These people are icons, champions in their own field. They excel in pushing boundaries - from scientists to pilots, engineers to military officers, CEOs to sportswomen. They're the cream of the crop who have risen to great heights and continue to inspire the next generation of people. And all of them are women. These women have dared to dream and took action. We find out what drives and inspires them to strive in male dominated industries, and look at the pivotal moments that define their lives. We look at their past achievements - how they overcame the odds and track their current endeavours as they aspire to be the best they can be. We follow key people in their lives, and how they have been inspired or mentored by the same tenacity that these women bring to their own fields. Then we delve into their own personal lives and find out the essence of how being a woman changes the very nature of what they do in life, and how they eventually broke seemingly insurmountable barriers. Th
Singapore News - FairPrice Foundation, the philantrophic arm of FairPrice Group (FPG), on April 2 donated $40,000 to Malay/Muslim self-help group Yayasan Mendaki to support continuing education for the underprivileged in the community. The “meaningful donation” is expected to aid about. Read more at www.tnp.sg
This International Women's Day (March 8), we shine the spotlight on historical events and inspiring trailblazers that broke glass ceilings in and for Singapore. The oldest school for girls in Singapore - then known as Chinese Girls' School - was founded by missionary Maria Dyer in an effort to save mui tsai (Cantonese for "little sister"), the term for bonded.
When the first Jemaah Islamiah members were arrested and questioned 20 years ago, the investigators realised that detention alone would not suffice to tackle the radical religious ideology JI members had been indoctrinated in. Two senior Islamic scholars Ustaz Mohd Hasbi Hassan and Ustaz Ali Mohamed were invited to meet the detainees. Ustaz Ali still remembers the shock.