by Abriel | Dec 17, 2019 | 2019, Causes Week 2019, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Armed with $30 worth of supermarket vouchers, 12-year-old Muhammad Khairunnas wandered around the Sheng Siong mart picking out groceries. It was part of local charity Children’s Wishing Well’s FRESH Programme, which organises weekly supermarket trips, pairing...
by Abriel | Dec 6, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
A sustainable Christmas without sacrificing the good things in life? Three eco-warriors show how they’re doing it. BJORN LOW, 39 Founder of Edible Garden City The founder and managing director of urban farming social enterprise Edible Garden City has always celebrated...
by Abriel | Dec 6, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
With climate change and urbanisation, much attention is focused on our consumerist lifestyle, and how all the waste we generate is destroying the planet and our children’s future. For a small city state like Singapore, a conversation on waste is particularly...
by Abriel | Dec 6, 2019 | 2019, Reduced Inequalities, ST Singaporean of the Year 2019
Hedge fund founder Danny Yong understands how getting one chance can change a life. After all, Mr Yong, one of Singapore’s richest men, was once the recipient of a life-changing opportunity. In 1997, after graduating with first class honours studying business at...
by Abriel | Nov 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
Like many other private-hire car drivers in Singapore, Steven Chong spends long hours on the road. However, Mr Chong is not like most of the more than 41,000 people here who hold a private hire car driver’s vocational licence (PDVL). The private-hire car driver of...
by Abriel | Nov 29, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
To help pay for utilities, groceries and her grandchildren’s pocket money, Madam Rusnah Sajee joined a local charity programme that enables her to bake snacks for sale. Madam Rusnah, 59, is part of Bakers Beyond, an initiative by Beyond Social Services that gathers...
