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‘Finding the right-size home in your silver years’ (The Straits Times, September 2022) features Associate Professor Thang Leng Leng (NUS Japanese Studies), Associate Professor Feng Qiushi (NUS Sociology and Anthropology), and their research on Singaporeans preparing for retirement. In a 2015 study of HDB’s studio apartments, A/P Thang observed that some Singaporeans were selling their …
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The International Day of Older Persons is observed on October 1 each year. In 2018, the share of the population aged 65 years and older in Singapore matched that of those younger than 15 years, giving rise to the term ‘Silver Tsunami’, referring to the phenomenon of a rapidly ageing population. In conjunction with this, …
Watch Assistant Professor Chien-Wen Kung (NUS History) discuss his new book ????????? ???? ????????: ??????????? ?????, ?????????????, ??? ??? ?????????? ???????, 1930?-1970? at The Pod, NLB: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKoPETrIPyE Get the book here: https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501762215/diasporic-cold-warriors/#bookTabs=1
Here are some of the highlights from the book launch of Diasporic Cold Warriors: Nationalist China, Anticommunism, and the Philippine Chinese, 1930s–1970s (Cornell University Press, 2022) by Assistant Professor Chien-Wen Kung (NUS History)!
The Qufu International Confucius Culture Festival is held every year between September 26th and October 10th in Qufu City, the hometown of Confucius. The Nanyang Confucian Association (NCA) was founded in Singapore in 1914 in response to a nationalistic call in China seeking to enshrine Confucianism as a state religion. The term nanyang, meaning the south sea, …
Ganesh Chaturthi is an annual Hindu festival usually falling during the months of August or September. It commemorates the birthday of Lord Ganesh, who was believed to be born around noon. Ganesh Chaturthi is one of the many Hindu festivals celebrated around the world. In Singapore, we are more familiar with Taipusam, which is celebrated …
Made in Singapore: Conceiving, Making and Using Ritual Objects in Hindu Domains Read More »
On 25 September, 2015, the Singapore Ministry of Education ordered all primary and secondary schools to close for one day due to the heavy haze. While many perceive burning at coal-fired power plants to be a major cause of air pollution, the reverse could also be true: air pollution drives up power consumption. In ‘Local …
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In ‘Singapore youth: In defence of “strawberries”’ (The Straits Times, September 2022), Dr Chew Han Ei (NUS Institute of Policy Studies) and Assistant Professor Vincent Chua (NUS Department of Sociology and Anthropology) shared their preliminary findings about Singapore’s youths based on a six-year study by the NUS Institute of Policy Studies and the National Youth …
On 23 September 2019, The Straits Times published an article announcing a collaborative effort by the Housing Development Board, People’s Association, Ministry of Health, and National Environment Agency to build a vertical ‘kampung’ for the elderly. This new development will be situated in Yew Tee and is modelled after the Kampung Admiralty Project with …
Old-age dependency: is it really increasing in aging populations? Read More »
“Singapore’s only natural resource is its people.” This often-cited adage by Lee Kuan Yew encapsulates the constraints that Singapore faces as a small island-state. Indeed, to make up for its geographical disadvantages, the Singapore government pays high attention to educating and developing its people from young. However, the effectiveness of human capital development efforts is …
Asset Building Early in Life and Matched Savings Read More »