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How to help seniors be more digitally connected

How to help seniors be more digitally connected

Edwin Lau
Merit Award (Commentary), Dec

Much has been said about how seniors who are not digital savvy have felt particularly displaced in the current Covid-19 crisis.

Safe distancing measures and restrictions on gatherings to prevent the spread of the coronavirus have inadvertently heightened the risks of loneliness and social isolation for seniors, particularly those who do not have access to the internet or smartphones.

I became a supporter of the Singapore Repertory Theatre during COVID-19. Here’s why you should, too.

I became a supporter of the Singapore Repertory Theatre during COVID-19. Here’s why you should, too.

Edwin Lau
Merit Award (Commentary), Dec

I became a supporter of the Singapore Repertory Theatre during COVID-19. Here’s why you should, too.

The energy in the theatre was palpable. Last week, separated safely and flanked by candle-lit side tables, we took our seats in the stalls with great anticipation. This was our first night out at the Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) – or indeed, any live performance – since February.

The New Normal or Same Old? The Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Live-in Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore

The New Normal or Same Old? The Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Live-in Migrant Domestic Workers in Singapore

Edwin Lau
Merit Award (Commentary), Nov

“While often defined by their mobile or migrant status, the Covid-19 global pandemic has rendered domestic workers in Singapore immobile in many respects. Alike people in different contexts across the globe, the pandemic has enforced stillness at multiple scales: within national borders, within urban regions, and within the micro-scale of the home. “, writes Dr Laura Antona, an ESRC postdoctoral fellow in the School of Geography and Environment, at the University of Oxford

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