Sunday, 26 January 2014
Myanmar Times
Prof Paul Cheung, from the Department of Social Work, is the co-chair of International Technical Advisory Board (ITAB) of the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census. A panel from the board said at a press conference on 24 January that they had found preparations for the nationwide survey to be in compliance with international standards.
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Sunday, 26 January 2014
The Sunday Times
This was a report on the buzz over old playgrounds in Housing Board estates built from the 1970s to 1990s. Professor Lily Kong from the Department of Geography at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, who is also NUS Vice President (University and Global Relations) and Vice Provost (Academic Personnel), noted that the interest in playgrounds could be tied to the growing interest in heritage over the last three to five years, especially among those in their 30s to 50s. Prof Kong added that this group look back to the 1970s and 1980s with nostalgia about what characterised their experiences and the landscape of that particular period.
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Saturday, 25 January 2014
The New Indian Express
This was a report on Emeritus Professor Edwin Thumboo from the Department of English Language & Literature at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, who spoke at the fourth Hyderabad Literary Festival. Prof Thumboo gave an insight into the history of the English language and shared his views about the lack of a cultural legacy.
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Thursday, 23 January 2014
The Business Times
This was an article contribution by Professor Paul Cheung from the Department of Social Work at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, on the demographic challenges facing Singapore. He concluded that the need to forge a public consensus on our manpower policy and the role of foreigners in our society is more apparent than ever before. Prof Cheung added that we need this shared understanding and shared responsibility to meet the future demographic challenges and to sustain the growth and prosperity of our nation.
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Sunday, 19 January 2014
Lianhe Zaobao
This was a report on the International Conference on State Policy and the Cultural Politics of Heritage-Making in East and Southeast Asia, which was organised by the Institute of Southeast Asia Studies, Singapore Research Nexus of the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and the International Institute for Asian Studies, Netherlands. Some of the topics discussed were on heritage assessment in Singapore and the interest with Bukit Brown.
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Saturday, 18 January 2014
The Straits Times
This was a review of the book “The Memoirs And Memorials Of Jacques De Coutre: Security, Trade And Society In 16th- And 17th-century Southeast Asia”, edited by Associate Professor Peter Borschberg of the Department of History at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, and published by NUS Press. The 453-page volume provides a rare first-hand account of the political and trading landscape of present-day Southeast Asia between 1593 and 1603.
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