and acknowledge the significance of Singapore’s strategic location in 1819? Associate Professor Peter Borschberg (Department of History) opines in the Straits Times that Singapore’s ideal location as a financial hub for trade and colonialization was appreciated long before Stamford Raffles’ supposed discovery. Before the 1800s, Singapore’s prominence […]
How do P. Ramlee’s films reflect Malay society during the 1950s and ‘60s? The late P. Ramlee was born on 22 March 1929. An accomplished actor, director, and musician, he is regarded as a legend in Malay cinema. Raised in Penang, P. Ramlee first arrived in Singapore in 1949 upon invitation to join Shaw Studios […]
What does it mean to be a woman? Some of us will make the conventional assumption that being a woman is about possessing an abundance of traditional feminine attributes. However, Assistant Professor Iccha Basnyat (NUS Department of Communications & New Media) and Assistant Professor Leanne Chang (NUS Department of Communications & New Media) argue against this […]
How are women represented in local women’s magazines? Every 8 March, International Women’s Day (IWD) is commemorated to recognise women’s economic, political, and social achievements, as well as celebrate gender equality. In 2016, the Singapore Council of Women’s Organizations marked IWD with the theme ‘Marching to our own beat’ and inducted 14 outstanding women – […]
Testifying before the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods in Parliament on Friday (March 16), NUS Assistant Professor Elmie Nekmat (Department of Communications and New Media) warns that the ongoing review of whether Singapore’s existing legal infrastructure is sufficient to curb the circulation of online fake news must not fail to take into account the […]
Advance to Contact: Building a Collaborative Approach to Conflict Archaeology of the Second World War in Singapore is presented by The Research Division at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, NUS. Speakers: Professor Tony Pollard and Mr Jonathan Cooper, Centre for Battlefield Archaeology, University of Glasgow Chair: Professor John Miksic, Department of Southeast Asian […]
FASS Bookshare celebrates and showcases books authored by faculty members who have dedicated years of research into their publications. In previous years Bookshare has highlighted single-authored books in a range of disciplines and topics, such as Asian Mobility, Power, and Representation, Development, Migration, and Protest in Asia and Southeast Asian Cosmopolitanism, Urbanism, and Tourism. This edition of Bookshare focuses on Religion, Diaspora, and Travel. Read […]