by Abriel | Sep 24, 2017 | 2017, ST Singaporean of the Year 2017
The Straits Times is opening nominations for the third edition of The Straits Times Singaporean of the Year 2017, which seeks to honour an individual or group of people whose extraordinary acts of goodwill have improved their community and the lives of others. The...
by Christie Lee | Sep 22, 2017 | 2017
Jason Chee has no legs, no left arm, is missing one finger and parts of two other fingers on his right hand and has only one eye. The Navy serviceman had lost his legs, left arm and suffered the injuries to his right hand in an accident aboard a Republic of Singapore...
by Abriel | Sep 21, 2017 | 2017, Quality Education
Students with severe hearing, physical and visual disabilities will now get more help as they pursue their studies at polytechnics and the Institute of Technical Education (ITE). They can now each receive up to $70,000 over the course of their studies, to buy...
by Abriel | Sep 17, 2017 | 2017, Quality Education
From next year, pupils at a mainstream primary school will have deaf classmates learning alongside them in sign language as a further step is taken towards greater inclusiveness. Currently, children with hearing loss who need more support go to Lighthouse School or...
by Abriel | Sep 17, 2017 | 2017, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Diners have no complaints about the service at a pop-up restaurant in central Tokyo, where the 17 waiters and waitresses all suffer from dementia. “The Restaurant of Order Mistakes” is the brainchild of NHK television director Shiro Oguni, 38. The goal of his project,...
by Abriel | Sep 14, 2017 | 2017, Climate Action
China plans to roll out the use of ethanol fuel nationally by 2020, as Beijing intensifies its push to boost industrial demand for corn and clean up choking smog. It is the first time the government has set a targeted timeline for pushing the biofuel, known as E10 and...
