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The Disability Equation
When donations to groups working with the disabled fall short, beneficiaries and their families take the blows... (READ MORE)
“We Have Not Been Sitting Idle”: Arts Groups Persevere Through Digitalisation...
Despite the challenges faced by businesses across all sectors, arts groups in particular have persisted in their mission, turning to alternative ways to make a living while theatres and performance spaces remain silent... (READ MORE)
Keeping Singapore’s Arts and Heritage Alive
Little by little, Ms Lim Su Pei and her team at OH! Open House watched two years of planning implode over the course of the COVID-19 situation. The independent arts group’s first international show in its 10 years of operation, WOOD 2020, aimed to turn old factories into living exhibition spaces, with a site-specific art show designed for about 10,000 people... (READ MORE)
Hey, Hey We’re the MINIs!
The engineering team building the COMET fleet is no stranger to tough briefs. For them, designing medical transport for COVID-related passengers is a less complex gig than their usual work: building special function vehicles... (READ MORE)
Bridging the Digital Divide, One Tech Device at a Time
At the Jalan Besar Stadium, the home of Singapore football, a team of “nerds” are teaming up to try and score a decisive goal. Instead of boots and shin-pads, their battle armour is usually flip-flops or sandals, sometimes the odd track shoe... (READ MORE)
Chefs on a Mission: Building a Community Kitchen
Chefs Daniel Sia of The Lo & Behold Group and Damian D’Silva of Kin, together with other top chefs in the country, joined their recipes and hearts to provide meals for more than 400 migrant workers in need of food support... (READ MORE)
Vignettes
Silently Building a Dream One Step at a Time
Mr Yuogan has lived in the Singapore Boys Home since he was eight. Never having had a house to call his own, he now dreams of settling into his own place. Being born deaf has been a challenge at school for this 22-year-old at school, he is not giving up.
Inside the World of Daniel Sng: Overcoming Muscular Dystrophy
Daniel’s family has rallied around him since he was six, when he was diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The 15-year-old now does daily exercises with the help from his mother and younger brother.
Because Language is So Much More Than Words
How an independent sewing and printing studio helped to break the sound barrier for hearing-impaired students with a nifty little idea – transparent face masks for better speech reading.
Early Babe Plays Catch Up
With weekly therapy sessions at Extraordinary People Limited, Tay Ming Jun, three, now speaks English, Mandarin and Hokkien.
In Focus: The Artist at Home
As arts spaces remain closed, our local artists stay committed to their craft in the quiet of their own homes. This story is the third in a series looking at how arts and heritage groups are coping during Covid-19.
