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Jom’s arts editor wanders through Yee I-Lann’s stunning survey show at the Singapore Art Museum. The Sabahan artist may insist she’s a poor weaver of mats, but she’s certainly a powerful weaver of worlds.
EBRC redraws electoral boundaries; poor nutritional value in migrant workers’ food; clampdown on Personal Mobility Aids; technology encroaches into history; Lady Gaga visiting in May; Chocolate Finance in trouble; and more.
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S Iswaran’s jail sentence; the fallout from the East-West line disruption; the seeming twilight of mamak stalls; the landlady who refuses to sell land worth S$70m on which sits Singapore’s last kampung; the late Alfred Wong, modernist architect; the Sea Group’s expansion in Thailand; and more.
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. In our weekly digest, we talk about S Iswaran’s guilty plea; youth mental health concerns; declining discrimination in the workplace; attempts by the legal fraternity to improve work-life balance and access to justice; the Genealogy Society of Singapore’s donation to the National Library...
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Dear reader, This is Corrie Tan, Jom’s arts editor, saying hello in a newsletter that begins with goodbye. We are looking for a new head of research. Jean, our Employee #1 who took a gamble on a small media start-up, is leaving Jom in February. Part of me wants...
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