Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 among multiethnic elderly Asian residents in Singapore: a mixed-methods study by Amudha Aravindhan, Alfred Tau Liang Gan, Ester Pei Xuan Lee, Preeti Gupta, Ryan Man, Kam Chun Ho, Sharon Cohan Sung, Ching-Yu Cheng, Moi Lin Ling, Hiang Khoon Tan, Tien Yin Wong, Eva Katie Fenwick, Ecosse Luc Lamoureux

“…Older participants had poorer attitudes towards preventive measures. Compared to Chinese, Indians had lower odds of practising three out of six recommendations. …”
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An alien among aliens: Translating multicultural identities in Singapore’s contemporary theatre by Bei Hu

“… This article explores the conflated roles of translator and playwright embodied by Kuo Pao Kun (1939-2002), a doyen figure acclaimed as the embodiment of Singapore’s contemporary theatre. As a Singaporean arts activist born in China, Kuo reformulated the state identity of Singapore through his self-translated play Descendants of the eunuch admiral (1995a), which examines his perceptions regarding the perils of a homogenised national theatrical realm and the tensions emerging from modernisation — an intriguing standpoint for an ethnically Chinese art activist. …”
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