by rimaadmin | Mar 22, 2016 | Commentary, RIMA in the News
Amid positive news of income improvement among poorer households, efforts to help mitigate their predicaments should continue with more targeted initiatives. One such initiative worth considering involves ways to encourage economically inactive women among...
by Dr Nuraliah Norasid | Jan 6, 2016 | Commentary
By Dr Nuraliah Norasid The Primary School Leaving Examination (PSLE) results released on 25 November 2015 saw a record of 98.3% of students qualified to advance to secondary school, up by 0.7% from the previous year. However, it is worth noting that the percentage of...
by Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim | Jul 14, 2015 | Commentary
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim At the recently-concluded 28th South East Asian (SEA) Games, Team Singapore hauled a record total of 259 medals, of which 84 were gold. It was the Team’s best ever performance in the history of the SEA Games, and a fitting tribute to the...
by Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim | Apr 21, 2015 | Commentary
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Given the interest in the debt problem in Singapore at the national level, the annual Community in Review (CIR) seminar, organised by the Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA) in collaboration with its parent...
by Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim | Jan 13, 2015 | Commentary
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim Considering the sheer number of Malay/Muslim voluntary welfare organisations and self-help groups, and the events they organise each year, it could be argued that no other community devotes more time and effort at looking into its issues...
by Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim | Oct 10, 2014 | Commentary
By Abdul Shariff Aboo Kassim In his National Day Rally 2014 speech delivered on 17 August, Prime Minister (PM) Lee Hsien Loong touched on two key areas pertinent to the Malay/Muslim community: education and employment. With a relatively young population structure...
