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International Day of Friendship is a United Nations (UN) observance that promotes the role of friendship between peoples, countries, and cultures. In the face of world crises and divisions – like those of poverty, violence, and human rights abuses – the Day of Friendship aims to inspire peace efforts and the building of bridges between […]
NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences presents ‘Global Research Forum 2021: The Fruition and Challenges of Computational Social Science’ Dates and Times: 23 August 9am – 5.30pm, 24 August 9.30am – 8.30pm, and 25 August 9.30am – 9pm (Singapore Standard Time). Register via Zoom: https://bit.ly/3xE0Abb After registration, you will receive through email a Zoom link that […]
The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem is marked every 26th of July. Adopted by the General Conference of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), it aims to raise awareness of the importance of mangrove forests as unique ecosystems that are important for biodiversity conservation and coastal sustainability, even in […]
Singapore celebrated its 50th year of independence on 9th August 2015. The jubilee event, titled ‘SG50’, was celebrated with a range of community initiatives and programs that commemorated Singapore’s history, progress, and achievements. To support the SG50 programme, the National University of Singapore created the NUS Singapore History Prize. Awarded every three years, the […]
Communal riots broke out on 21st July 1964 in Singapore, marking the start of race-based civil disturbances on the island. The government responded by imposing island wide curfews and deploying military and police personnel to maintain law and order. The 1964 riots remind Singaporeans of the importance of racial and religious harmony in multiracial and […]
The National University of Singapore will host the 11th World Shakespeare Congress from 18th July 2021. The six day event will be held online — the first time the congress will be held digitally. The event brings together scholars from all over the world with their own understandings of Shakespeare. The event will facilitate exchange […]
The Straits Times was established on 15 July 1845 as the Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce. With the rise of new media and citizen journalism, traditional journalism has had to quickly adapt. In the article ‘When new media operates within a state-mediated press system: assessing new media’s impact on journalism crisis perceptions in […]
Finance Minister Lawrence Wong recently announced that groups of five could be allowed to dine-in at eateries in Singapore from July 12th, 2021. This is a relaxation of current restrictions which only allow two people to dine-in at a time. The multi-ministry taskforce has managed restrictions in response to the changes in the number of […]
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) celebrated its 100th anniversary on 1st July 2021. The world’s second largest political party commemorated the special occasion with national celebrations in Tiananmen Square in Beijing where Mao Zedong, the chairman of the party at the time, proclaimed the founding of the People’s Republic of China. Since the founding […]
On 14 July 1973, The Presidential Council for Minority Rights (PCMR) was established in Singapore to safeguard minority interests in the country. Since then, the PCMR has been responsible for ensuring that no legislative measures discriminate against any minority race or religion, or act simply in the interest of the majority. However, the public discourse […]