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Professor Jean Yeung (NUS CFPR and Sociology) was interviewed on Channel 8’s Hello Singapore about Singaporean fathers taking paternity leave on Tuesday, 27 October. She shared results from the 2019 SG LEADS (Singapore Longitudinal Early Development Study). They included the fact that 66.4% of the dads in families with a child under 7 took the …
The Singapore River Festival was held from 2 August to 15 September 2019 at various riverside venues in Singapore. Some of the festival highlights included the Riverfront Spectacular in Clarke Quay Central, which showcased talented local music and circus acts, and the LAH Bazaar which is an outdoor market concept selling food and beverage. …
Recreating place, replacing memory: Creative destruction at the Singapore River Read More »
The Progressive Wage Model (PWM) was introduced in 2012 and aimed to improve the wages and working conditions of the Cleaning, Security, and Landscaping sectors that encompass the bottom 20% of Singapore’s income earners. Implementation by the MOM came three years later, in September 2015 for Cleaning and Security and July 2016 for landscaping, with …
The International Day of Climate Action was first organised on the 24th of October 2009 by 350.org, a global climate movement. More specifically, it was first organised around the scientific data point of 350 parts per million, the safe concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In the discourse of climate action, poetry is …
Ecology, Nature and the Human in Edwin Thumboo’s Poetry Read More »
In celebration of Professor Wang Gungwu’s 90th birthday and imminent book release, NUS conducted an interview with him at the Bukit Timah campus. It becomes clear as the meeting unfolds, delving through his time in Southeast Asia, China, and the West, that Singapore has been very fortunate to have kept the renowned scholar working and …
Professor Jean Yeung (NUS Centre for Family and Population Research & Dept of Sociology) was interviewed on the TV programme Frontline on their episode ‘Living Alone in Singapore’. Prof Yeung commented that the trend of living alone will continue to increase, not only for older adults but also for young people, including those that postpone …
On the 13th of October each year, the International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction is held to recognise risk-awareness and disaster reduction efforts in local communities around the world. In the article “Mandai Mangrove, Singapore: Lessons for the Conservation of Southeast Asia’s Mangroves” (The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 2012), A/P Daniel Friess (NUS Department of …
Lessons for the Conservation of Southeast Asia’s Mangroves from Mandai, Singapore Read More »
Many young people are discovering that their dreams of emerging into a dynamic job market after high school or graduation have been severely disrupted by the ongoing health crisis. In ‘Covid Has Wiped Out the Economic Dreams of a Generation in Asia,’ (Bloomberg, 2020) examples such as Pavisa Ketupanya, 26, who recently obtained her commercial …
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The United Nations designated World Habitat Day on the first Monday of October as a day to reflect on the future of the human habitat, and the basic right of all people to adequate shelter. The day is also intended to remind the world of its collective responsibility towards protecting our towns and cities. A/P …
The International Day for Universal Access to Information is held annually on 28 September to raise awareness of the right to seek and receive information, which is essential to freedom of expression and sustainable development. In ‘Sites’ of Resistance: Alternative Websites and State-Society Relations (British Journal of Sociology, 2002), Associate Professor Ho Kong Chong …
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