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The power of parks in urban pockets (translation) (Berita Harian, 02.06.2024)
Berita Harian covered a commentary by Dr Samuel Chng and Dr Harvey Neo on the significance of parks in urban areas.
Singapore will invest nearly $300 million to develop quantum technology over the next five years
Singapore will invest nearly $300 million in the development of quantum technology over the next five years. The investment and plans for the quantum sector were announced on May 30 by Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat.
Singapore’s pioneer urban planner and URA founder Alan Choe dies at 93 (ST, 28.05.2024)
The Straits Times reported on the passing of Singapore’s pioneer urban planner and URA founder, Alan Choe, at the age of 93. The article included quotes from Professor Cheong Koon Hean.
The power of parks in urban pockets (ST, 27.05.2024)
The Straits Times covered a commentary by Dr Samuel Chng and Dr Harvey Neo on the significance of parks in urban areas.
New HDB flats prevent further entrenchment of Bukit Timah as private home enclave: Experts (ST, 25.05.2024)
The Straits Times covered a report on how new HDB flats are preventing the further entrenchment of Bukit Timah as a private home enclave, according to experts. Associate Professor Yeo Kang Shua and Dr Harvey Neo provided insights in the article.
The Holland Village we love is fading. But there are lessons we can learn from its constant change
Dr Yeo, an associate professor of architectural history, theory and criticism at SUTD, says gentrification turns problematic when the process happens too fast that people “cannot react to things and they get pushed out”, for instance, due to rising rent.
SUTD forms global alliance with 12 institutions to enhance design education
The alliance, which was launched on May 15, will explore student and faculty exchanges, and other forms of collaboration to bring students from different fields of study together as they solve real-world design problems.
About 70% of people surveyed have heard of net-zero emissions
8 World News reported about a nationwide survey conducted among 2,300 people to understand their attitudes towards Singapore’s net-zero target and its associated policies, as well as the actions they intended to take to support the target. Dr Samuel Chng from the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD offers his insights in the interview.
Older adults more likely to embrace environmental actions with low costs
According to a survey report on Singaporeans’ understanding of net-zero emissions, while 65% of respondents support Singapore’s aim to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, and 17% advocate for an even earlier target, only 15% are aware of the government’s commitment for 2050.
Only 15% of people surveyed are aware of S’pore’s net-zero emission target: Study
Conducted by Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk (Ipur) at NUS, the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD, and the Environmental Behavioural Sciences and Economics Research Unit of the MSE, the study was done in 2023 among some 2,300 people aged 15.
