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ABC World Asia Established for Impact Investing

The newly established ABC World Asia is an Asia-focused private equity fund dedicated to impact investing. ABC World Asia enables Temasek Trust, the philanthropic arm of Temasek, to venture on a new pathway to sustainabi...

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Helping Children with Special Needs Learn Better Through Innovation

In order to make learning more engaging for children with special needs, researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) have developed a new educational tool called the i-Tile with funding from Temasek Foundation Innovates. A project started...

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Exoskeleton Technology Used to Improve Rehabilitation Care under the Temasek Foundation — iMOVE Programme

A retired engineer, Mr Henry Tan, 66, has congenital muscle dystrophy and already faced difficulties walking prior to a stroke he suffered in October 2018. After his stroke, he was wheelchair bound and had completely no...

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Singapore Sports Schools Launches the EW Barker Scholarship for Exemplary Students with Aptitude for Sports

To recognise well-rounded student-athletes, the Singapore Sports School has launched the EW Barker Scholarship on February 13, 2019. Announced at the school’s 15th Anniversary Celebrations Cum Awards Night by the G...

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Faithfully ASEAN

39 leaders and practitioners of major faiths from all ten ASEAN countries gathered in Singapore from 3-6 December 2018 for the inaugural Faithfully ASEAN interfaith exchange programme. A unique ground-up initiative which...

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Asia’s Biggest Sustainability Solutions Search: The Liveability Challenge 2019

While climate change affects the entire world, many studies have shown that it will impact the tropics the most. The resultant effects include an increase in the occurrence of natural disasters, the proliferation of trop...