Singa to raise courtesy standards on social media
Kindness movement studying online interactions to see how it can help SINGA the Lion is venturing into cyberspace as the Singapore Kindness Movement takes its campaign to the online arena. The...
View ArticleVideo: A great dip, or blip? – Dr William Wan at TEDxSingapore
As head of the Singapore Kindness Movement and winner of the Active Ager Award (Council of the Third Age), Dr William Wan has always been active in community-based work and believes that kindness...
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Graciousness Index
The Graciousness Index is an annual study that tracks the perception and experience of kindness and graciousness in Singapore. First commissioned by the Singapore Kindness Movement six years ago, the...
View ArticleGraciousness: Improvements seen, but can they be sustained?
More experiencing kindness and graciousness, but changing perceptions will take time SINGAPORE, 9 July 2014 – After a dramatic drop last year, the Graciousness Index recovered slightly, inching up two...
View Article‘Us and them’ drags us down
A GRACIOUSNESS mirror was held up to Singaporeans, and they did not look too good. One factor contributing to this low grade is the attitude towards foreigners residing here. On the issue of “accepting...
View ArticleOur own kind of kindness
I may have to be cruel to be kind. I have a curious defence for some Singaporeans who are bashed for being impolite. To put it cruelly, instead of saying we are a rude country, perhaps what we possess...
View ArticleMore graciousness experienced, Graciousness Index rises to 55
After a dramatic drop last year, the Graciousness Index recovered slightly, inching up two points to 55. Commissioned by the Singapore Kindness Movement, the study surveyed 1,666 respondents in a...
View ArticleYouth not lagging behind in kindness
MR ANDREW Leung Weng Kan’s letter (“Unfair to label younger generation impolite”; Forum Online, Dec 10) zeroes in on the crux of the matter – that tarring our young people with the same brush is...
View ArticleGraciousness Index shows further improvement
Is Singapore maturing into a Nation of Kindness? Singapore, 5 May 2015 – The Graciousness Index has continued to move up, from 53 in 2013 to 55 in 2014, and to 61 in 2015. This year’s rise is led by a...
View ArticleGraciousness Survey 2017
Graciousness Survey Gives Insights on Opportunities to Continue Singapore’s Kindness Journey More parents recognise their primary role in imparting values and seek ways and resources to act on it...
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