The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a comprehensive research university located in Singapore, being the flagship tertiary institution of the country which has a global approach to education and research. Founded in 1905, it is the oldest higher learning institute in Singapore, as well as the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered.
The university’s main campus is located in southwest Singapore at Kent Ridge, with an area of approximately 1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi). The Bukit Timah campus houses the Faculty of Law, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and research institutes, while the Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore is located at the Outram campus.
The former British Prime Minister Tony Blair had named NUS as the headquarters of his Asian Faith and Globalization Initiative together with Durham University in the UK and Yale University in the USA to deliver an exclusive programme in partnership with Tony Blair Faith Foundation.
Until now, the international shipping industry has been excluded from the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol, despite its major contribution to global emissions.
The poor continue to be drowned out by a global minority enjoying elite status.
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Artificial islands that are now mushrooming across the ocean are regarded as ‘engineering marvels’. But, little attention is paid to how these human-made structures affect sea life.
A woman walks past a Mahindra e2o electric car during a media preview in Bengaluru.
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Maude Lavanchy, International Institute for Management Development (IMD) and Jayanth Narayanan, National University of Singapore
Utilisée par de nombreux athlètes de haut niveau, la méditation de pleine conscience permet d’alléger la pression de la compétition. Hors des stades, les salariés peuvent eux aussi bénéficier de ses effets.
Banyak kota di dunia bergelut dengan masalah urbanisasi, di sisi lain ada beberapa kota yang penduduknya justru menyusut.
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Masalah urbanisasi masih jadi perhatian banyak negara, tapi yang sebaliknya sudah dialami kota lainya: deurbanisasi. Bagaimana kota-kota yang ditinggalkan penduduknya mengelola dirinya yang menyusut?
Parts of the world are grappling with the urbanisation problem but some other parts experience the opposite: their cities are shrinking.
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Urbanisation has been a well-established trend and for some countries will continue to be. But some others experience the opposite, resulting in underused and abandoned infrastructure.
China and South Korea will need to learn from other refugee emergencies by making three key policy decisions.
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To avoid another refugee ‘crisis’ that would take the world by surprise, East Asia would do well to be prepared for an influx of people from North Korea.
The 2014 Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong against ‘Chinese-style democracy’ laid bare democracy’s contested meanings.
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Camille Bedock, Université de Bordeaux; James K. Wong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; Patricia Roberts-Miller, The University of Texas at Austin; Sabeel Rahman, Brooklyn Law School; Sor-hoon Tan, National University of Singapore, and Xavier Marquez, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Uncertainty is built into democracy, but we are seeing more talk of crisis and more attempts at redefinition. So where does this leave citizens who want to have a meaningful say in how they live?
Penduduk kota-kota di negara berkembang - seperti Lagos di Nigeria, gambar di atas - tumbuh, jadi berisiko obesitas.
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China is stepping into a soft power vacuum created by the new US administration. Since Donald Trump was elected president, the country has eschewed soft power.
An aerial view of the Datong Panda Power Plant, Shanxi Province of China, 25 July 2017. The plant aims for a total capacity of 100MW upon completion.
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China has become a commanding authority in infrastructure and has the opportunity to shape global development in ways that may define the rest of the 21st century.
Satu-satunya kenangan. Foto Ali mengenakan baju Eropa dipotret di Singapura pada awal 1862.
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Hasil Wallace selama ekspedisi dan karya tulis ilmiahnya yang dihasilkannya mungkin akan sangat miskin bila tanpa bantuan dari Ali, asisten dari Melayu.
This is the only memory. The photo of Ali wearing European clothes was photographed in Singapore in 1862.
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Engineering solutions are popular interventions, but cities cannot simply pipe away flood risk. Chinese sponge cities offer a way forward.
A boy jumps from a water pipe into a canal as temperatures soar in New Delhi. Access to clean and regular water remains a challenge for India’s capital.
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