SOAP Award Recipients

May 13

May 13 Rev Samuel Gift Stephen: “They are my brothers” (Part 2)

Reverend Samuel Gift Stephen leaves his Yishun home each day at 9am, going dormitory to dormitory to keep track of what workers need.

May 10

May 10 Boots for the Walk, Not Just the Talk (Part 1)

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Story), May

Two yellow wellingtons on Reverend Samuel Gift Stephen’s T-shirt are a reminder to walk a mile in the shoes of labourers in shipyards and construction.

Apr 29

Apr 29 Home-based learning blues: Life in a rental flat during the COVID-19 circuit breaker

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Story), Apr

It is 9am and Ella is about to attend her first lecture as a polytechnic student.

She fires up her live lesson, Introduction to Accounting, on her laptop, keeping her camera on long enough for…

Apr 15

Apr 15 Singapore’s boomers haven’t gone mad, they just need time to process coronavirus measures

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Story), Apr

The island nation’s impatience with its elderly stems from a misunderstanding of their need for independence as well as community

Mar 28

Mar 28 Why are there so few coronavirus infections in Singapore’s health workers?

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Story), Mar

Throughout the world, overworked health care professionals are being infected with Covid-19, yet the Lion City has kept numbers low.

Mar 14

Mar 14 The untold sacrifices by frontline healthcare workers as they soldier on against Covid-19

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Story), Mar

Earlier this month, Dr Chng Woei was asked by her 24-year-old daughter if the family was not going to have dinner with the maternal grandparents until “this dies down”.

Feb 16

Feb 16 Coronavirus: The 'sixth sense' and long nights behind virus test kit

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Story), Feb

As merrymakers ushered in the dawn of 2020 with high spirits, infectious diseases experts in Singapore were on high alert.

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May 13 Rev Samuel Gift Stephen: “They are my brothers” (Part 2)

May 10 Boots for the Walk, Not Just the Talk (Part 1)

Apr 29 Home-based learning blues: Life in a rental flat during the COVID-19 circuit breaker

Apr 15 Singapore’s boomers haven’t gone mad, they just need time to process coronavirus measures

Mar 28 Why are there so few coronavirus infections in Singapore’s health workers?

Mar 14 The untold sacrifices by frontline healthcare workers as they soldier on against Covid-19

Feb 16 Coronavirus: The 'sixth sense' and long nights behind virus test kit

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