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The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) is a unique academic resource covering the wide range of research on Singapore produced by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It can be found at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/ SRN is currently engaged in a project to build a repository of photographs of Singapore. We are currently accepting applications from […]
Despite having drawn large crowds to its rallies and attracted much support on social media, the Opposition did not perform as well as it had been expected to in this year’s General Election, taking many by surprise and prompting much post-election analyses. In a commentary for Lianhe Zaobao, Associate Professor Ong Chang Woei (Department of […]
Professor Bao Zhiming of the Department of English Language and Literature has published a new book titled The Making of Singapore English: System, Transfer and Filter, which charts the history of Singapore English and explores the linguistic, historical, and social factors that have influenced the variety as it is spoken today. Singapore English is a focal […]
Slides from the September 2015 Research Visibility Workshop are available here.
The General Election 2015 saw the People’s Action Party (PAP) securing close to 70% of the total votes cast and 82 out of 89 seats in the Parliament, reversing its relatively poor electoral performance in 2011. On the other hand, not only did the Opposition as a whole fare more poorly, but the main opposition […]
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a multilateral free-trade agreement currently being negotiated among 12 countries including Singapore. But the ministers failed to conclude the negotiations last month. Why? The only stumbling block is intellectual property (IP) rights. The US is pushing new rules that it claims will protect and promote US exports of IP-intensive products and services throughout the Asia-Pacific region. In ‘TPP raised […]
Out of four factors, namely race, religion, age and class, that can matter in any election in Singapore, only age and class will likely be of consequence in the upcoming General Election, according to Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser (Department of Sociology). In an article titled “Age, Class and the General Election”, Associate Professor Tan […]
From today until Polling Day, political hustings will take place across the island while social media campaigns run simultaneously online, with political parties, both the governing PAP and opposition parties, making a vigorous and impassioned case for a vote in their favor. One topic that figures prominently on the agenda is the performance of the […]
The Central Provident Fund (CPF) system has worked well for the majority of Singaporeans who are able to work consistently over their life cycle and have made prudent housing choices. However, the inherent structure of CPF, which is based purely on contributions, is unable to address retirement adequacy for its vulnerable members. Adding a means-tested […]
“Treating science simply as a skill to be mastered disengages it from the underlying philosophical questions of science,” argues Prof Mohan Dutta (CNM Head) in “Traditional spirit of science offers much for Asian Century”, accessible at http://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/traditional-spirit-of-science-offers-much-for-asian-century. Instead, the spirit of scientific inquiry and the “articulations of reason in Asian thought” should be the basis […]