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As several places in Singapore have been nominated as the World Heritage site or on the World Monument Watch list, Singaporeans began to think about the importance of heritage in Singapore. What does it mean to be recognised as a World Heritage site? If you are interested in the topic, more details can be found below:
According to the report released by the Hong Kong Commission on Poverty, around 15.2 percent of the population became poor. How is the situation in Singapore? What is the policy implication of Hong Kong for Singapore? Professor Jonathan Rigg from Geography Department, National University of Singapore, said that what makes tackling poverty in Singapore more …
On October 31, 2013, A/P Angeline CHAN from Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School and Sociology Department will deliver a talk about “Understanding drivers of caregiver stress and depression among Singaporeans: Insights from the Singapore Informal Caregiving Survey”. More details about the event can be found below:
On October 24, 2013, a parellel event of the Singapore Biennale 2013 If The World Changed for Curatorial and Artists Tours with our four featured artists, Erika Tan, Michael Lee, Shimurabros and Charles Lim. More details can be found below:
Dr. Chua Ai Lin, of FASS’ own Department of History, has been elected as President of the Singapore Heritage Society. At only 39 years of age Dr. Chua is the youngest president in the society’s 27-year history. Dr. Chua will also be presenting at the Singapore Research Nexus’ Heritage Conference, co-organized with ISEAS, on the …
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Dr. Gwee Li Sui, former senior tutor in our ELL department and a friend of the SRN (Gwee directed our 2012 SRN-produced documentary film ‘Writers Engaging the Social’ http://youtu.be/yxggMumdQnU ) was recently featured in the Straits Times asked about the books he’s reading. He is also giving an ongoing series at The Arts House, Sing Lit 101: How to …
There are more poor people in Singapore than the numbers provided by the government, said speakers at a National University of Singapore forum on 24 September, 2013. In order to highlight the importance of the poverty issue, MP Laurence Lien and labour economist Hui Weng Tat proposed a series of figures that show rising income …
On Tuesday 24th September 2013, the SRN hosted its most anticipated event to date. “Building an Inclusive Society: Understanding and Empowering the Poor in Singapore” brought together academics, practitioners and policy-makers to discuss who are the poor in our society and what might it take to help them cope with the daily necessities of living. …
How to deal with the relationship between efficiency and equity in the process of Singapore’s health-care financing system reform? A/P Tilak Abeysinghe , director of the Singapore Centre for Applied and Policy Economics at the Department of Economics, National University of Singapore, and his student, Yang Shu Wen, found that personal responsibility plays an important role …
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On September 19, 2013, Dr. D.S. Farrer, who was awarded as a PhD by the National University of Singapore, will deliver a talk about spiritual captivation in Singapore. More details can be found below.