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Singapore’s baby bonus scheme was first implemented on 1 April 2001 by then-Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. It aimed to improve Singapore’s declining birth rate through monetary incentives intended to cover part of the costs of educating and rearing children. More recently in 2015, enhancements were made to provide even greater benefit to parents. …
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The K-shaped recovery from the depths of COVID-19 has highlighted significant inequalities. Whereas stock markets and Big Tech have thrived, job losses and social impacts have worsened living conditions. In ‘Looking to 2021: The pandemic’s impact on society’ in NUS News, Associate Professor Irene Ng (NUS Department of Social Work) reflects on four inequalities that …
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World Autism Awareness Day is observed on 2 April, and aims to recognise the rights and needs of people with autism. The study ‘Feasibility, Acceptability and Preliminary Treatment Outcomes in a School-Based CBT Intervention Program for Adolescents with ASD and Anxiety in Singapore’ (Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2017) responds to the concern that …
School-Based Intervention Programs for Adolescents with ASD and Anxiety in Singapore Read More »
Qing Ming festival will be held on 4th April in 2021. On the day, Chinese families visit the tombs of their ancestors to pay their respects and make ritual offerings. This practice is still observed in Singapore each year. Most visits, however, are to government-owned columbaria. Cemeteries occupy precious space in land-scarce Singapore, and a handful …
Qing Dynasty Tombs of Singapore: A Digital Archival Project Read More »
Singapore’s total fertility rate fell to an alarming 1.1 births per female in 2020. In an interview with CCTV-13, Professor Jean Yeung (NUS Sociology; Centre for Family and Population Research) shares insights as to how the COVID-19 pandemic may have caused couples to delay marriages and children. The loss of income and jobs undoubtedly played …
In an article in the Straits Times Invisible Asia series, Professor Jean Yeung’s (NUS Sociology; Centre for Family and Population Research) landmark study on marriages between Singaporean men and non-resident women was highlighted. Specifically, the research, part of the Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study (SG-LEADS) uncovered the following insights: -The age gap between couples averages …
Dear NUS Staff/Students, You are invited to a Roundtable Discussion titled ‘Trans and Gender-Nonconforming Lives’. In this roundtable discussion, we invite six speakers who identify as transgender and gender-nonconforming and/or have worked closely with trans and gender-nonconforming people to share their stories and experiences with us. This will be followed by a Q&A session where …
As of 21 March 2020, Singapore had recorded under 400 COVID-19 infections and zero deaths and was widely praised by the international community for its efforts in keeping transmission rates under control. Around a week later, however, the first few COVID-19 cases started to emerge in the dormitories where thousands of foreign migrant workers reside. …
Social Capital and Integration of Low-Income Binational Families in Singapore Read More »
The modern scientific and technological world is often criticised to be isolating, alienating and absent of meaning. Professor Syed Farid Alatas (NUS Sociology and Malay Studies) reflects on these criticisms through the lens of Muslim religious and philosophical thoughts in ‘Against The Grain: Erring modernisation and development’, an article in The Edge Markets. Modernisation and …
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Gender and Sexuality Research Cluster Presents The Shades of Love film screening + director’s Q&A Filmed during the events of COVID-19, The Shades of Love (2020) is a 14-minute short film that presents glimpses into the lives and livelihoods of three female-identifying sex workers in Singapore. The film’s uses of disembodied audio recordings and images of the Singaporean …