Elizabeth Law

3 weeks ago | straitstimes.com | Cherie Lok |Carmen Sin |Elizabeth Law |Shawn Hoo

Follow our live coverage here. SINGAPORE - The wait begins over an hour before the first candidates are expected to arrive, along a sleepy road in the heart of Tampines. Reporters are on one side, packed like sardines under a sheltered walkway, curious residents on the other. In the tide of black lapping against the gates of Poi Ching School – media personnel decked out in one of the few “neutral” shades – bobs a single flash of light blue.

Jan 28, 2025 | cell.com | Sylvaine Giakoumi |Anthony Richardson |Aggeliki Doxa |Stefano Moro |Marco Andrello |Jeffrey O. Hanson | +21 more

Keywordsbiodiversity conservationspatial prioritizationoptimization toolsGlobal Biodiversity Framework30 × 30 targetThe global need for systematic conservation planningThe Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets out the 2030 global agenda for nature conservation [1].

Jan 18, 2025 | straitstimes.com | Elizabeth Law

SINGAPORE – It is a rainy Sunday afternoon in October and a lively menagerie has taken over a nondescript industrial office in Toa Payoh: five dogs, two rabbits, a cat and a white dove named Quinty. Among them sit 15 humans, some with their hands on their furry and feathered friends, eyes closed in concentration as they try to focus on sending healing energy. Leading the session is Mr Ezekiel Ong, a veterinary technician, reiki master and animal “communicator”.

Nov 8, 2024 | straitstimes.com | Dan Buettner |Elizabeth Law

DBS Foundation head Karen Ngui says their first priority is to address ageing in society. ST PHOTO: NG SOR LUAN Updated Nov 08, 2024, 09:30 PM Published Nov 08, 2024, 09:30 PM SINGAPORE – As the DBS Foundation celebrates its 10th anniversary, it is setting its sights on reshaping how Singapore and the region perceive and support ageing, says foundation head Karen Ngui.

Oct 28, 2024 | herworld.com | Elizabeth Law

On a Tuesday afternoon at a coffee shop in Ang Mo Kio, Mr Glenn Poh returns to his waiting mother with two drinks: one hot and one iced. She picks the iced lemon tea. “All my life she never used to drink cold drinks but now, she always wants something iced. It’s like she’s a small kid again,” he says of his 74-year-old mother, Madam Tan Sow Meng, who has Alzheimer’s disease.