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Dear reader, A newsletter in three parts. “Singapore This Week”. In our weekly digest, we look at why Singapore handed the “Donald Trump of Beijing” some Foreign Interference (Countermeasures) Act (FICA) directives; help for low-income transnational families; the second volume of S.Rajaratnam’s biography is released, the passing of...
Dear reader, This is Faris, taking over newsletter duties from Sudhir for the week. I’m in London wading through archives at the British Library. In the silence of the stacks, among other time-travellers, I’ve encountered some intriguing people. There’s a Tamil Muslim woman from Melaka who bequeathed...
Dear reader, You’re reading Jom newsletter #100! There’s a lot going on today, so lest you suffer death by hyperlink, please click on what you like. Newsletters. Thanks to the over 5,500 of you who’re now with us on this journey. It’s an appropriate juncture...
Dear reader, Join Jom and our comrades at the Singapore Independent Media Fair 2024 on July 20th at Cineleisure. There’ll be many academics and artists speaking, including Ariffin Sha, founder of Wakeup SG, Cherian George, a professor, Grace Baey, a filmmaker, Haresh Tilani and Terence Chia of the Yah...
Dear reader, It’s a quiet week. Jom’s founders are busy finding themselves on distant shores. Sudhir is battling the elements off the English coast, Waye is settling into her new life in Spain, and Charmaine continues her PhD in Germany. Meanwhile, almost two months in, I’m still...
Dear reader, How did the oil spill affect you? Not since the 2015 regional haze crisis, I think, have Singaporeans been this connected by an environmental disaster. I was quite surprised, and then relieved, to read about oil absorbent booms being deployed in the waters off Pasir Ris Park, on...
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