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The Hidden Curriculum of Work: The Role of Parents in Shaping Work-Ready Young Adults
General30 Sept 2026

The Hidden Curriculum of Work: The Role of Parents in Shaping Work-Ready Young Adults

My twin 6-year-old girls are transiting to primary school next year, and I have been feeling jittery about their level of readiness. While one of them can read fluently, her sister is still lacking fluency and needs more practice. I have spent hours deliberating between sending her for reading classes or working on it with her myself...

Aishah Mohd Said
10 min read
The Language of Survival: Singapore's Total Fertility Rate
General09 Sept 2026

The Language of Survival: Singapore's Total Fertility Rate

In 1977, a Straits Times news article titled “Why couples in S’pore prefer to be childless” discussed how the trend of small families has “firmly taken root here but a recently “no baby” way of life is proving to be increasingly popular” . This trend could be considered the effects of the highly effective national Five-Year Mass Family Planning Programme (launched in January 1966)

Nur Izzatie Adnan
9 min read
Still Looking for Love? How Courtship and Marriage are Changing for Malay/Muslim Youths
General09 Sept 2026

Still Looking for Love? How Courtship and Marriage are Changing for Malay/Muslim Youths

Singlehood is becoming an increasingly prominent feature of young adulthood in Singapore. The General Household Survey (GHS) 2025 found that singlehood had risen among residents below the age of 40, with some of the largest increases occurring among those aged 25 to 34. Among men aged 25 to 29, for instance, 85.9% were single in 2025, compared with 81.6% in 2020.

Qamar Jannah Fateen
10 min read
Recentering Homo Ethicus in Singapore’s AI Ambitions: An Islamic Ethical Perspective
General31 Aug 2026

Recentering Homo Ethicus in Singapore’s AI Ambitions: An Islamic Ethical Perspective

In the recent Budget 2026 statement, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong expressed his commitment to making Artificial Intelligence (AI) a core strategic lever to transform the nation’s economy and, more broadly, its competitiveness in the global AI landscape. This will be directed by the new National AI Council (NAIC)...

Sheikh Mohamad Farouq Abdul Fareez
9 min read
National Day Rally 2026: Existential Challenges and Economic Considerations
General31 Aug 2026

National Day Rally 2026: Existential Challenges and Economic Considerations

After 61 years of independence, Singapore’s policy priorities and strategic directions have continued to evolve in response to shifting global trends and geopolitical developments, as well as the cumulative effects of six decades of domestic transformation. Among...

Centre for Research on Islamic and Malay Affairs
10 min read
Reimagining Racial Harmony for Today’s Singapore
General31 Jul 2026

Reimagining Racial Harmony for Today’s Singapore

Each society has an element of difference that is more important to them than others. For Singapore, it is race. Much of our lives are governed by the legal categories of the Chinese, Malay, Indian and Other (CMIO) model. It is listed on our Singaporean Identification Cards (ICs)...

Tasneem Begum
9 min read
Levelling the Playing Field: A Collective Ecosystem for Malay/Muslim Mobility
General31 Jul 2026

Levelling the Playing Field: A Collective Ecosystem for Malay/Muslim Mobility

Singapore’s Malay/Muslim community has made meaningful progress across education, employment and civic life. Today, more families are seeing their children ttain higher qualifications, enter professional pathways and pursue futures that were less accessible to earlier generations. These gains reflect...

Sabariah Aris
10 min read
The Modern Marriage Paradox: Negotiating Marital Privilege and Single Independence
General31 Jul 2026

The Modern Marriage Paradox: Negotiating Marital Privilege and Single Independence

Expectations of marriage are often influenced by a combination of individual aspirations, cultural norms, and religious values. Religious guidelines on spousal roles in Muslim marriages are designed to protect the rights of both husbands and wives, but can often be misunderstood when taught in isolation from Islamic ethics and principles.

Hafiza Roslee
7 min read
From Clinic to Community: Transforming Health for Singapore's Minority Women
General31 Jul 2026

From Clinic to Community: Transforming Health for Singapore's Minority Women

The BayFit 8-Week Bootcamp, presented at both local and international conferences, began as a clinical discontent — one that accumulated over my years of practice as a family physician, deepened through my training in lifestyle medicine, and sharpened further through my work in public health.

Dr Shariffa Syahidah Chishty
10 min read
The Intersections of Faith and Career
General30 Jun 2026

The Intersections of Faith and Career

Religion remains an important part of many Singaporeans' lives. This is particularly true among Muslims – almost 60% of Muslims in Singapore consider religion to be very important in their overall sense of identity, compared to proportions of 32–38% for Christians, Catholics, and Hindus...

Sabrina Binte Hardy
10 min read
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