LKYCIC NEWS
Singapore Tonight (CNA, 18.06.2021)
Channel NewsAsia's news programme Singapore Tonight interviewed LKYCIC senior fellow Dr Harvey Neo on his views as to why the Downtown Core may no longer be the top workplace destination in Singapore, following the Census 2020 report. His segment starts from the 22.35 min mark.
(Oral evidence session): “Supporting our high streets after COVID-19” ( UK House of Commons Select Committee on Housing, Communities and Local Government ,10.06.2021)
Join Professor Chan Heng Chee, Chair of Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities online this evening as she provides expert testimony on ‘Supporting our High Streets Post Covid’ before the UK House of Commons Select Committee on Housing, Communities and Local Government. The inquiry will examine the long-term consequences of the Covid-19 outbreak on the future of the high street. It is interested in how government, at all levels, can mitigate the economic and social impact and develop policies to ensure high streets remain the centre of local communities. The Committee will look at the impact of existing measures to support the high street, including the business rate holiday, as well as the broader role of taxation in enabling high street businesses to remain viable. Professor Carlos Moreno, Scientific Director, Panthenon Sorbonne University, IAE Paris as well as Professor Ricky Burdett, Director of LSE Cities and Urban Age, London School of Economics will also be joining Prof Chan in this session.
The future of cities in a postpandemic world (The World, 07.06.2021)
The World radio programme interviewed LKYCIC chair Prof Chan Heng Chee on her views of the future of cities in a post pandemic world. Her segment can be heard from the 3.05-minute mark.
Placemaking Special: Read This Important Study On Shaping Age-Friendly Neighbourhoods (Design and Architecture, 27 May 2021)
d+a published a placemaking special which was based on a study done by LKYCIC Research Director and Programme Lead of the Lee Li Ming Programme in Ageing Urbanism, Dr Belinda Yuen.
Chinese privilege not as appropriate to use in S’pore’ says Chan Heng Chee, but minorities face ‘institutional racism’ (Mothership, 19.01.2021)
Professor Chan Heng Chee shares her thoughts on Chinese privilege and institutional racism in the Singapore context.
LKYCIC NEWS ARTICLES | OP-EDS
美中争锋非冷战 冲突必然或可免? (Lianhe Zaobao, 09.07.20)
Lianhe Zaobao published an opinion piece by LKYCIC Chair Prof Chan Heng Chee about the US-China rivalry. This article was based on a lecture she delivered at the 7th IPS-Nathan Lecture Series titled The US-China Rivalry: Inevitable War or Avoidable War.
US-China rivalry: it’s not a Cold War, but is conflict inevitable or avoidable? (South China Morning Post, 02.07.2020)
South China Morning Post published an opinion piece by LKYCIC Chair Prof Chan Heng Chee about the US-China rivalry. This article was based on a lecture she delivered at the 7th IPS-Nathan Lecture Series titled The US-China Rivalry: Inevitable War or Avoidable War.
How life in our cities will look after the Coronavirus Pandemic (Foreign Policy, 01.05.2020)
Foreign Policy asked 11 leading thinkers to weigh in on their predictions as to how life in cities will look after the Covid-19 pandemic. LKYCIC Chair, Prof Chan Heng Chee was one of the 11 to share her views.
Responding to COVID-19: What can we learn from Singapore? (Croakey, 14.04.2020)
Australian news site Croakey published an article about how Australia can learn from Singapore in their response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The article featured a write-up by LKYCIC research fellow Dr Brigid Trenerry, senior research assistant Ms Jocelin Lam and research fellow Dr Samuel Chng.
Urgent need for multilateral action and global leadership (ST, 14.04.2020)
Chan Heng Chee, ''Urgent need for multilateral action and global leadership", The Straits Times 14 April 2020, in the ST op-ed series titled "Coronavirus: The Great Disruption".
LKYCIC IN THE NEWS
Cities will endure and adapt beyond pandemic, say forum panellists (ST, 19.11.2021)
Straits Times reported on the Bloomberg New Economy Forum where panellists said that cities will endure and adapt beyond the pandemic. The article included mention of a panel discussion on Reimagining the Urban Environment by LKYCIC's Prof Chan Heng Chee, which underscored the same point.
Rifle Range Road to get animal detection system (ST, 16.11.2021)
Straits Times wrote an article on an announcement by Minister for National Development, Mr Desmond Lee on a roadway animal detection system that will be developed for Rifle Range Road and two studies on the public's perception of wildlife, one of which will be done by NParks and SUTD's LKYCIC.