Dear reader, Hello from Chiang Mai! Abhishek, Charmaine and I are here for the annual Splice Beta media festival. The organisers invited Jom to speak about our ongoing efforts to build a sustainable independent media firm. Still some way to go, but we’re grateful for the opportunity. Thank you...
A new documentary on Singapore’s north-east; personnel glitches at Singpass; a migrant worker fashion show; plea to add Chingay to UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list; M1 Fringe Fest in trouble; IMDA bans Daniel Hui’s new film; blockchain gaining ground in traditional banking; and more.
Dear reader, Another week, another Lee/Li. This time, there’s the news that Li Hongyi, son of Lee Hsien Loong and Ho Ching, has allegedly resigned as the director of Singpass. His apparently leaked resignation message is quite telling. We may write about it in more detail in a...
A new local initiative to help Palestinians; Oxley saga continues to get more oxygen; cat abuse cases on the rise; Michael Backman’s book on Malay gold and silver smiths; the body as archive at the Singapore Art Museum; seniors taking up ballet; facial recognition tech at Changi, and more.
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. In our weekly digest, we discuss the Lees’ political asylum in the UK; the ethics of assisted dying; Singapore’s war on drugs; the latest prize for Khir Johari’s magisterial The Food of Singapore Malays: Gastronomic Travels through the Archipelago; playwright Joel Tan’s...
The first-ever approval ratings and likeability scores for Singapore’s political leaders.
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