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Photo: ‘Mangrove jungle stock photo’, iStock/Joshelerry NUS researchers are pioneering innovative solutions for sustainability in light of Singapore’s Green Plan 2030. In Season 1 Episode 4 of Channel NewsAsia’s Innovating for the Future documentary series titled Environment, Associate Professor Daniel Friess (NUS Geography) discusses the value of mangrove forests in Singapore and Asia. Millions of …
Racial Harmony Day is held every 21st July in Singapore to commemorate the communal race riots of 1964, which risked inflaming racial tensions and tipping the balance towards even more widespread sectarian violence. A negative outcome from the 1964 riots would have undermined the necessary cohesion that formed the basis for post-Independence Singapore’s multicultural society. …
Measuring Race, Mixed Race, and Multiracialism in Singapore Read More »
In July 2020, Singaporeans came together to elect their Group Representation Constituency members for the next five years. General Elections 2020 (GE2020) was the first time elections were held during a global pandemic, but one thing remained constant. There were still no sweeping alliances among the opposition parties who contested the dominant incumbent party, …
Failing to Build Opposition Alliances in Singapore, 1965–2020 Read More »
In ‘Web 3, new version of Internet, promises greater data privacy. But there are drawbacks’ (The Straits Times, July 2022), Dr Natalie Pang, senior lecturer and deputy head at NUS Department of Communications and New Media, explains that Web 3, the next version of the Internet, may offer a way to address some of the …
Web 3, new version of Internet, promises greater data privacy. But there are drawbacks Read More »
In ‘The good that can come from strikes and pandemics’ (The Straits Times, July 2022), Professor Ivan Png (NUS Business School and Department of Economics) reckons that strikes and pandemics can bring about social benefits as well. For example, strikes that disrupt the transportation system can prompt commuters to rethink about their optimal ways to …
The good that can come from strikes and pandemics Read More »
On July 12, 1962, Third Sister Liu, a Chinese musical film, was first screened in Singapore. It shattered all box-office records in the country and was continually screened in theatres for more than seven months. Audience members even wrote down the songs one by one and memorized them. Many watched the film more than ten times. …
The Singapore Food Festival will be held in August 2022. Conceived in 1994 to celebrate Singapore’s food culture, the festival is regularly packed with activities for all ages, including food tours, food symposiums, food tasting booths, exquisite private dining experiences, and food cooking demonstrations. The highlight of the festival in 2019, when it was …
Mapping Singapore’s Culinary Landscape: Is Anyone Cooking? Read More »
The 2020 General Elections, which elected 93 members to the Parliament of Singapore, were held on 10th July. In various models of democracy, political decision-making relies on citizens’ ability to conduct rational and civil discussions to arrive at a consensus. Many of the world’s political discussions occur on social media platforms, which allow people to …
The 2020 General Elections were held in Singapore on 10 July, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the ruling party retained its supermajority in Parliament, the 2020 general election saw the strongest-ever performance by the opposition since 1965. The general election also brought challenges for political succession as the designated successor to the …
Singapore in 2021: Confronting Internal and External Challenges Read More »
NUS celebrates the milestone accomplishments of 13,975 graduates through 28 in-person ceremonies.