To understand Singapore's north-east, one must dig into its colonial past, its religious and ethno-linguistic moorings as well as post-independence resettlement policies.
History
Philip Holden uses critical fabulation to tease out the intellectual journey of one of Singapore’s founding fathers from the larger, dominant fabric into which it has been tightly woven.
As former British colonies, Malaya and Palestine were connected by the same global structures of domination, which survive to the present day. In this essay, Jom's history editor recovers the intricate threads that continue to involve Singapore in Palestine’s ongoing occupation and resistance.
A look back at how the Labour Front government of colonial Singapore handled the threats of a public health scare, and the importance of the media in holding the state accountable to its constituents.
Hong Lim Park is at once a space for seeking identity, making speeches, forming memories, affirming equality, and at its core, a simple patch of green for recreational purposes. How has it stood the ravages of time as a place for sketching and imprinting self and nationhood?
Havelock, Neill and Outram, "heroes" of the 1857 war in India, were brutal, murderous generals. Singapore's street names offer an avenue to discover our colonial past, and also a path to understand our future.