Ghost stories articulate a form of reality that is different from the realisms we are used to, situating Singapore within an environment in which modernity has been experienced alongside a continuation of spiritual practices.
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The corporate, government, and palm oil addiction maze behind the haze; giving in Singapore; the big business of domain names; and more.
A transgressive movement, borne of liberation from state surveillance and market structures, somehow survives in one of the world’s capitalist and paternalist meccas.
Another general election, another questionable boundary report.
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.
The Women’s Charter 1961 can be further improved, a lawyer argues, by awarding spousal maintenance based on fairness and not gender; and by using a gender neutral name for the Charter. But, contrary to popular belief, the maintenance provision to wives has evolved and is fair and relevant today.
The Great Inflation Debate carries on outside Parliament; the politics and economics of clean toilets; our only landfill is filling up, fast; Pax Americana continues to unravel; brutalism in Singapore; chip wars intensify; and more.
The Singapore government’s clampdown on demonstrations related to Israel’s war on Gaza elicited imaginative ways of showing support and creating community.
