by Abriel | Jan 18, 2020 | 2020, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
There are certain cuts of chicken that people prefer more than others and, as a result, the breast meat is often unsold and goes to waste. Three graduates from the Singapore Management University and Nanyang Technological University saw a business opportunity in such...
by Abriel | Jan 17, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
More Singaporeans were moved to help others in 2019 through various online platforms and physical volunteer centres, said the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY). Online charity portal Giving.sg saw a 35% growth in the number of registered users in the...
by Abriel | Jan 6, 2020 | 2020, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Unlike those who spent the recent year-end holidays at overseas resorts, Ms Isabel Phua and six friends opted to travel to Bangladesh to visit the villages where families of some migrant workers in Singapore reside. For 10 days last month (December 2019), they...
by Abriel | Dec 29, 2019 | 2020, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, What Inspires You?
Software engineer Tengku Hafidz remembers the first time he fell in love with coding – during a class in polytechnic. Mr Tengku, who went on to study information systems at university, now imparts tech skills to young people, particularly those from the Malay...
by Abriel | Dec 24, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
22-year-old Mark Yeong is a Singaporean studying in the University of Sydney who spends his holiday in a different way. This second-year student physiotherapy student is a volunteer firefighter that has been battling the bushfires that have been plaguing Australia...
by Abriel | Dec 22, 2019 | 2019, Causes Week 2019, Quality Education, What Inspires You?
Outside of regular full-time national servicemen duties, six NSFs also spend their Saturdays running a free tuition programme for children living in rental flats in the Henderson area. Mr Chua Tze Hean, who started Budding Minds in October last year, roped in five...
