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A 26 September Straits Times article discussing Singapore’s population growth featured FASS Sociology Professor Tan Ern Ser. As Singapore’s population grows at its slowest pace in 10 years, various issues of demographics are implicated. These include the ageing population, the economy, as well as foreign employment. As such, Prof Tan explains that there has to be …
FASS Geography Professor Lily Kong was featured in a 26 September Straits Times article on managing the heritage of Singapore’s historic dragon kilns. As Singapore becomes rampantly developed, issues of heritage preservation come to the fore. Amid various governmental bodies and civic groups, the preservation of heritage in Singapore involves the overlapping of roles and …
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In an article contribution to Lianhe Zaobao, Associate Professor Grant Shen (FASS English Language and Literature) discussed the dramatic pieces performed at the inaugural Singapore Chinese Opera Festival, which showcased the best of the traditional art form. He noted that there is a need to consolidate resources devoted to the art due to Singapore’s small …
In a 24 September Straits Times article featuring FASS Sociology Professor Chua Beng Huat, an SIIA event on media freedom and out-of-bound markers was reported. Addressing the question of what sort of society Singapore could become, the dialogue, organized by the SIIA (Singapore Institute of International Affairs) discussed issues ranging from mainstream media to religion. Panelists included Prof …
Increasingly unpredictable weather is making Singapore more vulnerable to high water stress and droughts. In light of Singapore’s prolonged dry spell in early 2014, a team from the FASS Geography Department have identified the development of groundwater and the reduction in evaporative losses in open water bodies as two internal avenues to address our vulnerability …
Coping with water stress and droughts in Singapore Read More »
The Singapore on Screen II FASS Short Film competition screened six student-made shorts on March 12th. In the Fiction category, Ghazrizal Azry Ghazali Nor won both the Critics’ Choice and Viewers’ Choice awards for his simple yet deep “★ or ✗?”, which questions how we depict what we see. Cai Hui Bin‘s nostalgic documentary “Old …
Jia(K), Old Times, and ★ or ✗? are Singapore on Screen II’s winning short films Read More »
In two reports recently published in The Straits Times (6 September 2014), Associate Professor Lim Sun Sun and Assistant Professor Elmie Nekmat (Communications and New Media Department) gave their takes on netizens’ willingness to speak up on social media. In “From rage to rationality in two years”, Assoc Prof Lim spoke in response to a Pew …
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In a recent commentary in Today, Professor Philip Holden (FASS Dept of English Language and Literature) discusses the notion of university rankings. Holden articulates how ranking systems can be flawed not only in themselves, but also in misrepresenting the essence of university life, especially to students. Prof Holden also points to the importance of public …
The Straits Times (5 September 2014) featured NUS faculty members, Dr. Imran Tajudeen (Dept. of Architecture) and Dr. Mohamed Effendy (FASS Dept. of Southeast Asian Studies), and their team of heritage researchers from Nusantara Consultancy. The tram explored a little-known Muslim cemetery in Kampong Glam which could hold secrets of 19th century Singapore. It was the …
In this paper, Alan Ziegler (Geography) argues that the development of groundwater and the reduction in evaporative losses in open water bodies represent two internal avenues to address vulnerability to water stress, including droughts, in light of the prolonged dry spell in Singapore in early 2014. Yet, reduction in lingering vulnerability to linked hazards such …
SG Publications: “Increasing Singapore’s Resilience to Drought” by Alan Ziegler Read More »