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On 22 November 1990, 20-year-old National Serviceman Lee Teck Sang (李德生 Lǐ Déshēng), who deserted from his army and hid himself at the campus of Singapore Polytechnic (where Lee was an alumnus of the institution) for 17 days, used a knife to murder a 45-year-old lecturer during a robbery.
In 2016/2017 responsibility for the must use sign language students moved from Balestier Hill Secondary School and Boon Lay to Beatty. The Government of Singapore decided that it was best to concentrate deaf students who must sign to communicate at one school as only about 15 secondary students were in that category. [64] SSD closed in 2017. [63]
The 1964 race riots in Singapore involved a series of communal race-based civil disturbances between the Malays and Chinese in Singapore following its merger with Malaysia in 16 September 1963, and were considered to be the "worst and most prolonged in Singapore's postwar history".
Abu Sayed (Bengali: আবু সাঈদ; died 16 July 2024) was a Bangladeshi student activist who was shot dead by the Bangladesh Police on 16 July 2024, [3] [4] [5] while participating in the 2024 Bangladesh quota reform movement.
In recent years, many Sri Lankans have been coming to Singapore. Sri Lankan domestic workers form a large number of the 150,000 maids in Singapore. [7] Many students from Sri Lanka have also been coming to Singapore for further education. [8] On 31 July 2010, the Singapore Ceylon Tamils' Association celebrated its 100-year anniversary. [9]
On 22 November 2010, citizens of Singapore supported the Towards Tobacco-Free Singapore online campaign. The campaign promotes a proposal (which was published in the British medical journal Tobacco Control ) to prevent the supply of tobacco to Singaporeans born from the year 2000 which would result in a gradual phasing-out of tobacco in Singapore.
The YST Conservatory offers several levels of musical engagement for National University of Singapore students. Every academic year, a number of Conservatory modules are open to NUS students from all faculties. Students can further extend their exposure by taking the Minor in Music Studies as a capstone.
In 2001, the Singapore government started its Baby Bonus scheme. Singapore has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. [28] In 2012, Singapore total fertility rate (TFR) was 1.20 children born per woman, a sub-replacement fertility rate. Ethnic Chinese had a fertility of 1.07 in 2004 (1.65 in 1990), while Malays had a TFR of 2.10 (2.69 ...