Dear reader, It’s a week where Singapore’s connections to people and places beyond our shores has been on our minds. In DC, Trump’s nominee to serve as ambassador to Singapore has had a rather trying senate hearing. In Beijing, Xinhua, their state-run news agency, met with SPH...
Understanding South-east Asia; PSP renewal; challenges in a cashless society; teenagers target “paedophiles”; Tan Tock Seng Hospital’s “Nightingale Wards”; Singapore at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival; tensions in the gig economy; and more.
Dear reader, Welcome to the second half of 2025. And remember to stay in your lanes. This week, Singapore began enforcing pedestrian-only paths, with errant cyclists and users of mobility devices liable for a fine or even jail. The trial began for three women who allegedly organised a procession outside...
Great Eastern insurance exclusion could hurt public healthcare, Certis’s failed attempt to surveil own security officers on MC, Ho Ching’s provocative take on SG history snubbed, Wild Rice refutes suggestion that ‘Homepar’ glamourises drug use, Alibaba joins SG AI race, and more.
Worrying parallels between the drug and scam industries; a rise in willing workers in Scam Inc; the loneliness epidemic that’s making us susceptible to being scammed—these were some key takeaways from our latest Jom Cakap.
Dear reader, It’s Saki, Jom’s head of research and social media. I’ve been working here for almost a year now and this is my first newsletter. Everyone at Jom is currently on our usual mid-year break which means that there will be no essay or “Singapore This...
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