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Singapore’s bustling and metropolitan city today bears little resemblance to how it was more than a century ago. Fortunately, some of Singapore’s historical moments have been frozen in time as the British Film Institute has restored and digitised rare archival films of Singapore dating back to the early 1900s. Assistant Professor Hamzah Bin Muzaini (NUS …
Today we commemorate World Cancer Day to raise awareness and education about the disease. The annual event aims to reduce preventable deaths, and mitigate the impact that cancer has on individuals, families and communities. Assoc. Prof. Lee Geok Ling et. al. (Dept. of Social Work) took particular interest in Singaporean Chinese patients with advanced cancer. …
On the 4th of February World Cancer Day is commemorated to raise awareness of the disease. The annual event aims to reduce preventable deaths and mitigate the impact that cancer has on individuals, families, and communities. Associate Professor Lee Geok Ling (NUS Social Work) and her co-authors took particular interest in Singaporean Chinese patients with …
In line with the ongoing Singapore Bicentennial, Professor John Miksic (Department of Southeast Asian Studies) was recently interviewed in Episode 1 of “Becoming Singapore”, where he shared the significance of his archaeological work at Fort Canning Hill. The 2 episode series explores Singapore’s forgotten past tracing back hundreds of years. It also dispels the myth …
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The birthday of the Monkey God, a well-known character in Chinese Taoist tradition, is celebrated on the 15th and 16th day of the Lunar month, which falls on the 5th and 6th of February this year. In ‘Corporeal Gods’, a chapter from Digital Spirits in Religion and Media: Possession and Performance (Routledge, 2019), Dr Alvin …
A public lecture, ‘Singapore’s Story: A Port City In Search Of Hinterlands’, by Professor Tan Tai Yong from the NUS Department of History was recently featured in The Straits Times. The lecture traces development of Singapore’s port and its hinterland over the past 700 years. It is also Prof Tan’s third public lecture in a …
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Date: Tuesday, 7th May 2019 Time: 6-8:30pm Venue: The Pod, NLB Organizers: Singapore Research Nexus and FASS Migration Cluster, FASS Research Division Programme 6:00-6:30pm – Registration/Refreshments/Book Sale 6:30-6:35pm – Welcome Remarks, Prof Lionel Wee, FASS Vice-Dean (Research) 6:35-7.00pm – Presentation on Citizens in Motion: Emigration, Immigration, and Re-migration Across China’s Borders, Assoc Prof Elaine Lynn-Ee …
Associate Professor Tan Ern Ser from the NUS Department of Sociology and Institute of Policy Studies researcher Tan Min-Wei contributed an essay titled “Two stories on class in Singapore: Diversity or division?” in Managing Diversity in Singapore (World Scientific, 2016). An excerpt of their essay is featured in an article on the online news platform …
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Although wetlands may often be seen as wastelands or empty spaces for development, they are in fact treasures of natural and cultural heritage, and can serve as significant allies in the fight against climate change. Every 2 February, World Wetlands Day seeks to remind us of their importance and raise awareness of the valuable benefits …
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In 2018 the Singapore government announced its plans to freeze the number of cars on the road. Making car ownership in Singapore more costly through higher certificate of entitlement (COE) prices is one of the measures the government implements to promote a ‘car-lite’ society. But how effective is this policy? Professor Ivan Png (NUS Business …
High car prices may spur owners to drive more, not less Read More »