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Singaporeans vie for a spot on MrBeast’s Amazon TV reality show; prediction markets heating up; clean chits all around in SPH probe; Persians and Persianate culture in Singapore; China stomps on Meta-Manus deal; and more.
The longer fans ignore football’s rotten governance, the more complicit we become. Change will take a long time, but we can start with small steps today.
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Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Raka Maitra’s migration of forms”, by Charmaine Poh Like all of you, I’ve been left shocked and speechless by the conflict in the Gulf. This week feels sort of 9/11ish, in that one has to stumble...
Raka Maitra dances; therefore she is.
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Iran; parliament update; ways to shore up Singapore’s TFR; Ramadan bazaars in the age of the attention economy; China’s museum souvenir fad; and more.
Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Where is Singapore’s ‘Strategy for Children’?”, by Pooja Bhandari Inequality has been in the news, with the revelation this week that the top 1 percent of households here hold about 14 percent of total household wealth, comparable to...
A national body overseeing child and youth welfare would make it easier for caregivers and all others who interact with children to navigate the patchwork of support and services available.
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