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Cold Storage’s curious anniversary; the perils of live commerce; changing home ownership mores; a fascinating historical saga stretching across Egypt, Singapore, and Indonesia; and the renaissance of dinner theatre.
It’s easy to trust a Finn. But how do you get a Finn to trust you? Corrie Tan spends a year in the “happiest” country in the world and tries to find out.
By conflating protectionism with traditional workplace discrimination, we risk creating a watered-down law that fails to address the real discrimination faced by people from from marginalised groups.
Bloomberg News interviews DPM Wong, Progressive Wage Model, homeless in Singapore, SeptFest 2022, and more.
The nation as a concept is so new and limited. For most of recorded history people tended to identify with their city, town or village first. To cherish the Singapore of “Saint Jack” opens up a different kind of belonging.
The invasion of Ukraine appears to have validated the old guard’s hawkish instincts. Yet it also offers Singaporeans a chance to interrogate our contemporary notions of home, community and enemy.
Our logo is influenced by Jawi, a script that originated in the 14th century in the wider Malay world. Though Jawi has been replaced by the Latin alphabet in most parts of Malaysia and Indonesia, one does occasionally see it.
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