Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Everyday economics: What the fruit uncle knows”, by Serene Koh Last week we wrote about the brave Iranian women footballers playing in Australia. Subsequent events—Iran branding them as traitors for not singing the national anthem, one of them...
You can get your groceries at the wet market, the supermarket, or through delivery apps—and each offers you different information to guide your choice. But information isn't the same as guidance.
Montfort Junior School goes co-ed; sign-on bonuses to attract more bus drivers; getting Singaporeans to make more close friends; final bows on homeground before Finnish maestro Hannu Lintu is to helm Singapore Symphony Orchestra; and more.
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.
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.
What should be done with the budget surplus; the Singaporean duo allegedly in the IDF; the many stresses of caregiving; the last video rental store shuts; rattan and our relationship with corporal punishment; and more.
Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Everyday economics: the quiet logic of hawker centres”, by Serene Koh * “Letters to the editor”. Joshua Tan responds to Shen Chenzi’s essay on young Chinese migrant women. This was the week of feasting and fasting, one to witness...
Of tissues, trays, and trade-offs—and how they help hawker centres function.
Regulating blind boxes; the birth and evolution of Paris Baguette; a new tourism gimmick; more options to invest CPF savings; Orang Seletar; and more.
Dear Jomrade, Today we’ve published: * “Singapore This Week”, by Jom * “Chinese with a Singaporean passport: stories of young migrant women”, by Shen Chenzi “Are you going to write about ministerial salaries?” a friend asked over dinner last night. It was in the news after a former politician trotted out...
Drawn here by scholarships, and often offered a pathway to citizenship, the lives of migrant Chinese female students in Singapore are a mix of promise and pressure, complicating feelings towards their adopted home.
Tender sharing at End FGC Singapore’s fifth birthday; finally, a clearer, if still imperfect, picture of inequality in Singapore; Thai elections throw up a shock; can illegal football streaming ever be stopped; and the changing nature of dating.
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