Dear reader,
Jom Cakap. 7-9pm, Tuesday, June 24th 2025.
The Economist’s Sue-Lin Wong in conversation with Jom’s Corrie Tan about “Scam Inc”.
Space is limited. Look out for the email next week with the registration link. Supporters and Patrons will get 24-hour priority access, then Members, and finally the general public.
- What does the WP’s selection of Andre Low and Eileen Chong as NCMPs indicate?
- The SDP’s admirable resolve to keep fighting the good (democratic) fight
- How do we measure happiness?
- Vaping, and Singapore’s long-standing efforts to combat tobacco addiction
- A day to celebrate Orang laut, people of the sea
- The shocking shredding of books at Yale-NUS College
- Lady Gaga, that honorary Singaporean
- Motiff’s alleged designs on Figma
And more, in our weekly digest. Read it now.
Essay: “Larry and the five wise men: Singapore’s new cabinet”.
“Our assessment is that Wong has shown himself to be a meticulous tinkerer, rather than a reformer, who’s rewarded electoral performance, while distributing power so as to foster teamwork between strong-headed individuals and ministries. He’s also cannily left himself latitude to test out new cabinet members before confirming them.
Perhaps most intriguingly, we also see the emergence of Wong the electoral strategist. His picks suggest that he’s already plotting an eastern defence, to try and neuter the inevitable ambition of the Workers’ Party (WP) at the next GE. Finally, the main disappointment is the paucity of women and ethnic minorities at the top.”
Read the commentary now.
Finally, I hope to see some of you at The People’s Labour Day Rally on Sunday at Hong Lim Park. I’ll be there with Saki, our head of research and social media, and we’ll possibly be making our next Jom video. If we happen to bump into each other: no, I’m not Piyush Gupta.
Jom buat,
Sudhir
Editor-in-chief, Jom
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