The Singapore Food Festival is a month-long celebration that takes place annually from the end of June to the end of July. The festival consists of activities like chef culinary workshops, food competitions, and food-themed tours of local neighbourhoods. Participants can look forward to satisfying their food cravings and increasing their culinary knowledge of both […]

World Population Day is an annual event established by the United Nations that takes place on the 11 July, which seeks to raise awareness on the urgency and importance of population issues that span across family planning, gender equality, poverty, maternal health, and human rights. One of the biggest population issues that Singapore faces is […]

Growing up, we are often taught to be grateful for what we have and extend our gratitude by giving back and benefitting others. However, in today’s fast-paced and competitive society, we may forget to put our feelings of gratitude into action and behave in a selfish manner instead. In challenging times that call for togetherness, […]

From social distancing to travel restrictions, the COVID-19 outbreak has had unprecedented impacts on our daily lives. The pandemic has certainly changed, and will continue to leave significant and lasting implications on, the evolving landscapes of public policy, trade relations, economic and social activities. You are invited to participate in the last episode of the HKUST […]

Every year around the month of June, it is not uncommon to see large red banners hanging around shopping malls, plastered on store fronts, and even along roads, all proclaiming huge discounts and limited time offers. These tantalizing deals are part of the annual Great Singapore Sale (GSS), a paradisal event for avid Singaporean shoppers […]

NUS University Professor Wang Gungwu has been honoured with the 2020 Tang Prize for Sinology, for his pioneering research in the field of diasporic Chinese history. Awarded biennially, the Tang Prize is presented by the Taiwanese Tang Prize Foundation to laureates in the fields of Sustainable Development, Biopharmaceutical Science, Sinology, and Rule of Law. Born […]

Dr Natalie Pang (NUS Department of Communications and New Media) and Dr Han Ei Chew (NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy) explain the need to look beyond the digital divide, an outdated concept hailing from the late 1990s, in ‘Don’t define digital access problem as a divide. It’s more complex than that’ in […]

Parkour is a type of activity usually performed in an urban environment which incorporates multiple movements such as running, jumping, and swinging to negotiate from one point to another in the most efficient, quickest, and shortest way possible. Parkour Singapore hosted the Lion City Gathering IV on the 22nd to 24th June 2018. The Lion […]

‘An Act to provide for the raising, maintenance and discipline of the Singapore Armed Forces and for matters connected therewith.’ This opening line heralded the enactment of the Singapore Armed Forces Act on 15 June 1972, which unified the army, navy, and air forces into the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF). More crucially, it also contained […]

From 23 to 25 June 2008, Singapore hosted the first World Cities’ Summit, which focused on the development of sustainable cities. The event has since become a biennial conference, jointly organized by the Centre for Livable Cities and the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore, with more than 122 leaders from 117 cities around the world […]