Conservation practitioner. Dragonfly researcher.
Singapore & South-east Asia
Joined December 2014
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严文江 Robin W.J. Ngiam retweeted
1/ Really happy that this side project of ours is finally out! “Challenging #Colonial practices in #Research: A guide for #PhD researchers” is the product of our reading group & collective efforts by @ellahubs, Caterina, Maria & Suma sites.google.com/sheffield.a…
严文江 Robin W.J. Ngiam retweeted
What we're seeing here is a PAP candidate from GE2020 (in Aljunied GRC, his team lost) sharing disinformation from a known pro-PAP FB page insinuating that @srhbgrb's attempt to get accountability from @PAFrenz had some partisan agenda. It's not even her in the @wpsg photos.
Here's a thing - just one hour of videoconferencing emits 150-1,000 grams of CO2 and requires 2-12 liters of water. Leaving your camera off can reduce these footprints by 96% #sustainability phys.org/news/2021-01-camera…
How much power shld we give the govt for individual surveillance?
S'poreans are feeling betrayed because of TraceTogether. The govt needs to restore trust. mothership.sg/2021/01/trace-…
严文江 Robin W.J. Ngiam retweeted
It warms the cockles of our hearts to be able to work for the people of Sengkang and for all Singaporeans. We hope that we’ve inspired all of you to believe that the dream of an alternative future is only as far away as the courage to seize the opportunities that come your way
严文江 Robin W.J. Ngiam retweeted
I’m not a political scientist who specialises in Singapore’s politics but as a concerned citizen born and bred in this tiny island city state, I’ll like to offer some observations. A long thread to share with those of you who may be keen on SG general elections yesterday. 1/
PAP polling agents either forgot the rule or ignored it. Your guess is as good as mine.
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I’ve voted in #GE2020 and also spent the morning as a polling agent. Some points I’d like to draw people’s attention to:
严文江 Robin W.J. Ngiam retweeted
Now that this has been revealed to be a smear campaign orchestrated in part by a PAP member (supporter?), this changes things.
In Spore, the government's narrative for frontline workers is also heroism
spectrejournal.com/the-necro…
严文江 Robin W.J. Ngiam retweeted
These are photos of meals provided to migrant workers confined to their rooms in dormitories declared "isolation areas" in #Singapore 'cos of #COVID19 clusters. Again Singapore has different realities: one for those of us who can isolate in hotels, another for low-wage migrants.
This is what inequality looks like. An aspect of Singapore's society oftentimes glossed over by authorities to maintain the narrative of a successful city state.
HDB home buyers don't want public rental blocks in vicinity: Study str.sg/JfnP
How can the global community stay silent to such racist, bigotry remarks from a self-proclaimed leader of the free world?! This is reminiscent of how Hitler blamed Jews for everything that's gone wrong. Americans shld be ashamed of themselves!
teapaw.org/realDonaldTrump/status…
I will be having a news conference today to discuss very important news from the FDA concerning the Chinese Virus!
Why does our national newspaper give airtime to such discriminatory sentiment? Bigots use every opportunity to advocate their narrow-minded worldviews. Following his logic, all large gatherings should go indoors. Why only this group of people?
str.sg/JNFc
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严文江 Robin W.J. Ngiam retweeted
#Singapore needs to think harder about the ethics and morality of this insatiable demand for sand, and the impact it’s having on other communities. It’s not enough to say that it’s okay for us to buy as long as there are agreements to sell.
As Myanmar farmers lose their land, sand mining for Singapore is blamed malaysiakini.com/news/513167
严文江 Robin W.J. Ngiam retweeted
A group of students in #Singapore are advocating for the introduction of a #FreedomOfInformation Act in the city-state. Please check this page out and take a look at their proposal: foisg.com/