Spoils of Budget 2024, more Singaporeans getting serious on dating apps, embracing death and celebrating life through living funerals, Ubisoft launches Singapore game mired in controversy, Singapore International Festival of Arts, more budget allocation to tech development, and more.
Dear reader, * Jom’s essay of the week: “Boys will be boys? Masculinity in Singapore’s National Service” by Athena Thang is an exploration of NS as a key site for the contestation and reproduction of masculinity in Singapore: its complexities, challenges, and possible ways forward. For their analysis, Thang...
The use of Singapore’s reserves according to the prime minister, are Singaporeans being priced out of owning land, putting on one’s game face to deal with cyberbullying, crimes of passion on Valentine’s Day, kids discovering the arts, and more.
Dear reader, * Jom’s essay of the week: “Affordability in the lion city: is Singapore’s public housing model built to last?” by Jonathan Lin, is a clear, crisp explanation of the great HDB conundrum. Read this now so you’re well informed before chatting with your aunties, uncles, and...
Goh Chok Tong’s son in trouble, SG youth anxious about in-person meetings, a look at Chinese mythology longmen in the year of the dragon, what d/Deaf Singaporeans think about Coldplay’s attempts at inclusivity and access, making non-compete clauses more reasonable, and more.
Dear reader, Every week the excitement about our next general election (GE) grows. Last Friday, when the Jom team was in Siem Reap, I received a message about a walkabout by the Progress Singapore Party (PSP) around the West Coast Market the following day. Amid preparations for our Angkor Photo...
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