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COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Recommendations Bullying - Advocate for in-depth research on bullying We could approach Singapore Children’s Society to offer grants to academics and researchers, who would be our target audience, to conduct further research. We hope to gain a greater understanding of the factors surrounding bullying. The success of this project could be evaluated by the insight and analysis gained from published research work. Based on this research, intervention methods could be devised to reduce and even prevent bullying. Limited number of academics and researchers may be interested in this research topic. Therefore, it is important to publicise this research effort extensively to reach out to as many academics and researchers as possible. Practical Assessment: Rank 2 (Intermediate) Maathi Yosi | 2019 30 Research on understand bullying in Singapore is limited to understanding victims’ experiences and surveying the numbers of reported incidents. More effort could be made to examine how factors such as culture, race and gender influence bullying and promote passive bystanding or discourage active bystanding.