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Change in mindsets, establishing norms needed to get diners to return their trays, say experts
Trays and used utensils were left behind by diners when CNA visited Clementi Market and Food Centre on Feb 4, 2021. (Photo: Ang Hwee Min)
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SINGAPORE: Beyond initiatives to nudge diners into returning their trays, an overall change in people s mindset is needed for such plans to work, said observers.
It was announced on Friday (Apr 16) that coffee shops and food courts will get funding to install tray return facilities.
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A majority of Singapore residents feel that protecting the environment should be prioritised even if this results in slower economic growth and some loss of jobs, the results of a survey by the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) showed yesterday.
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SINGAPORE: While online influences may lead young people towards self-radicalisation, it is their offline relationships with the people around them that can best counter the dangerous sway, say observers.
These include their parents and guardians, as well as teachers, who can engage with them and get them to think critically when confronted with extremist ideologies.
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The teenager - a Protestant Christian of Indian ethnicity - is the youngest person to be dealt with under the Internal Security Act (ISA) for terrorism-related activities.
Cancel culture, intersectionality, and Chinese privilege these were some of the buzzwords that came up during a discussion by a group of speakers and panellists on the topic of Identities and Cohesion , as part of the Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) annual forum, Singapore Perspectives, on Jan. 14, 2021.
Moderator Mathew Mathews, a Principal Research Fellow and Head of Social Lab at IPS, brought up the topic of Chinese privilege within Singapore, and how the concept is an importation of ideas from the United States.
Lee Kuan Yew would stomp on it: IPS panelist
On this topic, Mei Lin Fung, the co-founder of People-Centered Internet, opened her response with the statement that she was agitated by the idea of Chinese privilege.