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Jom’s new head of research. Sakinah Safiee, our current social media manager, will also be taking on the duties of head of research. “Saki” emerged as our top pick after an intense recruitment involving over 40 applications (thank you, all). Saki’s replacing Jean Hew (aka Employee...
Cometh the budget, cometh the vouchers; the power of slogans; an execution stayed; incel article invites backlash; Harry J. Benda Prize winners announced; Kinokuniya’s corporate-speak award of the year; Singapore caught in chip wars; and more.
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Letters to the editor. Thanks, Isaac Neo and Max Yeo, two former gifted education programme (GEP) students, for your responses to fellow alumni Faith Ho’s reflections.
A feisty CPF debate. Thanks, Shawn Low, for questioning some of the arguments put forth by Bobby Jayaraman in “Why Singapore’...
Shan squirrels race debate; busy week for the ISD; Singapore scores high in Transparency International index; mangroves key to combating climate change; the great shower debate; syrup explores the realms of feminine desire; Amazon widens its presence in Singapore; and more.
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“Singapore This Week”.
* The most important political developments ahead of the general election
* How is the state cracking down on anti-death penalty activists?
* Orchard Towers, vice den turned Christian worship centre
* Why are Singaporean millennials and Gen Zs less likely to drink and party late?
* The legacy of...
Poll news round-up; activists under threat, again; Orchard Towers now home to a church; youngsters spurning nightlife; love and passion in Chinese opera; obituary of Lim Tze Peng, hitherto Singapore’s oldest living artist; efforts to turn Punggol into Singapore’s Silicon Valley; and more.