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‘How can tertiary students boost their career prospects in a prolonged crisis?’ by Dr Kelvin Seah Kah Cheng (NUS Department of Economics) in Today guides graduating students on improving their employability. Responding his students’ queries on how to best equip themselves for the crisis-enduring labour market, Dr Seah highlights the importance of engaging in co-curricular …
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World Sexual Health Day, which spreads awareness about sexual health, is observed on 4 September every year. Sexual health covers all aspects of sex, including sexually transmitted diseases, sex education, sexual behaviour, and sexual attitudes. In ‘Singapore social work practice with lesbian, gay, and bisexual clients’ (International Social Work, 2018), Dr Peace Yuh Ju Wong …
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Published on 19 August 2020, the Channel News Asia (CNA) commentary, “Singapore’s steady seven-month plan to get the economy back on track”, by Distinguished Professor Sumit Agarwal (NUS Business School and NUS Department of Economics and Real Estate) reflects on the Ministry of Finance’s plans to swiftly recover Singapore’s economy. This commentary responds to the …
Associate Professor Alberto Salvo (NUS Economics) investigates the link between increasing home energy demand and air pollution in ‘Local Pollution as a Determinant of Residential Electricity Demand’ (Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, 2020). PM2.5, defined as particulate matter of diameter up to 2.5 x 10-6 m, are ambient particles that cause …
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Women’s Equality Day falls on the 26th of August each year, and is typically celebrated in the United States to commemorate women’s right to vote that came with the 19th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1878. In Singapore, the nation’s leading gender and equality advocacy group is the Association of Women for Action …
World Humanitarian Day, every 19th of August, is dedicated towards recognizing the worldwide humanitarian efforts that support people in crisis. While Singapore remains one of the wealthiest nations in the world today, poverty and homelessness have emerged as symptomatic of the nation-state’s widening income inequality. Associate Professor Irene Ng’s (NUS Department of Social Work) article, …
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Professor Sumit Agarwal (NUS Business School) proposes alternative solutions to reduce systemic environmental pollution in ‘A case for making plastic bags in Singapore ugly – or even embarrassing’ (Channel News Asia, 2020). Singapore uses close to 2.5 billion plastic bags a year, equivalent to around 450 bags per person, and without intervention to reduce non-recyclable …
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This Sunday, 16 August 2020, Associate Professor Timothy P. Barnard (NUS Department of History) will be conducting his talk, Imperial Creatures, at 4pm as part of The Arts House’ LumiNation festival. The third edition of the festival centres on the theme of migration in Singapore. Based on his latest book, Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other …
In 1819, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) sailed to Malacca to secure British presence in the Riau region, and later settled on a post at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula – what would eventually become the island of Singapore. Though Raffles has since been recognized as the founder of modern Singapore in school …
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Hari Raya Haji, also known as the Festival of Sacrifice, falls 70 days after the holy month of Ramadan, and marks the end of the annual holy pilgrimage to Mecca, demonstrating each practicing Muslim’s submission to Allah. The festival typically lasts for up to four days. In lieu of the festival, the article “Malay Muslim …
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