Presidential race heats up, Wikimania convention in Singapore, teachers on TikTok, independent music mag BigO shuts, Lucasfilm leaving after nearly 20 years, and more.
Singapore This Week
Singapore This Week is one of Jom’s paid products. It is meant to be your end-of-week catchup. We will decide on the most important stories that week–from arts to politics and tech–and we will offer you Jom’s opinionated view on them. We’re hoping you’ll occasionally (often?) disagree with us.
Notes from a nation at 58, South-east Asia a global source for child porn, AI in healthcare, the Bugis of Singapore, local filmmakers around the world, and more.
Parliament happenings, RidoutGate reaches the UK, government agrees that businesses must keep ferrying workers by lorry, discrimination against employees with mental health conditions, furniture as art in new series ‘Benches’, AI-powered restaurants, and more.
Record number of empty seats in Parliament, SPF investigation after tragic death of police officer, pirates in the Singapore Strait, first woman to be hanged in nearly 20 years, artists representing SG at Venice Biennale 2024, end of 3G, and more.
PAP facing a “severe crisis”, WP loses two members, a potential source of geothermal energy in Singapore, Carousell enters vehicle subscription space, and more.
Speaker of Parliament apologises for “unparliamentary language”, transport minister on leave of absence while assisting in corruption probe, Singaporeans resigned to quiet quitting, local artists take Edinburgh Festival, Temasek Holdings in the red, and more.