SOAP Award Recipients

Mar 19

Mar 19 🏆 With no place to stay, some Malaysian workers sleeping rough near Kranji MRT Station

Past midnight, Mr Armel Sharil waited until the metal gates of Kranji MRT Station were pulled shut at 1am before he carefully laid a cardboard on the floor to lie down and rest his eyes.

Mar 17

Mar 17 🏆 Crisis is exactly the time to make structural changes to address poverty and inequality

Edwin Lau

Winner 🏆 (Commentary), Mar

Since the onset of the coronavirus crisis in January this year, life has been lived in a state of suspended reality.

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”.

Mar 12

Mar 12 Covid-19 and climate change have a lot more in common than you think

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Commentary), Mar

Climate scientists tell us that climate change will not only bring about rising sea levels and more extreme weather events, it also increases the likelihood of epidemics.

Mar 1

Mar 1 🏆 Coronavirus in Singapore: 50 Photos of Social Distancing and Solitude

Edwin Lau

Winner 🏆 (Visual), Mar

In the days before COVID-19 circuit breaker measures kicked in, Kurt Ganapathy travelled across Singapore to capture an unprecedented moment in the country’s history.

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.

Feb 15

Feb 15 🏆 COVID-19: Recommendations to Safeguard the Migrant Worker Community In Singapore

Edwin Lau

Winner 🏆 (Story), Feb

Low wage migrant workers form almost 1/5 of our population. In light of the community spread of the COVID-19 virus in Singapore, here is a compilation of…

Feb 15

Feb 15 The 5Cs of beating the coronavirus outbreak

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Commentary), Feb

Practise being calm, cautious, considerate, caring and collectivistic. And use these tools to build up arsenal of psychological defence against the virus threat.

Feb 13

Feb 13 🏆 Real Superheroes

Edwin Lau

Winner 🏆 (Visual), Feb

This week, we celebrate Total Defence Day. A day to remind Singaporeans to defend our country under all circumstances.

Feb 11

Feb 11 🏆 Singaporeans queued for toilet paper and instant noodles – there is no shame in that

Edwin Lau

Winner 🏆 (Commentary), Feb

The weekend “panic buying” sparked by the novel coronavirus and the raising of the DORSCON reflects Singaporeans' state of preparedness and generosity, says Annie Tan.

Feb 2

Feb 2 As a parent, I worry about my kids and the coronavirus situation. So I’m taking action

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Commentary), Feb

News of the Wuhan coronavirus have created anxiety and fear among parents. June Yong admits she shares some of these sentiments but shares her experience on what’s getting her through.

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Mar 19 🏆 With no place to stay, some Malaysian workers sleeping rough near Kranji MRT Station

Mar 17 🏆 Crisis is exactly the time to make structural changes to address poverty and inequality

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

Mar 12 Covid-19 and climate change have a lot more in common than you think

Mar 1 🏆 Coronavirus in Singapore: 50 Photos of Social Distancing and Solitude

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

Feb 15 🏆 COVID-19: Recommendations to Safeguard the Migrant Worker Community In Singapore

Feb 15 The 5Cs of beating the coronavirus outbreak

Feb 13 🏆 Real Superheroes

Feb 11 🏆 Singaporeans queued for toilet paper and instant noodles – there is no shame in that

Feb 2 As a parent, I worry about my kids and the coronavirus situation. So I’m taking action

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