Objectifying language in ads for domestic workers, work culture at AirAsia enables CEO to attend meeting bare-chested, science fiction mythologies at ArtScience Museum, one giant leap for Singapore’s space exploration ambitions, 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.
‘No’ to all rallies linked to Israel-Palestine conflict, community library shuts due to theft and vandalism, endangered croc culled for public safety, film festival season starts, Grab-Trans-cab anti-competition concerns, and more.
‘Fujian gang’ launderers get charitable, parents charging kids’ rent, Gen Zs putting the ‘fun’ in funemployment, Palestinian-Israeli bloodshed, Drake raps Singapore, cutting e-waste, and more.
Stat boards and drag queens, more students vaping, Lee Hsien Loong endorses Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore Archifest, funding start-ups for good, and more.
DPM Wong’s plans to tackle inequality and improve social mobility, universal screening of pregnant women for depression, Singaporeans still not taking climate change seriously enough, Singapore Writers Festival 2023, Grab possibly acquiring foodpanda, and more.
Minimum Income Standard 2023 report, public transport fares to increase by seven percent, clan associations warn against labelling Anxi a ‘fraudsters’ hometown’, poet and publisher Chandran Nair passes at 78, and more.