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As part of the ‘ASK: NUS Economics’ series by The Straits Times, Dr Timothy Wong (NUS Department of Economics) addresses whether public transport subsidies in Singapore are economically justified. His research findings suggest that public transport subsidies in Singapore can increase supply- and demand-side economies of scale, and lower auto externalities. However, the drawback is […]
Imperial Creatures: Humans and Other Animals in Colonial Singapore, 1819–1942 (NUS Press, 2019) by Associate Professor Timothy Barnard (NUS Department of History) was recently featured in an article in The Straits Times by Ms Melody Zaccheus. Ms Zaccheus finds that the book is a unique way of looking at the Republic’s history through the lens […]
Just two days ago, Hindus in Singapore celebrated Tai Pucam (also known as Thaipusam), which commemorates the feats of the Hindu deity, Lord Subramaniam. However, why is Tai Pucam not given a public holiday in Singapore, and what are the implications of this? Professor Vineeta Sinha and Dr George Radics from the NUS Department of […]
The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) is a unique academic resource covering the wide range of research on Singapore produced by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It can be found at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/. SRN is involved in assisting the FASS Research Division with event organization and research. In addition, SRN is currently engaged in a […]
The Singapore Research Nexus (SRN) is a unique academic resource covering the wide range of research on Singapore produced by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS). It can be found at http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/srn/. SRN is involved in assisting the FASS Research Division with event organization and repository updating. SRN has been engaged in a project […]
Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser (NUS Department of Sociology) comments in NUS News on poverty and inequality in Singapore, offering his take on what a good welfare model would look like. A/P Tan first questions the idea that some are more deserving of help than others by reframing the issue; the poor and disadvantaged should […]
While Singapore sees several career events each year, the sixth iteration of the ‘ASEAN Career Fair with Japan’ particularly stood out. Held on 3 February 2018, nearly all participating companies were Japanese, with most companies looking to hire employees for their home operations in Japan. What explains this drive by Japanese companies to hire foreign […]
Dr John Solomon (NUS Department of History), in ‘Not Singaporean Enough? Migration, History and National Identity in Singapore’, a chapter in History, Historians and the Immigration Debate: Going Back to Where We Came From (2019), examines the uneven scholarship and public perception that surrounds migration and migrants to the city-state. Migration into Singapore from 1965 […]
Professor Bao Zhiming (NUS Department of English Language and Literature (ELL)) writes in NUS News about his collaboration with fellow ELL linguists and neuropsychologists at the Mind-Science Centre, which aims to discover linguistic markers of dementia. Dementia affects 5 to 8 percent of people aged 60 and over. Building on previous research, Prof Bao believes […]
The ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) was successfully established on 28 January 1992 to much fanfare and celebration in the region. But compared to its international counterparts, ASEAN is very much a latecomer to the scene. In fact, up until the establishment of AFTA, Asian governments have mostly relied heavily on the private sector to […]