by Abriel | Aug 3, 2019 | 2019, Good Health & Well-being, What Inspires You?
When the severe acute respiratory syndrome broke out in 2003, Hu Xiaomei was touched when she saw on television the hard work of healthcare staff. Inspired by their acts, Xiaomei, who was a 19-year-old student in China at the time, enrolled in a nursing course in...
by Abriel | Jul 29, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
When Seng Ian Hao was nine years old and his sister Ing Le was seven, they witnessed an elderly woman fall at a hawker centre that changed the course of their young lives. She was trying to pick up her walking stick, which she had leant against her table but had slid...
by Abriel | Jul 15, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
As a striker for his football team, 17-year-old Imran Naseer is used to outrunning defenders. Yesterday, however, he had to endure moving around at a slower pace. He and some 120 other teenagers from the Woodlands Youth League were tasked with going grocery shopping...
by Abriel | Jul 4, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
When Ms Chen Ziyue was in school, she sought comfort in the world of art whenever she was having a hard time. Given her profound deafness, she struggled to communicate with her peers, because of her poor speech clarity and lack of exposure to sign language back then....
by Abriel | Jul 2, 2019 | 2019, Responsible Consumption & Production, What Inspires You?
Those lucky enough to land tickets for the National Day Parade (NDP) and its rehearsal shows are often just as excited to receive the funpacks. But many of the items end up in the bin after the event. In 2014, the organisers said the NDP generated at least 70 tonnes...
by Abriel | Jun 30, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Since January this year (2019), staff at Bouillon Youth Hostel in southern Belgium started taking sign language lessons that is rarely practised in the tourism sector. The woman behind the initiative is Dominique Duchatel, director of the youth hostel chain Les...
