As a Singaporean, I rejoice in how these moments have instilled in me a greater self-awareness, of gratitude for our island and of the duty we all carry as ambassadors of it.
Passionate about global governance, she is committed to strengthening public leadership through cross-sectoral cooperation and activating youth engagement. Sharmishta is also an amateur photographer and freelance writer. Celebrating the power of unity at the East Side Gallery Berlin, Germany Being immersed in such hyper-diverse surroundings as the desert-lined suburbs of Oman to the metropolitan chaos of Mumbai, I have viewed my passion for international affairs and public leadership as an inevitable facet of my identity more so than a labelled career choice.
In conversation with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong during his visit New York, USA Sharing ideas on how to finance the Agenda during an innovation sprint with several representatives from multilateral institution Geneva, Switzerland In November , my present role afforded me the pleasure to lead a special programme on leadership and smart cities , using Singapore as a case study. Leaving tips is frowned upon and might be misinterpreted. The culture of Singapore is highly influenced by a large number of religious festivities taking place all around the year.
The Buddhists celebrate the Hungry Ghost Festival and offer eatables to the spirits of their deceased. Between May and June, the Dragon Boat Festival or the Zhongxao Festival in Chinese takes place at Bedok Reservoir, where dragon-shaped boats oared by a dozen or so people aside, compete in the race. Mid-Autumn Festival or the Lantern Festival is one of the largest celebrations in the country, which marks the 15th and the last day of Chinese New Year festivities.
The sky of Singapore gets covered with flaming dots of paper lanterns set free. The range of dance comprising traditional, as well as contemporary, is a reflection of the diversity of the culture in Singapore. Predominated by the Chinese community, the island population also consists of Indians, Malays and Indonesians highlighting Singapore as a multicultural country. One can even find Indian Bharatanatyam and Kathak been taught in multiple schools in Singapore. Undoubtedly, this is one of the best places to experience western-style performing arts including Opera and Ballet with the courtesy of the Symphony Orchestra at Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay which offers free jazz and opera performances occasionally by the water's edge.
The island is also known to host a range of music festivals like Mosaic Music Festival and the cutting edge Baybeats every year attracting various international stars and rock bands from overseas. There are a number of museums, art galleries and musical orchestras to celebrate the artistic culture of Singapore.
National Gallery Singapore is the flagship museum with more than 8, works of South Asian artists. Other important names are Singapore Art Museum which focuses on contemporary art and Red Dot Museum with its love for paintings of mundane, everyday objects.
In music, Singaporeans love folk, pop, rock and classical. The musical scene is spearheaded by Singapore Symphony Orchestra, established in , with its chief venue at Esplanade Concert Hall. The history of Singapore dates back to A. D under the kingdom of Srivijaya. The Ministry created specific events and activities to promote nation-building, enhance inter-cultural awareness, racial understanding and bonding among the four main races Malay, Chinese, Indian and Others.
For instance, working with different cultural organisations, agencies and schools, it launched a series of Aneka Ragam Ra'ayat concerts - People's Cultural Concerts. Held at open-air venues like the Padang, Botanic Gardens and Hong Lim Park, these free concerts featured subtle nation-building messages. These highly popular concerts were well attended by people from all walks of life. Radio Singapore, then a department of the Ministry, provided listeners with multi-lingual infotainment programmes and dramas featuring national messages.
Documentaries on the progress of Singapore were specially produced by the Ministry in the four official languages English, Mandarin, Malay, and Tamil and shown in cinemas prior to the screening of feature films.
The Ministry's regular free screening of films at kampongs and outlying areas provided another platform to connect with the people. Food of the Future These scientists are cooking up a storm in the lab — all in a bid to have you eat healthier and change your mind about how healthy food tastes. It was on this day years ago that a British expedition led by Sir Stamford Raffles landed in Singapore.
Their arrival heralded the establishment of a British trading post on the island — and given the lasting impact of colonial-era legal and education systems, infrastructure and dependence on international trade, it is roundly agreed that this marked the birth of modern Singapore.
To mark the year milestone, an exciting line-up of commemorative activities including exhibitions, roadshows, conferences, national events, festivals and trails will be taking place throughout the year. It will also examine the years prior to , as these formative years lend context to our evolution. What binds us together as a country? Is our collective identity strong enough to withstand a splintering of the population along ethnic and religious lines?
Foodies may wax lyrical about hawker dishes like chilli crab and chicken rice. As a historian, he feels strongly about using the occasion to trace our roots further back in time — stopping not at , but all the way back to the founding of the Kingdom of Singapura by the Srivijayan prince Sang Nila Utama in Colonialism was built on a pre-colonial past.
We need to see these complex layers of history, shaping Singapore over a long period of time and making it into what it is today. In his view, delving into these forces will foster greater historical consciousness among the public.
Led by Yale-NUS College, the festival entails young Singaporeans exploring and reimagining diverse areas of Singapore history, covering space, architecture, communities, language, race, relationships and the arts. Their projects will be presented via a range of artistic mediums at various locations around the city. To be published in the second half of , the re-issued hard copy will be accompanied by the launch of an interactive e-book version.
Since then, he has unearthed many artefacts in subsequent excavations at the park as well as other historically-significant sites around Singapore, ranging from a headless horseman statue made of lead in a style typical of 14 th -century Javanese art to an ancient Chinese bowl. These relics provide evidence that Singapore enjoyed close relations with other countries as early as the 14 th century.
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