Working on a Southeast Asian canvas to paint and analyze the past, Anthony Reid has become one of the most renowned experts on the sociocultural, economic and political history of the region. By Aimee Dawis, Contributor/Jakarta The Jakarta Post, 20 May 2009  

Professor Anthony Reid speaks about the ways that small countries in the region have managed their asymmetrical relationship with China in the past and how these hold lessons for the future. Senior Writer GOH SUI NOI reports. The Straits Times, 24 February 2009, Page A19    

  President S R Nathan has appointed Chua Sock Koong, Lily Kong and Richard Rokmat Magnus members of the Public Service Commission (PSC). From yesterday, the three new members have joined the PSC for a term of five years. The PSC now has 10 members assisting the chairman, Eddie Teo. Prof Kong, 44, is vice-president,

Professor Anjali Roy from the Asia Research Institute, spoke on the influence that Bhangra, Bollywood and Amitabh Bachan have had on Indian immigrants, at a conference held at NUS. She also pointed out a that a Chinese boy, Julian Wee Ching, is part of a popular Bhangra dance group called ‘Jigiri Yaar’. Tamil Murasu, 15

Prof Chua Beng Huat, Department of Sociology, and Asia Research Institute, NUS, gives expert views on how Singapore families are affected by inflation and rise in electricity prices. The Sunday Times, 5 October 2008, Home, p4  

Dr Lai Ah Eng feels that it will be good for Singapore to be able to speak more openly on race and religion. The Straits Times, 12 September 2008      

Ageing is a sign of success in two aspects, according to Gavin Jones, a professor at the Asia Research lnstitute in the National University of Singapore. It symbolises success in “the elongation of life” and “controlling what were previously overly high fertility rates”, Jones said at the launch of a book he co-edited, The Impact

Hong Kong singer-actress Kelly Chen gets down and dirty in the period costume epic An Empress And The Warriors. Clad in metal armour and helmet, she commands an army of foot soldiers and fights to save her kingdom. She charges into battle on horseback. She is a mean archer and gets her head stomped into

A yawning income gap combined with what appears to be swelling gov-ernment coffers have turned the spotlight on whether Singapore is doing enough to help its poor and needy. In an Asia Research Institute seminar on Tuesday, three panellists debated the whys and wherefores of welfare policy. Senior Political Correspondent Lydia Lim reports. The Straits

The Government has funds to spare, and yet there are poor folk who struggle to get by. This combination is one that a growing number of better-off Singaporeans seem to find discomfiting. They want to know if the Government can afford to do more for the needy, and if so, why is it not doing