Dear paid subscriber, This past week has seen a multitude of jokes online about S Iswaran, former transport minister with the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), who’s just been handed 27 charges by the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC). We’ve collated some of our favourites below. Many questions...
White supremacy in Singapore, fewer teenage pregnancies, preserving our heritage trades, spotlighting new writing in theatre, leaping into green tech, and more.
Dear reader, Corrie Tan, Jom’s newish arts editor, has today published her first* piece of criticism for us, on “The Vault: Past Perfect”, a piece of documentary theatre that reveals how the Singaporean theatre industry has come of age. “If we think of grammar as a linguistic structure within...
Iswaran charged with multiple offences, a very important panda heads home, commuters cry foul over SimplyGo transition, Malayan revolutionary Che’ Dat Bin Anjang Abdullah dies at 101, M1 Singapore Fringe Festival opens, Shein investigation could scupper IPO, and more.
Dear reader, This week’s essay, our first political piece of the year, addresses last year’s romantic affairs involving politicians: Cheng Li Hui and Tan Chuan-Jin of the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP); and Leon Perera and Nicole Seah of the opposition Workers’ Party (WP). But first, let’...
Arms dealer caught skipping town with over half a million, concerns about shared public spaces under threat, urbanisation contributed to loss of traditional housing and rising temperatures, Singapore Art Week takes over, layoffs at Lazada ahead of its parent’s potential IPO, and more.
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