GE 2025 reaction from across the Causeway; Fujian saga rumbles on; the perils of AI; Durian on a stick; some cheer for heritage lovers; local bookshops unite to stem Amazon tide; Sea’s remarkable turnaround; and more.
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Singapore This Week
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Lawrence Wong’s resounding mandate; Fujian furore; the age of the indie candidate; trouble in South Asia; Gates Foundation on our shores; Indian Heritage Centre completes 10 years; a history of political plays; new tech to help seniors; and more.
Merchandising and memorabilia on the campaign trail and a tribute exhibition to the late Solamalay Namasivayam, a pioneer of the art of figure drawing in Singapore.
The western and eastern fronts; Workers’ Party strategies; thefts in communal gardens; our poet-politicians; Kinokuniya’s persistence; EDB’s scheme to attract entrepreneurs; and more.
Polling Day two days after Labour Day; election round-up; the heart-breaking case of Megan Khung; tributes to P Ramlee; a new poetry press makes its debut; AI in prisons; and more.
Tariff turmoil; GE2025 news round-up; Walid Abdullah’s new book on Palestine; finfluencers - boon or bane?; the UK acknowledges a 1948 atrocity without apologising for it; relearning mother tongues; Grab burrowing deeper into our lives; and more.