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Photo: ‘Facade and front sign of Duke NUS campus’ by Kelman Chiang from SRN’s SG Photobank In 2021, Minister for Education Mr Chan Chun Sing kicked off the inaugural SkillsFuture Month, held between 8 July and 22 August. In his opening speech at the Singapore Institute of Technology, he highlighted the growing need for closer …
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The Singapore Botanic Gardens was listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO on 4 July, 2014. Its history can be traced back to 1859, when it was envisioned to be a centre for the development of British imperial botany. However, as British colonisers reformed their agricultural policies, the role of the Garden and agriculture …
On 29 June, 2022, the Singapore Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal for a lighter sentence by a woman who was charged for fatally abusing her Burmese domestic helper. Abuse of domestic helpers is a glaring issue in Singapore, and domestic helpers from Myanmar are particularly vulnerable because Myanmar imposed a ban on domestic worker …
The Leng Hup San Chee Chea Temple, one of the United Temples of Singapore, officially opened on 24 June 1996. The United Temples gathered multiple smaller village temples, including those of different dialect groups, into unified structures in a period of rapid urban redevelopment in the country. The project ‘Chinese Epigraphy of Singapore: United Temples …
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Impact Journalism Day is celebrated every year in mid-June. Backed by Sparknews, a collective based in Paris, newspapers around the world are encouraged to publish a series of articles on local initiatives to improve people’s living conditions and protect the planet. This collaboration highlights the key role that journalism plays in raising awareness about social …
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Bilingualism is generally viewed as a point of pride for Singapore, yet proficiency in mother tongue languages seems to be low amongst young adults. ‘Lack of fluency hinders parents from raising effectively bilingual children’ (Straits Times, June 2023) explores the causes of this issue through conversations with young adults, academics, and stakeholders in language education. …
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Celebration of the Senses Day falls on 24th June. This celebration calls for everyone to appreciate the experience accorded to us through our five senses. In his book Sensory Anthropology: Culture and Experience in Asia (Cambridge University Press, 2023), Associate Professor Kelvin Low (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) makes the case that studying the senses seriously …
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The COVID-19 pandemic had forced many activities, traditionally held in large groups and in-person, to be adapted into online forms. ‘Cyber Dharma: Celebrating E-Vesak in Singapore’ (CoronAsur: Asian Religions in the Covidian Age, 2023) by Assistant Professor Jack Meng-Tat Chia (NUS History & Asia Research Institute) explores how Buddhist organisations in Singapore have adapted mobility …
Singapore’s racial classification system — the Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Others (CMIO) scheme — is a key policy in maintaining racial harmony among the country’s diverse multiracial population. Each racial category is associated with traits defined by the state’s racial ideology, a prominent state-defined trait being the mother tongue associated with the three major racial …
On June 10th, 1963, the Equal Pay Act was passed in the US, aiming to abolish wage disparity based on gender. Traditionally, researchers have been using the unadjusted median gender pay gap to compare the median pay of working women relative to that of men. However, this measure may not accurately reflect gender discrimination because …