Dear reader, There are now over 6,000 of you receiving this newsletter. Thanks for your support! “Singapore This Week”. In our weekly digest, we discuss a deer fatality in Mandai; police drones in our skies; the downsides of a free trading port; the kebaya, “intangible cultural heritage”; Cultural Medallion...
The notion that stability, security and growth can be achieved only by keeping democracy’s inherent messiness at bay has almost become a national truism. Leon Perera, a former member of Parliament, interrogates it.
Deer fatality in Mandai; police drones in our skies; the downsides of a free trading port, the kebaya makes it to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list; Cultural Medallion winners announced; tech giant Figma sues a start-up; and more
Dear reader, Print issue No. 2. You can buy it now through our web shop. (Supporters and Patrons: details about your complimentary copy are in yesterday’s newsletter.) Orders placed before December 16th will get to you by the end of this year. Get those festive gifts! “Singapore This Week...
Daniel Hui’s fêted feature, refused classification in Singapore, is both admonition and plea. Through a series of legal cases—some known, others forgotten—it asks us to look, to listen, and thus, to care.
The PAP’s biennial conference; yet another “blackface” incident; the solitude-loneliness spectrum; a treaty discussion in New Zealand; ’tis the season for giving; tech-powered building designs; and more.
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Dear reader, 630-830pm, Dec 3rd: launch of Jom’s print issue #2. Please register here (free) to join us at the casual poet library for the launch of our second print issue. It’s going to be chill, just a chance for you to mingle with the Jom team at...
The harrowing, and powerful, testimony, of a rape and molest victim underscores the need to embed consent as a cultural norm. This is only possible through greater institutional sensitivity, and sex education that’s both comprehensive and nuanced.
The crisis facing local hawkers; good news about low-income families on aid; improvements in foreign worker dorms; the US returns historical artefacts to Thailand; two Singaporean, Hokkien-language films gaining attention in China; an initiative to help women return to the tech workforce; and more.
Dear reader, This is Abhishek, subbing in for Sudhir who is luxuriating in the mountains of northern Thailand. If you read last week’s newsletter, you’ll know Charmaine, Sudhir and I were in Chiang Mai for the Splice Beta media festival. It was, in a word, revelatory. We often...
Singapore has made big strides towards gender equality, but more support and backing is needed for women from minority groups.
The deepfake porn scandal at the Singapore Sports School; a proposed law to give police here unprecedented powers to protect scam victims; the old Market Street carpark; the revival of butoh, the dance form born in the crucible of post-war Japan; a new AI model that understands Singlish; and more.
Dear reader, Hello from Chiang Mai! Abhishek, Charmaine and I are here for the annual Splice Beta media festival. The organisers invited Jom to speak about our ongoing efforts to build a sustainable independent media firm. Still some way to go, but we’re grateful for the opportunity. Thank you...
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