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How COVID-19 Is Reversing The Progress In The Fight Against Global Poverty

May 29, 2020

Various forecasts suggest that years worth of poverty reduction are slowly being negated by COVID-19. Forecasts from multiple organisations show that the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to push millions of…

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Remote Work Policies Likely To Propel Post-Pandemic Exodus From Expensive Cities

May 28, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic-driven surge in remote work may result in an exodus from expensive cities. One in four U.S. employees not working remotely before the COVID-19 lockdowns expect to continue…

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Cities

How City Streets Are Being Transformed During COVID-19 Lockdown

May 28, 2020

After COVID-19, some city streets might never revert to how they were before the lockdown. Global-scale lockdowns have emptied the city streets. With cars staying parked and public transportation mostly…

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27,000 Students To Benefit From DBS-ITE Financial Literacy Programme Via Home-based Learning (HBL) Amid Covid-19

May 27, 2020

The Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and DBS Bank are rolling out an enhanced ITE-wide financial literacy programme to all 27,000 of ITE’s attending students. With ITE rolling out Home-Based…

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SG Circuit Breaker: Gradual Resumption Of Religious Activities

May 26, 2020

On 19 May 2020, the Multi-Ministry Taskforce announced a phased approach to resuming activities safely from 2 Jun 2020. This advisory provides guidance to religious organisations (ROs) on the phased…

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NEA Publishes Advisory To Assist Suppliers And Users In Making Informed Decisions On Various Disinfection Technologies And Products

May 26, 2020

The National Environment Agency (NEA) has published an advisory to assist suppliers and users in making informed decisions on various disinfection technologies and products. Effective cleaning with an appropriate disinfectant…

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Technology

Virtually Supporting Seniors During This Stay-at-home Period

May 26, 2020

Online programmes to help seniors pick up using digital skills are now available, including IMDA’s new Virtual Digital Clinic. It’s been a little over a month since the start of…

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Society

NCID, NUS and NTU Studies Highlight The Role Of Socio-Behavioural Factors In Managing COVID-19

May 22, 2020

The National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), the National University of Singapore (NUS) Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health and Nanyang Technological University, Singapore’s (NTU Singapore) Wee Kim Wee…

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Megacity Slums Are Incubators Of Disease – But Coronavirus Response Isn’t Helping The Billion People Who Live In Them

May 21, 2020

Having ravaged some of the world’s wealthiest cities, the coronavirus pandemic is now spreading into the megacities of developing countries. Sprawling urban areas in Brazil, Nigeria and Bangladesh are all…

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How We Took Everything For Granted – And Will We Do It Again?

May 21, 2020

As COVID-19 sweeps away from country to country and governments start imposing lockdown measures, we realize how much things have changed. It seems like an eternity ago that we were…

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