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The Singapore Amateur Football Association (SAFA) was founded on 29 August 1892. Now called the Football Association of Singapore (FAS), it is the governing body responsible for the sport’s development, organizing the professional league and cup competitions. Despite the popularity of football, street football is emerging as a popular alternative in Singapore. Street football courts […]
In August 1881, Zuo Binglong was appointed by the Qing imperial court to serve as the diplomat to Singapore. He was responsible for the welfare of the Chinese people working in Singapore. During his time as the first Qing consul to Singapore, he promoted the development of Chinese culture in the country by setting up […]
Pressure is mounting on the Chinese government to combat the long-term effects of a rapidly aging population and reverse the country’s falling birth rates. In 2015 the Chinese government scrapped its controversial one-child policy, allowing Chinese families to have two children. The two child-policy was passed in December 2015 and came into effect on […]
In ‘Survival by Technopreneurialism: Innovation, Imaginaries and the New Narrative of Nationhood in Singapore’, Assistant Professor Emily Chua (NUS Department of Sociology) writes about the consequencesof the Singapore government’s efforts to promote innovation to citizens – specifically, the new career expectations placed on them to strive towards technopreneurship. Innovation is a relatively new dimension considered […]
The Global Research Forum 2021 will be held from the 23rd to the 25th of August 2021. Jointly organized by the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Science and the NUS School of Computing’s Department of Information Systems and Analytics, the theme of the forum is ‘The Fruition and Challenges of Computational Social Science’. The […]
Pakistan’s Independence Day is commemorated annually on 14th August, marking the date it was declared a sovereign state after the end of British rule in the region in 1947. Home to one of the world’s largest Muslim populations, Pakistan celebrates Independence Day with speeches from its Prime Minister and President, award ceremonies, and parades. ‘Writing […]
In The Straits’ Times Ask NUS Economists series, Assistant Professor Denis Tkachenko (NUS Economics) explains how machine learning technology, commonly employed by technology giants such as Netflix and Google, makes the inter-disciplinary leap to solve real-world economics problems in policymaking, analysis, and evaluation. The term ‘machine learning’ has gained traction in recent years, owing […]
Professor Lionel Wee will be appointed the new dean of the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) and co-dean of the College of Humanities and Sciences from 1 October 2021.
The television was demonstrated in Singapore at the British Radio Exhibition by the British Radio and Accessories Manufacturers’ Association in August 1952 over a span of 16 days. At the time, a small group of sceptics were convinced that Singapore did not have the infrastructure that was needed to introduce television on its shores. […]
‘Riverine Sediment Load Responses to Climate Change in High Mountain Asia’, a Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund Tier 2 project led by Professor Lu Xi Xi (NUS Geography), will examine how climate change affects the sediment load in twenty headwater rivers in High Mountain Asia (HMA) by altering the way that glaciers, snow, and […]