It used to be that whenever it came to election time in Malaysia, the country’s ruling party Umno would gets its community development workers to fan out to all the hamlets on bicycles and on foot to take the political temperature and assure villagers that Umno was the best doctor for them, taking care of […]

Would you let your child play with this? (thesundaytimes, Sunday 16 May 2010) Sexually suggestive dolls sold openly could influence children’s sexual behaviour, experts warn. If you think bimbotic Barbie dolls are bad enough role models, think again. Dolls for little girls have become even more brazen in ways that have behavioural experts alarmed. By Serene Luo thesundaytimes

2008年，刚出道的SHINee让人觉得他们还是很稚嫩，在短短两年内，今天，他们脱胎换骨，逐渐走向成熟型男的风格。无论是外貌、歌艺、服饰还是舞蹈，看到这五名大男生如此完美的体现，谁能够抵挡这股来势汹汹的吸引力。后来，你会愕然发现，成员中年龄最小的只有17岁。… 专研东亚流行音乐的新加坡国立大学亚洲研究所研究员廖继权表示，本地电视曾举办《校园SuperStar》，学生要当明星的心愿已不再是遥不可及的梦想，大家发现，”偶像的年纪不一定要比自己大”。由于年龄相近，SHINee的出现拉近了和粉丝们的距离，他们既是偶像，也像朋友。… Courtesy of Omy Young News

Professor Jean Yeung interviewed by Lianhe Zaobao. Zaobao Singapore, 24 February 2010

By Ong Jue Qi Lianhe Zaobao, 31 December 2009

Prof Lily Kong, NUS Vice-President (University and Global Relations) and Director of the Asia Research Institute, welcomed a study by the Rockefeller Foundation which listed the NUS Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, Asia Research Institute and Institute of Southeast Asian Studies among 29 research centres of excellence in Asia. The Straits Times, 15

BRITISH historian Martin Jacques found writing his first book a labour of love in more ways than one… Dr Jacques, 64, became enamoured of East Asia after his first tour of China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia in 1993. He has been a visiting senior research fellow at the Asia Research Institute in the National

Professor Jean Yeung was interviewed and quoted in the mypaper (English & Chinese) about the launch of Fathers Action Network (FAN). She is also a member of the network. By Rachel Chan mypaper (English) & mypaper (Chinese), 17 November 2009

Professor Jean Yeung says such changes, “marriages become more individualistic. People are seeking gratifying relationships in a marriage. By TAN Yi Hui The Sunday Times (lifestyle), 8 November 2009

Prof Lily Kong, NUS Vice-President (University and Global Relations), and Director of Asia Research Institute has been appointed as a member of the Political Films Consultative Committee, set up subsequent to the liberalisation of a ban on party political films. The Political Films Consultative Committee (PFCC) will ask a film-maker to clarify the intent of