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An Asian version of data journalism?: Uncovering “Asian values” in data stories produced across Asia
Then-Singapore Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew famously stated in an address to the General Assembly of the International Press Institute on 9 June 1971: “freedom of the press, freedom of the news media, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore, and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government”. …
Is every school a good school? Parents in Singapore do not seem to believe that, claim Dr Eik Swee (University of Melbourne), Mr Cameron Kheng (Nanyang Technological University), and Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) in their commentary ‘‘Kiasu’ parents have an unhealthy obsession with ‘top schools’ at P1 registration exercise’ (Straits Times, …
Celebrated annually on 1 June, the Global Day of Parents was initiated by the United Nations to honour parents and parenting around the world. Although not all parents take the same approach to parenting or make the same sacrifices, parenting is a tireless commitment for many fathers and mothers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, parenting became …
The Community Courts are part of the State Courts of Singapore and were established on 1 June 2006 as problem-solving courts which hear special cases that require community resources to establish the root causes of offending behaviours and facilitate the successful reintegration of individuals into community settings. In ‘A Profile Study of Elderly Offenders in …
Professor Elaine Ho (NUS Geography) and Professor Tuen Yi Chiu (Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Lingnan University, Hong Kong) consider the use of technology in bridging the cultural and generational gaps among the grandparent generation in ‘Transnational ageing and “care technologies”: Chinese grandparenting migrants in Singapore and Sydney’ (Population, Space and Place, 2020) Singapore …
In ‘NUS professor works in ryokan for a year, offers behind-the-scenes look at Japan’s iconic inns in new book’ (The Straits Times, May 2023), Associate Professor Chris McMorran (NUS Japanese Studies) discusses his book, Ryokan: Mobilizing Hospitality in Rural Japan (University of Hawaii Press, 2022), and details his experiences from his stint as a ryokan employee …
The news segment ‘Push for flexible work arrangements as fertility rate hits record low ‘ (Channel NewsAsia, May 2023) discusses the Singapore government’s urge for employers and workers to adopt flexible working arrangements to make it easier for working adults to start and raise families. This was an issue discussed at a conference titled ‘Building …
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Loneliness amongst seniors is increasingly recognised as an issue of pressing importance to public health. Dr Ad Maulod (Duke-NUS Medical School Centre for Ageing Research and Education) and Associate Professor Angelique Chan (Duke-NUS Medical School Centre for Ageing Research and Education & NUS Sociology and Anthropology) discuss salient causes of loneliness amongst the elderly in …
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According to Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser (NUS Sociology & Anthropology and IPS Social Lab) and Ms Sim Kai Lin (IPS Social Lab), Singapore imagines itself as a middle-class society. In ‘Why does everyone think they are middle class?’ (Straits Times, May 2023), they answer the titular question and provide some solutions to the pains …
On May 27 1988, the Group Representation Constituency (GRC) system was passed into law. GRCs have to be contested by multi-member teams with at least one member from the minority races. While the government maintains that GRCs help ensure racial representation, some have criticised it for straining the opposition’s talent pool due to the additional …