Prominent figure in Malaysian Chinese Education Movement, Bock Tai Hee, passed away at 79
KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — Bock Tai Hee, a prominent figure in the Malaysian Chinese education movement, passed away on Friday…
South Korean dictator’s grandson offers apology for 1980 massacre
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — The grandson of former South Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan apologised Friday for a massacre committed…
AWARE calls for careful matching of tenants in HDB’s Single Room Shared Facility Scheme
SINGAPORE — The Single Room Shared Facility Scheme is a new pilot project launched by the Housing & Development Board…
Remembering Tan Jing Quee on the 10th anniversary of his passing
by Hong Lysa I received a mail from Teo Soh Lung on behalf of Function 8, noting that it is…
Cultural researcher and educator calls for The Substation “to be part of Singapore’s collective memory”
Cultural researcher and educator Wong Chee Ming on Saturday (6 Mar) lamented the closure of The Substation, saying that “the…
Embassies of Israel and Germany in S’pore to hold educational panel discussion on the Holocaust
A Hybrid Panel Discussion, jointly organised by the embassies of Israel and Germany, will be held next Wednesday (27 Jan)…
Aussie researcher says S'pore may be 1,000 years old connected to Indian Chola dynasty
A new study made by Australian researcher Dr Iain Sinclair suggests that Singapore may be 1,000 years old instead of…
A turning point in our people’s struggle
Today (13 May), 65 years ago, unarmed young Chinese middle school students lined Clemenceau Avenue up to the Istana. They…
PM says Chinese immigrants came to seek fortunes but many were fleeing from poverty due to opium menace
This Monday (4 Feb), Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong sent a Chinese New Year greeting message to all Singaporeans. “This…
Abandoned kampung hut in Mandai Forest demolished; netizens brand it a waste, as it could have been preserved as S’pore heritage