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An explosive new paper on housing; duty, dollars, and democracy; AI agents gone rogue; lessons from medieval trade; and more.
Sharifah Maznah and Faezah Shaharuddin, a mother-daughter entrepreneurial duo, have a relationship to trees, wood, and furniture that reveals much about how we're all connected.
Lee Hsien Loong’s warning to the public service, K Shanmugam’s $88m bungalow sale, the environmental perils of mooncake packaging, the future of the former Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, our victories at the “Olympics” of vocational skills, three artist retrospectives, AI and your ah ma, and more.
Some 18 years after he interviewed with the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), Harpreet Singh Nehal has joined the Workers’ Party. How much of a threat will the kampung boy turned senior counsel pose to the PAP?
Our cozy tripartite labour relations model; gig workers finally platformed; Founders’ Memorial; “cancel culture” in Singapore; the Pope’s visit, Singapore Literature Prize winners; and the desirability of working from Johor Bahru.
A young Singaporean reviews a famous diplomat’s memoir, and reflects on the many meanings of the word “undiplomatic”, including some that may have changed across generations.
Origins of the Singapore-India love affair, the PM wants more women in the next election, blackface (again!), High Court moves to protect rape victims, a new memorial to Bukit Brown, Carro makes a shocking move into recruitment, and more.
To understand Singapore's north-east, one must dig into its colonial past, its religious and ethno-linguistic moorings as well as post-independence resettlement policies.
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