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Commentary: Work of Singapore climate activists has only just begun Climate activists can play a bridging role in helping corporates and consumers make the green shift but need help forming powerful alliances, says Terese Teoh from Singapore Youth for Climate Action.
Participants hold up sign boards at the climate change rally at the Speakers Corner in Singapore.
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SINGAPORE: To many, activism comes across as a somewhat polarising term – reminiscent of bell-bottom wearing, placard-carrying protestors and demonstrators seen during the flower-power activists’ days of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Comments Cultural activist Thando Mahlangu was among the people who picketed outside the SABC studios in Hatfield, Tshwane, Tshwane yesterday. Photo by Raymond Morare.
PEOPLE from KwaNdebele want their station to stay in Tshwane or move to KwaMhlanga in Mpumalanga – but it must not move to Auckland Park!
Different organisations from KwaNdebele picketed outside SABC offices in Hatfield, Tshwane on Wednesday.
According to Prince Vusi Mahlangu of the KwaNdebele tribe, there are rumours that the Ikwekwezi FM station will be moved from Tshwane. Mahlangu said they had to stand up and meet the SABC management.
SINGAPORE - Singaporeans should remain vigilant in the country s fight against the Covid-19 outbreak and not be complacent, said Education Minister Lawrence Wong on Saturday (April 3). And we must never assume that we have seen the end of the pandemic, and that victory is in sight, or that we can relax and start letting our guard down, he said.
The minister was speaking at the 30th anniversary celebrations of the Singapore Sikh Education Foundation (SSEF) at the Singapore Khalsa Association, where he was the guest of honour.
His message comes a year after Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong addressed the nation to announce circuit breaker measures to curb the spread of the virus.
In order to manage crowds at multiple parks and nature trails, the National Parks Board (NParks) is deploying drones to help monitor crowd levels.
On Good Friday (Apr. 2) places such as the reopened stretch of the Rail Corridor near King Albert Park MRT saw throngs of hikers and members of the public.
500 people on the ground, drones deployed
On Apr. 3, Sim Ann, Member of Parliament for Holland-Bukit Timah GRC provided an update on the situation via a Facebook Live video.
The video featured Ben Cheung, Chairman of the Mayfair Park Neighbourhood Committee and Lim Liang Jim, Group Director of the National Biodiversity Centre under the National Parks Board (NParks).