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In ‘Commentary: Could Anwar’s government bring back Kuala Lumpur-Singapore HSR project?’ (Channel NewsAsia, December 2022), Dr Serina Rahman (NUS Southeast Asian Studies and ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute) discusses whether Malaysia’s new prime minister, Anwar Ibrahim, will revive the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore high-speed rail (HSR) project. With the fall of the Barisan Nasional government in 2018, the HSR …
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On 8 December 2013, a riot broke out in Little India after a foreign worker was killed in a traffic accident. In the aftermath of the riot, the Singapore government restricted migrant workers’ access to alcohol in certain recreational spaces. Although the government agreed that alcohol was not a direct cause of the riot, they …
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The second of Singapore’s post-independence riots, the Little India riot on December 8, 2013 led to the rise of distasteful sentiments towards the migrant worker population in Singapore. While dormitories already segregated migrant workers from the general population, the aftermath of the riot saw further limitations being placed on their mobility. Despite the country’s desire …
In ‘University grads’ median pay is $4.2k, double the $2k of those with ITE, secondary education: Study’ (The Straits Times, December 2022), Associate Professor Irene Y.H. Ng (NUS Social Work) was featured for her study on the wage gap between young Singaporeans holding a university or post-graduate degree and those with lower education qualifications. From …
International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development is observed on the 5th of December every year. Created by the United Nations, it is a day that recognises the volunteer efforts of non-governmental organizations (NGOs), United Nations agencies, government authorities, and the private sector. Despite the proliferation of studies and publications on voluntary organisations, …
The 7th Association of Southeast Asian Nations-United Nations (ASEAN-UN) Workshop-5th Regional Dialogue on Political-Security Cooperation was held in Hanoi on 3-4 December 2019. Senior officials and experts from ASEAN and UN discussed ways to facilitate support and cooperation to maintain peace and security in Southeast Asia (SEA) and internationally. Peace and security are not the …
COP28 will convene in the UAE on 30 November, 2023. Climate change and global warming threaten the survival of many costal cities, and it is interesting to study how proximity to the sea shapes urbanization of cities along the coast. Coastal Urbanities: Mobilities, Meanings, Manoeuvrings (Brill, 2022), edited by Dr Rapti Siriwardane-de Zoysa (Leibniz Centre …
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In ‘Commentary: Fixing “broken” youth not enough to tackle mental health issues — nurture them to flourish in life too’ (Today, November 2022), Ms Isabelle Tan, Dr Chew Han Ei (both NUS Institute of Policy Studies) and Associate Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Sociology and Anthropology) argue that while people pay growing attention to the prevalence …
In ‘Heat and the city: High-rise areas get almost twice as hot as low-rise residential areas’ (The Straits Times, November 2022), Professor Matthias Roth (NUS Geography) was featured for leading a project that studies the variation of temperature across Singapore. Areas with dense clusters of buildings are warmer than less dense housing estates. A compact …
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The death of a child can bring about different mourning practices amongst mothers. This single event generates a varied range of affective, behavioural, and social responses in mothers, as mothers attempt to find coherence between the unexpected early death of their child and the assumption that their child will outlive them. While grief is a …
Death of a child: Perspective of Chinese mothers in Singapore Read More »