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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 […]
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 […]
In ‘Becoming digitally connected: What holds people back?’ (The Straits Times, 2021), Associate Professor Irene Y. H. Ng (NUS Department of Social Work), Professor Lim Sun Sun (SUTD Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Cluster), and Dr Natalie Pang (NUS Department of Communications and New Media) explain how fear, financial concerns, helplessness, poor self-esteem, ignorance, and […]
As our society matures, social science and humanities research will be increasingly important to understanding issues such as ageing, social mobility, and quality of life. The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) in Singapore aims to develop research talent and to support research initiatives in these fields. Recognizing the increasingly central role social science and […]
Celebrated during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, the Nine Emperor Gods Festival is commemorated by the Taoist community over a nine-day period of festivities and rituals. There are various stories behind the arrival of the Nine Emperor Gods festival in Singapore. However, it is largely believed that a man named Ong Choo […]
‘Telcos can do more to make phone scamming unprofitable’ (The Straits Times, 2021) Between January and June, the police dealt with 323 China official impersonation scams, which caused losses amounting to $49.5 million. This was a 47 percent rise in case numbers and a recorded loss of almost five times higher than the losses recorded […]
In ‘Why digital poverty deserves greater attention’ (The Straits Times, 2021), Associate Professor Irene Y.H. Ng (NUS Department of Social Work), Professor Lim Sun Sun (SUTD Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Cluster), and Dr Natalie Pang (NUS Department of Communications and New Media) explain how inadequate access to digital devices and connectivity among lower-income households […]