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A team of NUS FASS researchers associated with the NUS Social Service Research Centre discussed recommendations for the Workfare Income Supplement (WIS) at a roundtable event held at FASS. The research team comprises Dr Ong EeCheng (NUS Economics and Social Service Research Centre), Associate Professor Irene Ng (NUS Social Work and Social Service Research Centre), …
As the state elections in Malaysia are coming up later in the year, Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies and ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute) comments on the possible points of tension with regards to Malaysian politics in ‘Upbeat Hari Raya mood in Malaysia belies simmering tensions’ (Straits Times, April 2023). Dr Rahman argues that Malaysians’ …
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Associate Professor Mie Hiramoto (NUS English, Literature, and Theatre Studies) looks at the expanding use of CSE (Colloquial Singapore English) within commercial advertising in ‘Colloquial Singapore English in advertisements’ (World Englishes, 2019). A/P Hiramoto provides contemporary international context to the more local use of CSE, with the example of ‘girlspeak’ in Western countries. Girlspeak was …
At present, 92,000 Singaporeans suffer from dementia. This number is only expected to steadily increase in the coming years, being expected to reach a staggering high of 150,000 in 2030. ‘On The Pulse’ (CNA, April 2023) investigates the causes of dementia, as well as the innovations and preventative measures that have emerged because of dementia’s …
A major talking point in refreshing Singapore’s governance and social compact is the shape and form of the meritocracy prized as the enabler of social mobility in the nation-state. In ‘Commentary: Why Singapore needs to move towards a meritocracy of skills and contributions’ (TODAY, April 2023), Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) argues …
Environmental sustainability is a major issue of public concern, and policymakers are increasingly interested in ways to nudge public behaviour in more environmentally sustainable directions. In ‘Commentary: Singapore will finally charge for plastic bags. What’s next?’ (Channel NewsAsia, March 2023), Professor Sumit Agarwal (NUS Finance, Real Estate, and Economics) raises proposals that go beyond charging …
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Two years in the making, Singapore Ageing: Issues and Challenges Ahead (World Scientific, 2023) was launched at the National University of Singapore on 11 April. The book, co-edited by Emeritus Professor S. Vasoo (NUS Social Work), Associate Professor Srinivasan Chokkanathan (NUS Social Work), and Associate Professor Bilveer Singh (NUS Political Science), explores the contemporary issues …
Associate Professor Shirlena Huang and Dr Kamalini Ramdas (both from NUS Geography) explain how Singapore has become the beacon, within an otherwise Anglo-American dominated Southeast Asia, in ‘Generative spaces of gender and feminist geography in Singapore: entanglements of the personal and political’ (A Journal of Feminist Geography, 2019). Feminist geography, standing apart from the more …
Speaking at a recent talk co-organised by Yale-NUS College and the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, Professor Wang Gungwu (NUS History) gave a lecture titled “What Does it Mean to be Ethnically Chinese in Singapore?”. In attempting to answer this question, Professor Wang explores the historical context of Singapore’s relationship with China, the significance of the …
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The Mrs Lee Choon Guan Endowed Research Fund (LCG ERF) was launched officially on 10 April 2017. It is the first endowment made in Singapore to establish a research fund specifically for practice research in social work that would impact the development and delivery of social services. The LCG ERF is one of the philanthropic …