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On September 11, 2001, the Wahhabi Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda launched a series of coordinated terrorist attacks against the United States. In response to calls by the Singapore government to counter terrorism post 9/11, religious extremists, otherwise known as resurgents, ironically strategically positioned themselves as champions of moderate Islam who reject extremist religious views. Religious …
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Kampong Glam book by former resident wins $50k Singapore History Prize (The Straits Times, September 2021) The NUS Singapore History Prize is awarded to a publication that makes a lasting impact on the understanding of Singapore’s history. Awarded by Professor Kishore Mahbubani (NUS Asia Research Institute), novelist Meira Chand, Dr Lam San Ling (SMU School …
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Associate Professor Alberto Salvo (NUS Department of Economics), Associate Professor Liu Haoming (NUS Department of Economics), and Associate Professor Eric Fesselmeyer (Monmouth University Department of Economics, Finance and Real Estate) were recently featured in an interview in NUS News titled ‘NUS study estimates low long-run discount rates using Singapore condominium’. They discussed their recently published …
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Can racial harmony in Singapore be fostered by law? On 29 August 2021, during the National Day Rally, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced the Maintenance of Racial Harmony Act. This new law aims to tackle offenses related to racism in a targeted manner and emphasises the importance of racial harmony in Singapore. It will …
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In ‘Workplace discrimination: Greater clarity needed’ (The Straits Times, September 2021), Senior Lecturer Dr Kelvin Seah (NUS Economics) welcomes the Singapore government’s latest policy efforts to combat workplace discrimination and provide equal opportunities for employment and career progression for workers. At the same time, he points out that cases of workplace discrimination and unfair …
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Although Singapore touts English as its default lingua franca, Mandarin remains a compulsory subject for students of Chinese heritage, who make up about 75% of the Singaporean population. The majority of children of Chinese heritage receive no Mandarin exposure at home, yet are placed in the same classes and are expected to compete with children …
In ‘Race, racism and racial privilege in Singapore’ (The Straits Times, September 2021) Professor Chua Beng Huat (NUS Sociology and Yale-NUS Urban Studies Program) discusses the conceptual development of racial privilege in Singapore, documents developments in Singapore’s history that have accorded privileges, conscious and unconscious, to specific racial groups, and evaluates the frameworks and solutions …
Singapore has long pursued neoliberal economic policies through international trade, cementing itself as one of the most globalized nations in the world. At the same time, the nation-state remains politically and socially conservative, prioritizing economic and communal well-being over individual political rights. Therein lies a tension between these ostensibly contradictory positions. In “‘First world problems’ in …
Bilingualism has often been touted as the cornerstone of Singapore’s language policy. The original aim of Singapore’s bilingual education was for citizens to gain access to knowledge of the West via English and to understand themselves via their mother tongue. However, the formation of bilingual policy was never properly established, causing for intense debate both …
Singapore bilingual education: One policy, many interpretations Read More »
Eat with your Family Day started in 2003 as an attempt to increase bonding time for Singaporean families. On designated days of the year, companies are urged to grant early leave, at 5pm, for employees to return to their families and have dinner together. This effort by the Centre for Fathering (CFF) is reflective of …
The Evolution of multi-Ethnic Singaporean Families Read More »