by Dr Roland Chia | May 16, 2016 | Pulse
May 2016 Pulse The recently-concluded Synod on the Family (4 – 25 October 2015), a historic meeting of 270 bishops from around the world at the Vatican, published a report on some of the most controversial issues surrounding marriage, divorce and sexuality after three...
by Dr Roland Chia | May 3, 2016 | Pulse
May 2016 Pulse In his fascinating book, Triumph of the City the world-renown economist Edward Glaeser describes the significance of cities in the history of human civilisation with great eloquence and inimitable passion. ‘Cities’, he writes, ‘the dense agglomerations...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 18, 2016 | Pulse
April 2016 Pulse In its ‘FAQs on Sexuality’, the Health Promotion Board (HPB) of Singapore seems to base its understanding of human sexuality substantially, although not exclusively, on the studies conducted by Alfred Kinsey in the middle of the last century. HPB not...
by Dr Roland Chia | Apr 4, 2016 | Pulse
April 2016 Pulse In an article entitled, ‘Social Justice in Singapore: Some Personal Reflections’, Tommy Koh argues that Singapore is both a social just and a socially unjust society. For Koh, Singapore is a socially just society because of the following reasons:...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 21, 2016 | Pulse
March 2016 Pulse Since its inception about 40 years ago, the Internet has revolutionised our lives in innumerable ways. It has made possible access to a huge amount of information on almost everything under the sun, from the latest news about a celebrity to...
by Dr Roland Chia | Mar 7, 2016 | Pulse
March 2016 Pulse According to particle physics, our universe came about as the result of elementary particles and forces. One of the most important theories in particle physics today is called the Standard Model, which postulates that there are 16 fundamental...
