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.
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 book; a new work experience programme from the University of the Arts Singapore; the fate of One Championship; and more
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. In our weekly digest, we discuss Raeesah Khan’s testimony at Pritam Singh’s trial; the problematic Allianz-Income deal; that (yawn) house at Oxley Road; proposed archaeological laws to protect Singapore’s “cultural patrimony”; the passing of Shahid Nasheer, prodigious theatre talent; the floundering “30...
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