Education Ministry refuses to share controversial Israel-Gaza slides, police given more powers to apprehend people with mental disorders, opposition MPs drill down on job numbers, the new Changi Heritage Trail, fresh perspectives on familiar artworks at new National Gallery exhibitions, and more.
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In “Singapore This Week”, we start by critically examining two social media posts this past week. One is a video put out by our rising influencer of a president, Tharman Shanmugaratnam. How visible on social media should our president be? And which issues and personalities should he be...
Government asks Israeli Embassy to remove Facebook post, Tharman films himself approving Budget, foreign domestic workers turn to gold to help with precarity, Singapore’s the happiest place in Asia, poets gather for another round of SingPoWriMo, bike-sharing market shrinks, and more.
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In “Singapore This Week”, we analyse the event that’s enlivened some Singaporeans, and enraged others, in a possible general election (GE) year: the Attorney-General’s Chambers has charged Pritam Singh, the Workers’ Party chief and leader of the opposition, with two counts of lying to a parliamentary...
Workers’ Party chief charged with two counts of lying, gender equality not a “zero-sum” game, in whom do we trust, saving the Singapore Indoor Stadium, Eugene Tan’s many hats, the countdown on TikTok in the US, and more.
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We’ve got an announcement about our new head of content at the end of this newsletter, but first: what can Singapore learn from efforts globally to recognise and improve indigenous rights? How can we do so in a way that’s inclusive, that’s cognisant of successive...