SINGAPORE - The best way to inculcate good habits, such as carrying out simple acts of kindness, may be to start from young, and a picture book for pre-schoolers aims to do just that.
The 64-page picture book, titled The Little Things, was launched by advisers to Tampines grassroots organisations Desmond Choo and Cheng Li Hui on Saturday (Sept 30) afternoon.
The book contains illustrations of kind acts, such as sharing an umbrella with someone or holding the lift for a neighbour, using local food items like kaya toast, ice kachang and roti prata as the main characters. It will be shared with pre-schools in Tampines and made available at the Tampines Regional Library.

The book is part of a wider movement in Tampines, known as the Tampines Kindness Movement, which aims to foster a greater sense of community spirit, where people care for their neighbours and their environment.
At the book launch at Tampines Regional Library, Mr Choo, who is also adviser of the movement, said hopefully, children will be inspired to carry out little acts of kindness and even encourage their parents to do so.
"We truly believe that the simplest of acts will create a long and sustainable movement," he added. "Nothing beats having the youngest of our generation take the lead and spearhead this movement."
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Calvin Yang
The Straits Times
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Can art change the world? Under this question, the organizers of the Social Art Award called for artists world-widely to submit their socially critical works. Artists from 131 countries responded with extraordinary works and projects.

On September 5, 2017, the three winners Lino Tonelotto from France, Quek Jia Qi from Singapore and Diogo da Cruz from Portugal were honored, and exhibited at WHITECONCEPTS Gallery in Berlin. They demonstrated with their politically engaged works that art can make current events visible and tangible. This is an important understanding for bringing forward the debate and thus a social change.
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The Social Art Award was initiated by the Institute for Art and Innovation. Its aim is to highlight the importance of social artists and their work to society.

The Social Art Award 2017
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