CNA — SOAP Award Recipients

Jan 31

Jan 31 🏆 How the Covid-19 Pandemic Changed My Life

Winner 🏆 (Story), Jan 2021

How did the worst global health crisis of our time affect you? One year into the pandemic, CNA speaks to people in Singapore to hear their stories.

Jan 10

Jan 10 🏆 This 71-year-old wants you to get a COVID-19 vaccine once you can. Here’s why

Edwin Lau

Winner 🏆 (Commentary), Jan 2021

A battle with polio, an annual fight with the flu and losing a friend to COVID-19 has made this plea incredibly personal, Irene Hoe says.

Nov 29

Nov 29 Moving to Singapore in the middle of a pandemic has changed the meaning of home

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Commentary), Nov

A few months ago, my husband and I decided to make 2020 even more memorable and moved from Jakarta to Singapore.

Moving home, and its accompanying physical and emotional disruption, is often cited as a leading cause of stress.

Jul 25

Jul 25 IN FOCUS: Why are some retail tenants up against their landlords and can the relationship be mended?

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Story), Jul

Written by Tang See Kit

Jun 13

Jun 13 🏆COVID-19 social media vigilantes: A valid or harmful way of dealing with rule breakers?

Edwin Lau

Winner 🏆 (Story), Jun

Written by Aqil Haziq Mahmud

May 31

May 31 Singapore switches off — A "circuit breaker" comes on

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Visual), May

In a country where business and busy-ness is ubiquitous, the concept of empty spaces seems alien - one that has taken Singaporeans some time to adjust to.

Apr 29

Apr 29 Home-based learning blues: Life in a rental flat during the COVID-19 circuit breaker

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Story), Apr

It is 9am and Ella is about to attend her first lecture as a polytechnic student.

She fires up her live lesson, Introduction to Accounting, on her laptop, keeping her camera on long enough for…

Feb 11

Feb 11 🏆 Singaporeans queued for toilet paper and instant noodles – there is no shame in that

Edwin Lau

Winner 🏆 (Commentary), Feb

The weekend “panic buying” sparked by the novel coronavirus and the raising of the DORSCON reflects Singaporeans' state of preparedness and generosity, says Annie Tan.

Feb 2

Feb 2 As a parent, I worry about my kids and the coronavirus situation. So I’m taking action

Edwin Lau

Merit Award (Commentary), Feb

News of the Wuhan coronavirus have created anxiety and fear among parents. June Yong admits she shares some of these sentiments but shares her experience on what’s getting her through.

Stories of A Pandemic

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Jan 31 🏆 How the Covid-19 Pandemic Changed My Life

Jan 10 🏆 This 71-year-old wants you to get a COVID-19 vaccine once you can. Here’s why

Nov 29 Moving to Singapore in the middle of a pandemic has changed the meaning of home

Jul 25 IN FOCUS: Why are some retail tenants up against their landlords and can the relationship be mended?

Jun 13 🏆COVID-19 social media vigilantes: A valid or harmful way of dealing with rule breakers?

May 31 Singapore switches off — A "circuit breaker" comes on

Apr 29 Home-based learning blues: Life in a rental flat during the COVID-19 circuit breaker

Feb 11 🏆 Singaporeans queued for toilet paper and instant noodles – there is no shame in that

Feb 2 As a parent, I worry about my kids and the coronavirus situation. So I’m taking action

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