Dr Claudine Pang’s gentle nature, soft-spoken voice and sunny disposition belies her prowess in the medical field. Her achievements read like a laundry list – for one, she is one of the few doctors with multiple international fellowships in the subspecialty fields of both medical retina and vitreoretinal surgery; she is also the first woman in the world to receive the coveted William H Ross Surgical Vitreoretinal Fellowship.
To bring eye health awareness to the forefront, the eye surgeon, ophthalmologist, Medical Director and Founder of Asia Retina Eye Surgery Centre created the first mobile eye health app in Singapore. The app allows users to perform basic self-assessment tests and includes eye wellness tips. For the centre’s patients, it sends reminder alerts for eye drop applications and holds patient records.
MSF to pilot mentoring programme to support at-risk youths this year
SINGAPORE The Ministry of Social and Family Development (MSF) will pilot a mentoring programme to support at-risk youths this year, as well as expand efforts to help children living in rental flats and couples with marital issues.
The mentoring programme expects to target 100 youths over two years, starting first with Institute of Technical Education (ITE) students who leave school prematurely and will be launched in the fourth quarter of this year, said Parliament Secretary for MSF Eric Chua on Friday (5 March) in Parliament during the ministry s Committee of Supply debate.
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The Birthday Book
The Birthday Book (which you can buy here) is a collection of essays about Singapore by 52 authors from various walks of life. These essays reflect on the narratives of their lives, that define them as well as Singapore s collective future. Journeying into feeling is an essay contributed by Amanda Chong, a Cambridge and Harvard-trained lawyer. She has a strong interest in gender justice and has served on the United Nations Expert Group on the international legal definition of trafficking in persons.
Chong essay, which was written in 2017, is reproduced in full here:
By Amanda Chong
My first encounter with storytelling was through my father, who would tell me two different kinds of stories on sleepy car rides.