Singapore This Week is one of Jom’s paid products. It is meant to be your end-of-week catchup. We will decide on the most important stories that week–from arts to politics and tech–and we will offer you Jom’s opinionated view on them. We’re hoping you’ll occasionally (often?) disagree with us.
Singapore hands the “Donald Trump of Beijing” FICA directives; help for low-income transnational families; second volume of S.Rajaratnam's biography released, James C. Scott dies; the first Singaporean film to compete for the top prize at the Venice Film Festival; and Grab’s acquisition of Chope.
UBS report lets the Gini out of the bottle, Singaporeans prefer to keep mum in nanny state, parents of children with autism want greater inclusivity, George Town Festival faces backlash, public art becoming public enemy number one, Grab’s Trans-cab acquisition in peril, and more.
New Pew survey reaffirms our affinity for China and Xi Jinping; Singapore Aquatics' Quahgmire; Miss Universe Singapore to include “even women who are married, divorced or have children”; Vivian Balakrishnan's dubious historical arguments; that beleaguered samsui woman; Love, Bonito, and more
Protect Singapore and Pink Dot; male fertility and parenthood; the dangers of screen time; the passing of Syed Husin Ali, a scholar and man of the left; Charmaine Toh at the Tate; the sluggishness of SGX; and more
Students on the internship hamster wheel, IS adherents across the Causeway, a spiritual swindler, dirty oil spills on to our beaches, the travels and travails of Tempo magazine, CITRUS fest, and more
A PAP refresh, singles at fault for baby drought, majority favours same-sex unions and adoption, migrant workers up to no good, Gutzy muzzled, microplastics a rising bane, historian Carl Trocki dies, local board games make their move, and more.
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