by Abriel | Nov 20, 2019 | 2019, Good Health & Well-being, ST Singaporean of the Year 2019, What Inspires You?
Entrepreneur Gillian Tee has a soft spot for seniors, as the main people who took care of her growing up, besides her mother, were her grandmother and an elderly nanny. Her late nanny, a Malaysian woman in her 60s, raised her lovingly till she was 10. And in Ms...
by Abriel | Nov 13, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Reclaiming the Future, Empowering Communities, Restoring Dignity and the Environment, and Transforming Lives. These are just some of the missions of social enterprises around us. For such businesses, there’s more than one bottomline. Besides the financials, success is...
by Abriel | Nov 10, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Taking leftover food is all about priorities, a delicate balance of factors such as size and weight, leaky odours, a tolerance for looks from people on the MRT and fridge space. The writer of this article braves stares and join members from Food Rescue @ Events, a...
by Abriel | Nov 9, 2019 | 2019, What Inspires You?, Zero Hunger
Long before he was in the business of feeding people, Adrian Ang was a hungry teenager, in more ways than one. It was 1997 and he was 16, when the Asian financial crisis was ravaging his parents’ business. Now 37, and the founder of a successful restaurant franchise,...
by Abriel | Nov 7, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Plastic is out and paper straws and reusable cups are in for Singapore Airlines (SIA) as it seeks to shift to more sustainable practices, both in and outside the aircraft. These moves are just one part of the national carrier’s push to increase sustainability...
by Abriel | Oct 29, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
When 80-year-old Liu Xiao Zhong died in his sleep on a cheap mattress on the floor of Mr Lee Cho Poon’s one-room rental flat in 2011, Mr Lee arranged his funeral and paid his respects to him. Four years later, another elderly man, Mr Lee Wen Qiang, who was in...
