Research/Studies
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1 | TEEN SUICIDES : RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS THE MAIN CAUSE FRICTION with parents and breaking up with boyfriends or girlfriends are the main factors that push Singapore's under-20s over the edge. Not so stress over school grades. In only three of the 28 youth suicides in 2001 was it a possible trigger, according to a study by three doctors. One was a nine-year-old girl. The figures debunk the popular perception that pressure to do well in school is driving Singapore's young to the brink. They also show that (a) more boys than girls (16 against 12) commit suicide (b) all jumped off high-rise residential blocks (c) almost half (13) were school dropouts, and (d) three-quarters were aged between 14 and 19, with the youngest aged nine. But the figures do not indicate a trend, said Dr Daniel Fung, adding that the annual average in the past five years is 20 youths. | 27-Feb-03 | The Straits Times | |
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2 | YOUTH AVERSE TO DISAGREE WITH GOVERNMENT THEY know of Newater, the tudung controversy and the plot by militants to bomb Yishun MRT station, but are much less aware of the Feedback Unit or the Remaking Singapore Committee. And when it comes to publicly expressing views that differed from the Government, most of the 800 young Singaporeans in a Singapore Polytechnic survey said they felt uncomfortable doing so. In fact, only 15 per cent had no qualms speaking out.'Many cannot be bothered or think their views have no impact. A small percentage did not want to get into trouble,' business school director V. Maheantharan said of the findings. The survey, by second year Media and Communication students, looked at youths' awareness of local current affairs and feedback channels, their understanding of Singapore's political process, and how they obtained their news. It was conducted over two weeks last August and involved adults and students aged between 15 and 29. | 26-Feb-03 | The Straits Times | |
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3 | SMS Chats Can Be A Costly Affair SMS chatrooms are spawning a whole new generation of addicts, who are spending as much as $1,000 a month to exchange messges with a bunch of "virtual friends". This new, trendy form of communicationshas hooked tens of thousands of people since it came onto the scene about three years ago. | 04-Aug-02 | The Sunday Times | |
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4 | Free Sex the Norm Among Yogyakarta's Varsity Students Free sex is the norm these days in Indonesia's cultural centre of Yogyakarta. A study in the central Javanese city revealed that over 97 per cent of female university students aged 17 to 23 are no longer virgins, sparking an outcry among conservative Muslim groups which are calling for immediate measures to curtail the youngsters' liberal lifetsyles. | 04-Aug-02 | The Sunday Times | |
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5 | Parent Involvement Key to Good Grades The secret to good grades lies in parents' elaborate and meticulous planning to bolster their children educationally at home, Assistant Professor Lana Yiu-Lan Khong, the National Institute of Education lecturer behind the research, has found. Her in-depth study revealed that the children of parents who do not leave everything to tutors, or who give up their jobs for their off-spring's sake, often do well in their examinations. But the active parenting carried out by the first group is difficult to sustain, cautioned Dr Khong. "When parents become too overwhelmed or distracted by multiple demands at work, family relationships, like a limited bank account, can become overdrawn. This may help to explain why children from homes with many material comforts nonetheless go wrong in school." | 02-Aug-02 | The Straits Times | |
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6 | Regional Youth Leaders Pose Questions On Tough Issues Regional youth leaders yesterday quizzed politicians and business chiefs on some tough issues ranging from whether Asean is a talk shop to globalisation's effect on local values and nurturing entrepreneurship. The forum focused on Asia's road map for the future. | 30-Jul-02 | The Straits Times | |
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7 | If I Were the Mayor... That was the challenge more than 1,000 students responded to in Central Singapore CDC's essay competition. The competition was help between April and last month. Students were judged on their writing ability and their suggestions on how to build a cohesive and harmonious society. The essays, all of which had to start with the line, "If I were the mayor...", were shortlisted by the CDC's staff and then judged by lecturers at the British council. | 30-Jul-02 | The Straits Times | |
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8 | Britain To Pay Teens Who Stay On At School British teenagers are to be paid to remain in school. They will receive 40 pounds a week as part of a redical package of reform for secondary schools nationwide after pilot projects showed the scheme works.Both Prime Minister Tony Blair and Education Secretary estelle Morris are in favour of expanding the scheme. Mr Gordon Brown, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Ms Morris will announce that the 40 pound payments will be dependet on parental income and on pupils signing an agreement that they will both attend school and complete the courses they sign up for. | 03-Jun-02 | The Straits Times | |
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9 | Chinese Teens Cry Out For More Sleep A recent survey showed that 21 per cent of youngsters in China, aged between 10 and 14, had a "burning desire" to sleep more, the Xinhua news agency reported. The survey was conducted among 1,792 students. It showed that nearly 60% of them sleep less than 8 hours a day. 20% of the respondents had no time to play and 80% said they badly needed more time to relax, according to the survey. | 03-Jun-02 | The Straits Times | |
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10 | ...but don't work them too hard either Is it not obvious that something needs to be done to restructure the education system? Why over-emphasise education to the point that kids have fewer and fewer happy thoughts because they are over-worked and stressed? According to Mr Toh Kwong Weng, the writer, both his daughters are in kindergarten and he was not too kindly surprised when the older girl came home during her first week of K1 with lots of homework. His message: Let's not get too carried away with educating our children. | 03-Jun-02 | The Straits Times | |
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11 | Don't Let Young Waste Holidays in Shopping Malls Should students be having long vacations when many working parents simply do not have time to spend with their children? According to Chiang KY, one cannot help but feel disturbed just by looking at the shopping malls packed with teenagers leading an aimless existence. | 03-Jun-02 | The Straits Times | |
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12 | Puffing Teens Smoked Out About one in four underage youths still manage to sneak a puff at least once. This was the key result of the Singapore Youth Tobacco Survey 2000, the first survey of 13,111 Secondary 1 to 4 students to find out the prevalence of underage smoking. | 02-Jun-02 | The Sunday Times | |
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13 | 'Lunchtime Syndrome' More young Japanese women are suffering from "lunchtime syndrome" - they feel depressed if they can't find someone to have lunch with, say psychologists. Some lonely women even look for lunch partners a day in advance as they are afraid of feeling left out. | 02-Jun-02 | The Sunday Times | |
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14 | CJ Concerned About Popularity of Club Drugs The growing popularity of club drugs among youths is a worrying social problem that must not be left unchecked. Chief Justice Yong Pung How also notes that more abusers are now young and female. He urged the courts to send a strong message to would-be users. | 31-May-02 | The Straits Times | |
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15 | Youths Scared to Speak Up : Students About 30 students who put questions to a panel of four at the Pre-University Seminar claimed that fear of government reprisals prevents them from speaking up on national issues. | 31-May-02 | The Straits Times | |
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