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The TODAY Youth Survey, which polled 1,066 respondents between the ages of 18 and 35, found that there was a high overall acceptance rate of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people among youth. However, the survey also found that fewer people were willing to accept family members having same-sex relationships. 75 percent …
In ‘The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and the Chinese Community of Singapore: History, Repositioning and Contestation’ (A General History of the Chinese in Singapore, 2019) Associate Professor Jianli Huang (NUS Department of History) considers the intentional positioning of the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall within a Sino-centric shift of Singaporean nation-building during …
Arab immigrants, with their wealth of trading experience and networks, established businesses and trading posts in Singapore, contributing to Singapore’s development as a bustling hub for trade and enterprise. On 11th November 1946, the Arab Association was officially set up. The Arab Association hopes to promote Islamic virtues and the use of the Arabic language …
Happening on Wednesday, 17 November: ICT4Good/Asia Workshop in collaboration with NUS Communications and New Media and NUS CivicTech Lab! This workshop brings together researchers and practitioners pursuing ICT4Good in Asia to discuss the interdisciplinary and cross-sectoral development of the field. The morning panels feature academic topics such as educating computer science students about the civic, …
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Held annually on 9 November, World Freedom Day commemorates the fall of the Berlin Wall nearing the end of the Cold War in 1989, a historic event that heralded a freer, fairer, and united Germany. Similarly, Singapore’s decolonisation experience, which brought greater freedom and autonomy to its people, intersected with political and ideological forces unleashed …
From 1st November 2021, Muslim nurses serving in Singapore’s public healthcare centers will be allowed to wear tudungs with their uniforms. The tudung is a part of Islamic dress for Muslim women and serves to reaffirm their identity as religious women and foster a sense of solidarity among themselves. Wearing a tudung is entirely up …
Formerly called Bukit Larangan (Forbidden Hill) and Government Hill, Fort Canning Park was renamed on 1 November 1981 by Singapore’s first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. Having been a burial ground for ancient kings, a residence for Sir Stamford Raffles, a fort during war, and a royal botanical garden, this lush hill is laden with …
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Every 31st of October is World Savings Day, which recognises the value and importance of saving. In ‘Savings attitude and behavior in children participating in a matched savings program in Singapore’ (Children and Youth Services Review, 2019), Associate Professor Corinne Ghoh (NUS Social Work) and Assistant Professor Kareen N. Tonsing (Department of Sociology, Anthropology, …
A super-aged society is one where more than one in five of the population is 65 and over. In 2000, Singapore was formally designated as an ageing society. In 2019, Singapore became an aged society. And in less than 10 years, when the last cohort of the baby boomer generation enters their silver years, Singapore …
Adjunct Professor Bertha Henson (NUS Department of Communications and New Media and Tembusu College) recently published Not for Circulation: The George E. Bogaars Story (NUS Press, 2021), a biography of one of Singapore’s pioneer civil servants, The Straits Times reports in ‘Ex-spymaster and top civil servant’s biography on WWII, S’pore’s separation launched’ (October 2021). During …
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