by Abriel | Jun 18, 2017 | 2017, Zero Hunger
Food delivery companies are offering healthy, affordable and gourmet meal options for children. The New Luncher, an online lunchbox service for school children, was founded last month by expatriate Catherin Lesselin, 42, a French citizen with Vietnamese heritage. The...
by Abriel | Jun 18, 2017 | 2017, Quality Education
Self-help group Mendaki will roll out two new awards this year aimed at nurturing lifelong learning. One will help individuals whose studies were interrupted in the past and want to go back to school, while the other targets professionals keen on honing their skills...
by Abriel | Jun 17, 2017 | 2017, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
French food-testing system at Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP)-bioMerieux Food Microbiology Rapid Testing Centre is able to test for pathogens in food samples within 24 hours, as compared with at least two days using existing food tests. Companies can launch their products...
by Abriel | Jun 17, 2017 | 2017, Life Below Water
Ms Toh Chay Hoon, who has volunteered with the National Parks Boards for over 13 years, has discovered a new species of coral mimic crab and about 10 new records of sea slugs during her volunteering journey. Whenever she spots a species that looks unfamiliar, Ms Toh...
by Abriel | Jun 16, 2017 | 2017, No Poverty
For the past five years, a Residents’ Committee (RC) in Tampines Changkat has been organising a used clothing donation drive for needy families during the Hari Raya festive season. It began with a single mother of four approaching the RC manager for used baju kurungs...
