Dear reader, This week Jom has written about three different events that you won’t hear much about in the mainstream media: Operation Coldstore, “Tak Boleh Tahan! 2023”, and corruption at Keppel Offshore & Marine. First, an essay, “The long shadow of Operation Coldstore”. Since we consider this an issue of...

Dear reader, Happy year of the rabbit! Among the celebrity rabbits around are Michael Jordan, Angelina Jolie, Indranee Rajah and Jamus Lim. I’m not sure what exactly characterises “rabbits” because the internet is flooded with definitions. Here’s one from our self-proclaimed, “credible, trustworthy” source, The Straits Times (ST)...

Dear reader, What does it mean to be a Singaporean abroad? How can we touch others overseas through our lives and work? And how might we be changed, how can we grow, through that process? These questions have been on my mind after a recent trip to Siem Reap, Cambodia,...

Dear reader, It’s Charmaine here, bidding hello this week. 2023 still feels like it’s in the future, yet here we are, already in the middle of January. I’m writing this on a wintry afternoon in Berlin, my second home. It might seem like a bit of an...

Dear reader, Happy New Year! Your favourite Singaporean weekly is back. And since you’ve missed us, we’re sending you an extra e-mail today. (I’m sorry!! We had a little glitch forty-five minutes ago. Read this one.) Anyhow, we hope you had a cheerful, restorative break with your...

Dear reader, It’s our last issue of the year! Jom is on leave for the next two weeks. We’ll be back on January 6th 2023. For those who want to give a Jom subscription away to your loved ones, here’s your last chance to do so in...