– Charlie “Tremendous” Jones, author and motivational speaker
There are many issues that the community is facing. And only when we take the effort to find out more and keep ourselves up-to-date, can we be part of the solution and change can happen, to truly build a community that cares.
Sri Lanka on path to 100 per cent renewable energy
Sri Lanka can meet its current and future electricity demand by judicial use of renewable energy by 2050, according to a joint study by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Asian Development Bank (ADB). The report, titled Assessment of Sri Lanka’s Power...
The war on food waste has a new weapon: a fridge camera
The world’s first wireless fridge camera, Smarter FridgeCam and its app aims to help households slash food waste by being able to check exactly on their smartphones what they have in their refrigerator at any time. The app will also monitor use-by dates and send out...
Elder-preneur helps seniors with social enterprises
Many retirees look forward to putting their feet up after years of work, but some find new purpose and meaning at this stage of life by becoming elder-preneurs; entrepreneurs who begin businesses in their silver years. Some like Ms Helen Lim, 70, who is involved in...
Blood, trek and charity
Walking with multiple blisters in the blazing heat above 40 deg C on the Mongolian highway. It was simply too much to bear for Singaporean Scott Tay, 25 years old, but nevertheless, he pressed on as he remind himself of his mission - to conquer his own limitations...
Impacting lives by clowning around
Circus In Motion, set up in 2006, is a social enterprise that empowers youth-at-risk and children with special needs through workshops that teach them circus acts. About 12 years ago, Mr Benjamin Teo was on the receiving end of the programme. Today, he is a full-time...
A special person with a special personal mission
Mrs Nirmala Gopiendran was inspired to be a social worker from young. Today, at the age of 70, Mrs Gopi is still on the front line, devoting herself to her special calling. "Social work is my passion," said the social worker of about 40 years. Mrs Gopi did try to...
5 tech trends defining the future of corporate sustainability
Corporate sustainability practices and reporting will be radically transformed in this era of rapid digital and technological change. Technological advances and increasing demand for real-time updates are going to bring a number of transformations in the way...
Uneven rainfall threatens key food crops in India
India's monsoon has delivered 1 percent more rain than normal so far this year, but erratic distribution has flooded some areas and left others in drought, clouding the outlook for key summer-sown crops more than midway through the season. The uneven rains could lead...
Heat in South Asia could exceed survivable levels by 2100
South Asia, home to one-fifth of the world's population, could see humid heat rise to unsurvivable levels by century's end if nothing is done to halt global warming, warned the researchers of the study in the journal Science Advances. The research is based on two...
Floods in Thailand’s north-east kill 23
In a daily update by the disaster department, twenty-three people have died since July 5 due to the heavy rains which brought about some of the worst floods in years to Thailand's rural northeast. Junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha flew to the hardest-hit province of Sakon...
China issues yellow alert for rainstorms
China's national weather observatory issued a yellow alert for rainstorms on Wednesday as heavy rain is expected in most of north China and some areas in the south over the next 24 hours. China has a four-tier color-coded weather warning system, with red the most...
More leeway for global start-ups to operate here
A government initiative, the EntrePass scheme, has the aim of attracting more global start-ups by broadening the criteria and making it easier for them to establish operations here. Under the newly added criteria, start-ups can also be assessed other factors, outside...
Germany discusses fate of diesel engines
At an unprecedented summit in Berlin, protests forced a last minute change in venue for emergency diesel talks between the German government and the country’s auto industry. The summit shifted to the more secured Interior Ministry after Greenpeace and other protestors...
New rules require lifelong learning for TCM physicians
All traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) physicians will soon have to undergo lifelong training, just like Western medical doctors. TCM physicians will now have to amass certain number of points each year. At present, TCM physicians are encouraged, though not compelled,...
Embrace lifelong learning and doing
Learning before starting work is the norm, but Singaporeans should embrace a new approach of "learning while doing" that allows them to keep up with technology and fast- changing workplaces, Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said last night at the Economic Society of...
Students roll out local-themed sushi to mark National Day
Four Spectra Secondary School students turned their passion for cooking into an award-winning local-themed sushi roll, which will soon be sold at 11 Maki-San sushi outlets as part of National Day celebrations. The Secondary 4 students, part of the school's culinary...
Impassioned call for more parental leave
Mr Louis Ng (Nee Soon GRC) recommended the extension of paid paternity and maternity leave for new parents of premature or multiple babies. Mr Ng said parents of multiple babies are “more likely to have less sleep” due to the babies’ different sleep cycles. He added...
ESG: the new ABCs of portfolio management
Informed investors can be empowered investors. With the backdrop of marked advances in technology, investors now have access to a massive amount of information that is easily available at their fingertips. Coupled with the growth of social media and the...
Firm’s ‘small giving’ wins big at business awards
Special recognition for social enterprise that encourages SMEs to give back in small ways. The 19 winners at the awards ceremony held at The Fullerton Hotel Singapore were singled out for their efforts in areas such as energy, water and waste management. Social...
At 81, she has been a nurse for almost all her life
On Nurses' Day today, The Straits Times shines the spotlight on community nurses who care for people outside of the hospital - whether it is in nursing homes, senior activity centres or their own flats. With nearly 60 years of nursing experience under her belt, you...
