Anngee Neo, illustrator; Sudhir Vadaketh, editor-in-chief, Jom; and Walid Abdullah, associate professor, NTU discuss the key battlegrounds and the candidates who were announced on Nomination Day....
Essays
The PAP appears to have adopted a new strategy in a bid to win back Sengkang GRC. Incumbent WP, meanwhile, will be represented by sitting MPs Jamus Lim, He Ting Ru, Louis Chua, and new candidate Abdul Muhaimin Abdul Malik....
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. * The short election runway exposes Lawrence Wong’s nerves * GE update, featuring the PAP’s Aljunied, Chua Chu Kang, and Sengkang teams * Could Megan Khung have been saved? * Works by P Ramlee at SG60 * Our prolific poets * Is the use of AI in prisons a...
With vast social, technological and economic changes afoot, Singapore must slay one of its sacred cows to keep up.
A pre-election commentary by a member of the Workers’ Party.
Polling Day two days after Labour Day; election round-up; the heart-breaking case of Megan Khung; tributes to P Ramlee; a new poetry press makes its debut; AI in prisons; and more.
“For our plans to succeed, for our hopes and dreams to come true, we need one final ingredient: the unity and resilience of our people.” – Lee Hsien Loong, prime minister, 2020 Singaporeans are often touted for being a ‘resilient’ people, and the government frequently urges us to demonstrate this resilience....
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Singapore’s senior-most leaders, including Lawrence Wong, prime minister; Vivian Balakrishnan, minister for foreign affairs; and K Shanmugam; minister for law and home affairs have all warned of the huge economic uncertainty in the coming years. Can we survive only by giving the PAP a dominant majority?...
Trapped in a red dinosaur outfit, a Singaporean child wonders why they can’t present themselves in another way, the threads of prehistoric prejudices swaddled around...
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. * How might Trump’s tariffs and threats affect the upcoming GE? * GE update, from the PSP’s narrowing focus to the WP’s expansionism * A Palestinian book launch and community event * Are “finfluencers” charlatans or prophets? * The UK acknowledges a 1948 atrocity in Malaya, but...
As in the past, the push towards greater queer equality will come not from politicians but from the community itself.
Tariff turmoil; GE2025 news round-up; Walid Abdullah’s new book on Palestine; finfluencers - boon or bane?; the UK acknowledges a 1948 atrocity without apologising for it; relearning mother tongues; Grab burrowing deeper into our lives; and more.
Pritam Singh has been convicted of both charges of lying to parliament. His appeal may cause the case to drag on through the general election. Will neutral voters be swayed by the guilty verdict? How does the WP’s “Step up” slogan compare to Obama’s “Yes, we can”? Here are some of Jom’s takeaways.
Trapped in a red dinosaur outfit, a Singaporean child wonders why they can’t present themselves in another way, the threads of prehistoric prejudices swaddled around...
Dear reader, The news cycle is intensifying ahead of the GE, and every few hours there’s a new development that warrants our attention, and consideration about how and whether to respond. We’re all a bit tired, and a little exhilarated. I’ll keep this short so you can...