The importance of social capital; the Mount Dukono tragedy; tut-tutting is a national hobby; Godzilla El Niño in the offing; and piano teaching becoming a coveted career.
Singapore This Week
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 offer you Jom’s opinionated view on them. We’re hoping you’ll occasionally (often?) disagree with us.
Two Labour Days in Singapore; winners and losers in state lotteries; the terrors of tuberculosis; historical nostalgia for tech-drenched Gen Zs; and more.
Singaporeans vie for a spot on MrBeast’s Amazon TV reality show; prediction markets heating up; clean chits all around in SPH probe; Persians and Persianate culture in Singapore; China stomps on Meta-Manus deal; and more.
Slopaganda the latest frontier in global info wars; labour day rally; will banning straws save the planet; should bullies be caned; and our stuffed wardrobes.
Rising prices expose our plastic dependence; pickleball pains; a ballad of heroic animals; the world before UNCLOS; and the SG Art Book Fair saga.
Support for residents as a precarious ceasefire slows Middle East hostilities; more students going on neighbourhood exchanges; the promises of 3D printing; HYROX for the win; and more.