by Abriel | Jun 26, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Madam Rosie Wong, 70, whips up dinner for herself and her husband almost every night – and she is blind. Whether her induction hob, kitchen weighing scale or timer, all of them give her audio feedback so she can cook safely. The induction hob, for example,...
by Abriel | Jun 26, 2019 | 2019, Climate Action
Fighting climate change needs to be a consolidated effort, and the Government cannot tackle the pressing issue alone, Senior Minister of State for the Environment and Water Resources Amy Khor said yesterday at a four-day conference on ethical investing....
by Abriel | Jun 25, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Five-year-old Eden Eyok looks forward to Tuesday afternoons at Playeum, a children’s centre for creativity. Tuesday afternoons at Playeum are free entry for children with special needs. More important is that these afternoons allow those children to interact on...
by Abriel | Jun 25, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
One in four young people holds back from showing kindness in public because of fear over being embarrassed, an annual survey on graciousness shows. Looking stupid or being mocked on social media was cited as deterrents to lending a hand in public of respondents aged...
by Abriel | Jun 20, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
A new digital library, The National Service-Learning Clearinghouse, will be the first resource of its kind in Singapore, offering videos, reports, fact sheets and other information to education institutions to help them organise activities such as fund-raising events...
by Abriel | Jun 18, 2019 | 2019, Good Health & Well-being
Award-winning Singaporean cartoonist Sonny Liew has dealt with Singapore’s political history, dementia and depression in his works. Now, he turns his hand to an unexpected new subject: antibiotics. His next comic, The Antibiotic Tales, is a collaboration with...
