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Encourage more economically inactive women to seek employment

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...

Perniagaan Melayu/Islam digalak manfaatkan program pemerintah

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Between Numbers and a Good Place

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...

“Pursuit of Knowledge” paparkan pergelutan 8 individu timba ilmu dan kejayaan

11 Ogos 2015 SINGAPURA: Masyarakat Melayu terbukti memiliki daya tahan yang kukuh untuk berjaya. Ini jelas, menerusi penerbitan buku kompilasi "Pursuit of Knowledge", yang memaparkan pergelutan lapan anggota masyarakat dalam mencari ilmu dan kejayaan. Ada yang diduga...

Nurturing the Community’s Success in Sports

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...

Online Radicalism And The Youth

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...

Adding Educational Pathways to A Brighter Future?

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...

Budget 2014: What’s Missing?

By Dr Mohamad Shamsuri Juhari Budget 2014’s emphasis on the Pioneer Generation brings a much awaited relief to the growing number of families facing mounting financial expenses in taking care of their elderly. As a son living under the same roof with my ageing...

Budget 2014: What’s Missing?

I Tweet, Because I Care

By Sharifah Norashikin SSA “If the Internet didn’t exist, Barack Obama would not be president of the United States.” Ben Rattray, founder of Change.org The internet – specifically social media – has impacted our lives in so many ways, such that even the arguably most...

A Bold Aspiration

By Sarah Abdul Karim This year’s National Day Rally Speech delivered by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was much anticipated, following the year-long series of Our Singapore Conversation (OSC) dialogue sessions, which sought to improve the lives of Singaporeans....

Family, bomohs and why mentally-ill aren’t seeking help

By Acmad Toquero Macarimbang Culturally-appropriate tools and informal support networks are lacking here, with the medical scene overshadowed by Western psychiatry While treating mental disorders is in itself a challenge, encouraging access to the treatments has...

Reflections on Ramadan

By Sharifah Norashikin SSA It is almost that time of the year again, when bright fairy lights will adorn the trees along Geylang Serai, vendors peddling their wares will fill the sidewalks of Tanjong Katong Complex, and we consumers will have big holes in our pockets....

Religious Activism and Women’s Development in Southeast Asia (Revised Edition)

This revised publication is the outcome of the Conference on Religious Activism and Women’s Development in Southeast Asia, held in Singapore, 20-21 November 2009. The Conference was organised by the Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs (RIMA).