The end of horseracing in Singapore has brought with it an avalanche of urgent questions: Where will the horses go? Who will pay for their repatriation? Will they be cared for? It should also evoke deeper considerations of our millennia-old relationship with these majestic creatures.
The unmasking of NRICs and the masking of bungalow deals point to the transactional nature of life here, and to potential challenges for the ruling party.
IC-you; constructive complaining; the historic 1984 general election; the Central Arts Library opens its doors; analogue music in a digital world; a potential presidential pardon for TikTok; and more.
Lawrence Wong’s shiny new cabinet, MOH hauls up telemedicine services, marital decoupling made easier, dynamic pricing creeps into concert tickets, HDB makes a play in the property portal space and more.
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Three very different maternal figures took the stage in the M1 Singapore Fringe Festival’s Singaporean offerings: an overprotective mother, a mother in the clutches of dementia, a motherland consumed by conflict. How might we confront these difficult relationships? Our critic tries to find out.
Singapore home to more millionaires than London, Thambi shutters but may reopen in new location, trishaw uncles gone with the wind, fatal road accidents up, tis’ the season of arts grad shows, Anywheel bike-sharing fleet to expand, and more.
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In Colombia's Caribbean coast, which has been affected by repeated cycles of violence, a Singaporean engages in the delicate yet fulfilling work of peacebuilding—which, she argues, is about more than eliminating physical violence.
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