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HASS Assistant Professor Nilanjan Raghunath Appointed as Academic Expert/Member by Invitation of the Labour Alliance co-laB (LAB)
The聽Labour Alliance co-laB (LAB)聽is a new initiative by NTUC to foster close and meaningful collaborations among experts in labour research and innovation to impact policy, practice, and discourse to reach a broad audience of stakeholders and decision makers.
Design Futures: Shared Vision 2024 Successfully Concluded at Tsinghua University
We are thrilled to announce that FitFlora won 1st place in Design Futures: Shared Vision 2024 under聽Tsinghua University鈥檚 Design, Innovation, and Entrepreneurship program!
Professor Yow Wei Quin鈥檚 Commentary on Resilience During the Mid-Autumn Festival
The Mid-Autumn Festival, a traditional Chinese holiday, symbolises reunion and embodies hopes for family togetherness, harmony, and happiness. Many believe that older adults are more susceptible to sadness during this time, as celebratory activities can evoke memories of lost loved ones and intensify feelings of loneliness. Even when surrounded by family, seniors may feel isolated due to the remembrance of deceased friends and relatives. With retirement or transitions to more dependent living situations, their social circles often shrink, further increasing feelings of loneliness.
Why are letters on product labels, menus so tiny? It鈥檚 time Singapore businesses embraced our seniors
My friends are more than a decade from being 鈥渁ged鈥. While they may be more comfortable scanning QR codes to find menus or place orders, many seniors like my parents prefer the 鈥渉uman touch鈥 to navigating apps. They are also the ones who would rather tolerate the long queues in banks than managing their funds on the phone.