Community in Review 2021 Seminar
AMP Singapore, in collaboration with its research subsidiary, Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA), holds the Community in Review (CIR) seminar annually to discuss contemporary issues affecting the Malay/Muslim community in Singapore. The topic for...
Food Delivery Workers – Riding the Waves of Uncertainty
In the past couple of years, the gig economy – specifically the food delivery sector – has experienced a burst of demand as a result of fundamental shifts in consumer behaviour. The delivery boom has also created a massive new sector of employment that has pulled in a...
Branding Islam: Beyond the Halal Market
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, January 2021, Volume 17, Issue 1 If you have ever watched The Social Dilemma on Netflix, you will realise how corporations use data as a bargaining chip to fuel their algorithms and influence consumers...
In Pursuit of Work-Life Balance with Nurul Arif
This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP Singapore, October 2020, Volume 6, Issue 4. In a recent study of 40 cities conducted by tech company Kisi[1], Singapore was ranked second after Tokyo for the most overworked city and among the bottom ten...
Voices of Youth: A Conversation on Employment
THE CHANGING LANDSCAPE Today’s young people are the most educated generation ever. They often enter the working world with considerably more years of schooling than their parents or grandparents. In Singapore today, more than 95 percent of each cohort of students...
Narrowing the Generational Gap
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, October 2020, Volume 16, Issue 4 One of the most discussed topics in school while I was growing up was the ‘generation gap’. It used to be about communicating with parents or those older than us, or on...
Golongan muda terlalu memilih kerja?
Source: Beritaharian.sg https://www.beritaharian.sg/setempat/golongan-muda-terlalu-memilih-kerja?fbclid=IwAR0sPz5CQCOemMW00NhJ2iIgdbvE6bhR-sImPE0VjGH-vTE8F3ELHPwphmU
Voices of Youth: A Conversation on Employment
Youth Perception Study: A Qualitative Study of Malay/Muslim Youths Published by AMP Singapore and the Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA), 2020 ISBN: 978-981-14-6579-6 A total of 29 respondents participated in this study. The interviews and FGDs...
In the Valley of Dreams with Zannath Bee
Silicon Valley is the centre for innovative technology and home to more than 2,000 tech companies. High-valued tech companies such as Google, Apple, eBay and PayPal, among others, have greatly contributed to America’s reputation as a global leader in technology...
The COVID-19 Frontliners: Soldiering against the Pandemic
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, July 2020, Volume 15, Issue 3 THE WORLD REMADE BY COVID-19 Just a few months ago, the Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19, was unheard of, but now, almost every continent is battling the...
In the Valley of Dreams with Zannath Bee
Silicon Valley is the centre for innovative technology and home to more than 2,000 tech companies. High-valued tech companies such as Google, Apple, eBay and PayPal, among others, have greatly contributed to America’s reputation as a global leader in technology...
The COVID-19 Frontliners: Soldiering against the Pandemic
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, July 2020, Volume 15, Issue 3 THE WORLD REMADE BY COVID-19 Just a few months ago, the Coronavirus Disease 2019, or COVID-19, was unheard of, but now, almost every continent is battling the...
Classical Malay Texts: Of Relevance and Reverence
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, July 2020, Volume 15, Issue 3 William Shakespeare – a figure so far away from us here in Singapore, and yet we are well familiar with his works: Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, as well as A Midsummer...
Hydrocarbon Exploration with Erza Aripin
This interview was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP Singapore, April 2020, Volume 5, Issue 2. There has been an increasing demand for oil and gas as global economies and infrastructure continue to rely heavily on petroleum-based products. The oil and gas...
Graduates of Institutes of Higher Learning: Surviving the Future
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, April 2020, Volume 15, Issue 2 Amid news of the threat posed by COVID-19 to an already ailing global economy plagued by the US-China trade war and deglobalisation, the announcements made by Deputy...
Living +ly: Persons Living with HIV among the Malay/Muslim Community
The shadow of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has hung over the world for years, but a lot has changed since the first version of antiretroviral therapy (ART) was introduced in the late 1980s. To a large extent, the...
Rise of Religious and Ethnic Nationalism: A Singaporean Muslim Perspective
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, April 2020, Volume 15, Issue 2 A simple scroll on social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Instagram can generate mixed reactions within a few seconds. You can see a cute GIF image of cats,...
Invisible Diversity: Lived Experiences of Malay Rental Flat Occupants
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, January 2020, Volume 15, Issue 1 Most Singaporeans desire a home to call their own, however, there are inevitably marginal segments of society who encounter obstacles to having access to home ownership...
Opposites Attract: Experiences of Muslim-Non-Muslim Couples Seeking Civil Union
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, January 2020, Volume 15, Issue 1 “You can’t choose who you want to fall in love with.” An interviewee shared this to reflect the realities of love and marriage. Nonetheless, this ‘absence’ of choice...
A Budget 2020 Wish List For Social Development
This commentary was also published in Karyawan, A Magazine by AMP, January 2020, Volume 15, Issue 1 The difficulty in coming up with a budget wish list when one is in the social service sector is that it would almost certainly entail proposals that would add to...