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For island nations like Singapore, the impacts of climate change, such as extreme weather and rising sea levels, are amplified. Traditional methods of protecting Singapore’s shorelines include concrete seawalls or increasing land reclamation heights. In an editorial in The Straits Times, Associate Professor Daniel Friess (NUS Department of Geography) suggests supplementing such methods by leveraging …
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In August 1992, the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act came into effect, with the intention of preserving religious harmony and ensuring that religion is not used to instigate any political causes or to organize any subversive activities in Singapore. A similar piece of legislation is Section 298A of the Penal Code, which states that one …
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Professor Wei-Jun Jean Yeung (NUS Department of Sociology), in an editorial in The Straits Times, talks about the need to counter ageism and integrate the silver workforce better amidst the National Day Rally announcements to increase the retirement age and re-employment age to 65 and 70, respectively, by 2030. Prof Yeung believes the changes are …
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Little research has been done on pre-colonial Singapore’s Malay warriors – the Orang-orang Diraja and Pendekar – who were central to the military and political activities of the region’s pre-colonial rulers. To change that, Dr Mohammed Effendy Abdul Hamid (NUS Department of Southeast Asian Studies) is leading a two-year National Heritage Board (NHB) heritage research …
World Senior Citizens Day will be celebrated this year on 21 August. The day raises awareness of the social and physical issues that affect the elderly and recognizes their contributions to society. Singapore, like many other countries, is currently encountering a growing elderly population, with the United Nations estimating that 38% of Singaporeans will be …
On Singapore’s National Day, Associate Professor Albert Lau (NUS Department of History) published an opinion piece questioning Singapore’s search for its national identity. Instead of Singapore’s (“modern”) history beginning in 1819, A/P Lau’s ‘Singapore Bicentennial: Whither the Singapore identity?’ critically examines the revised narrative of Singapore’s 700 years of history, and how that plays a …
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Assistant Professors John Solomon and Nurfadzilah Yahaya (NUS Department of History) were speakers at a recent panel discussion about migrant communities and their place in Singapore’s 19th and 20th century history, offering insights into the lesser-known stories and experiences of migrants in Singapore. Their discussion, alongside Malay Heritage Centre curatorial researcher Dr Ho Chi Tim …
Telling the stories of convicts, ordinary folk who built early Singapore Read More »
Associate Professor Elaine Ho’s (NUS Department of Geography) Citizens in Motion: Emigration, Immigration and Re-migration Across China’s Borders (Stanford University Press, 2019), was awarded the American Sociological Association’s “Best Book in Global and Transnational Sociology by an International Scholar” in 2019! In Citizens in Motion, A/P Ho examines how state accounts and narratives of migration …
On 8 August 1967, leaders of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Today, ASEAN comprises ten member states, each contributing to ASEAN development. Associate Professor Ho Kong Chong (NUS Department of Sociology), in his chapter, ‘The Dynamics of City State Development and Relations with ASEAN and APT’ …
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In the lead up to National Day, The Straits Times spotlights 10 new titles for the month of August relating to Singaporean identity and local life. Associate Professor Gerard Sasges’ (NUS Department of Southeast Asian Studies) latest non-fiction work, Hard at Work: Life in Singapore (NUS Press, 2019), co-edited with Ng Shi Wen, a photographer, …
10 Reads for August: Gerard Sasges and Ng Shi Wen’s “Hard at Work: Life in Singapore” Read More »