by Abriel | Aug 3, 2019 | 2019, Good Health & Well-being, What Inspires You?
When the severe acute respiratory syndrome broke out in 2003, Hu Xiaomei was touched when she saw on television the hard work of healthcare staff. Inspired by their acts, Xiaomei, who was a 19-year-old student in China at the time, enrolled in a nursing course in...
by Abriel | Jul 29, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
When Seng Ian Hao was nine years old and his sister Ing Le was seven, they witnessed an elderly woman fall at a hawker centre that changed the course of their young lives. She was trying to pick up her walking stick, which she had leant against her table but had slid...
by Abriel | Jul 27, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
To meet an increase in demand for primary-level places, Pathlight School will open a new campus in Tampines in January 2023 which can take in 500 pupils with autism spectrum disorder. The new campus will be built on a site previously occupied by East View Primary...
by Abriel | Jul 27, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
More incentives have been put in place to encourage firms to be more inclusive in their hiring practices. The Housing Board will offer discounted rentals to all social enterprises that are members of the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE) when they are...
by Abriel | Jul 27, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
More than 700 students with special needs will learn how to use the Internet, when four schools incorporate basic digital skills into their academic curricula. The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) said that the lessons will support the learning needs of...