What next for Gaza; SG treads a fine diplomatic line with HK activist; new scheme to support mums; Jane Goodall, primate extraordinaire; the first demo of human flight in Singapore; a death row poet; 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.
The growing-up pains of a fifth-generation jet; Nepal’s uprising; still no recognition for Palestine; update from parliament; support schemes in a tumultuous job market; the great Boys’ Love craze; and more.
Most want NMPs to be elected; understanding our food better; Singapore’s red hot electric vehicle market; the role of submarines in SEA legends and myths; Ken Liu and RF Kuang at the Singapore Writers Festival; and more.
Charmaine Poh in Berlin; a tribute to tribute bands; many oddities revealed in public audit; new tools for better discourse around suicides; the stigma endured by cancer survivors returning to work; gendered household work affecting women's health; and more.
Indonesia, interrupted; nothing happened in Bukit Gombak; our contortions to avoid recognition of Palestine worthy of Olympic gold; the quandaries of long-term planning in an ageing society; Lawrence, the mellow; closure of the storied Cathay cineplexes; and more.
Aloysisus Yapp, pool maestro; Pritam, Zhul, and political ambition; peering behind the Global Peace Index rankings; a novel co-living pilot to reduce senior loneliness; Robert Sim, Wikimedian of the Year; and a new CNA miniseries on the separation based on freshly declassified documents.