by Abriel | Aug 26, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
When his 10-year-old son Orion was diagnosed with autism seven years ago, Mr Stuart Ang would not have dreamt that he would one day play in a concert with his son. But that became a reality for the music enthusiast. The pair, who played the French horn, joined about...
by Abriel | Aug 17, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Two women entrepreneurs who blazed a trail in men-dominated industries have received the top awards given annually by Her World magazine to outstanding women. Ms Susan Chong, 49, founder and chief executive of eco-friendly packaging company Greenpac, is named Her...
by Abriel | Aug 13, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities, What Inspires You?
Mr Clarence Ching was thousands of kilometres away in Britain last year studying political studies at Durham University when a debate on inequality and social mobility erupted across Singapore. The former Normal (Academic) student, 24, he noticed that while all the...
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 27, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
To meet an increase in demand for primary-level places, Pathlight School will open a new campus in Tampines in January 2023 which can take in 500 pupils with autism spectrum disorder. The new campus will be built on a site previously occupied by East View Primary...
by Abriel | Jul 27, 2019 | 2019, Sustainable Cities & Communities
More incentives have been put in place to encourage firms to be more inclusive in their hiring practices. The Housing Board will offer discounted rentals to all social enterprises that are members of the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise (raiSE) when they are...
