Another general election, another impartial boundary report.
Essays
Jom’s arts editor wanders through Yee I-Lann’s stunning survey show at the Singapore Art Museum. The Sabahan artist may insist she’s a poor weaver of mats, but she’s certainly a powerful weaver of worlds.
The Women’s Charter 1961 can be further improved, a lawyer argues, by awarding spousal maintenance based on fairness and not gender; and by using a gender neutral name for the Charter. But, contrary to popular belief, the maintenance provision to wives has evolved and is fair and relevant today.
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The Singapore government’s clampdown on demonstrations related to Israel’s war on Gaza elicited imaginative ways of showing support and creating community.
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At the Singapore Fringe Festival, two plays grapple with forced displacement just as Jom’s reviewer ponders privilege, power asymmetries, and the deeply personal decision-making processes that shape the choice to stay, or to leave.
Singapore’s primary education system is riddled with problems and is fundamentally unsuited to 21st century demands, writes the co-founder of an NGO calling for far-reaching reforms.