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Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”.  * The short election runway exposes Lawrence Wong’s nerves * GE update, featuring the PAP’s Aljunied, Chua Chu Kang, and Sengkang teams * Could Megan Khung have been saved?  * Works by P Ramlee at SG60 * Our prolific poets * Is the use of AI in prisons a...

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Polling Day two days after Labour Day; election round-up; the heart-breaking case of Megan Khung; tributes to P Ramlee; a new poetry press makes its debut; AI in prisons; and more.

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Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”.  * How might Trump’s tariffs and threats affect the upcoming GE? * GE update, from the PSP’s narrowing focus to the WP’s expansionism * A Palestinian book launch and community event * Are “finfluencers” charlatans or prophets? * The UK acknowledges a 1948 atrocity in Malaya, but...

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Tariff turmoil; GE2025 news round-up; Walid Abdullah’s new book on Palestine; finfluencers - boon or bane?; the UK acknowledges a 1948 atrocity without apologising for it; relearning mother tongues; Grab burrowing deeper into our lives; and more.

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Dear reader, The news cycle is intensifying ahead of the GE, and every few hours there’s a new development that warrants our attention, and consideration about how and whether to respond. We’re all a bit tired, and a little exhilarated. I’ll keep this short so you can...

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Calvin Cheng, PAP firebrand; a history of local women in medicine; Singapore lends a helping hand in Myanmar; a decades-old mural uncovered; big changes to the NUS Singapore History Prize; Grab launches a taxi company; and more.

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Dear reader, We’ve got bumper political coverage this week, as the news flow is steadily increasing ahead of the GE. Check it out now to keep abreast of developments. “Singapore This Week”.  * Joshua Raj Thomas’s selection is the clearest sign yet of the PAP’s desperation * Politicians from...

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The first-ever NMP to join partisan politics; an evening with Tay Kheng Soon, architect, author, and raconteur; Chia Boon Teck thinks he’s living in 1925; ChatGPT for prompt emotional support; decarbonising rice; a new venue for immersive shows; Grab’s big move in Indonesia; and more.

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Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”.  * Why Ng Chee Meng is the luckiest Singaporean * Lawrence Wong rubber-stamps a Palestinian initiative * The floundering shoe recycling project by SportSG and Dow * Singapore’s “post and boast” fraudsters * A roadmap towards ending the ferrying of workers in the backs of lorries * Masjid Madani, a...

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