What if your favourite packet of Maggi isn’t just comfort food, but a mirror of global capitalism, cultural loss, and nostalgia? The writer unpacks how a Swiss invention became a South-east Asian staple; redefining taste, memory, and the meaning of home in just two minutes.
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.
In the 1970s, as female flight attendants in the West were fighting gender discrimination, Singapore Airlines and Thai Airways were building brands around their sexualised female icons. Are we willing to accept sexism when it subsidises “the nation”?
Dear reader, “Singapore This Week”. * Why Ng Chee Meng is the luckiest Singaporean * Lawrence Wong rubber-stamps a Palestinian initiative * The floundering shoe recycling project by SportSG and Dow * Singapore’s “post and boast” fraudsters * A roadmap towards ending the ferrying of workers in the backs of lorries * Masjid Madani, a...
Newly arrived in the capital of Ontario, a Singaporean couple grapple with the migrant experience as they figure out the contours of the puzzle that is Canada.
Newly arrived in the capital of Ontario, a Singaporean couple grapple with the migrant experience as they figure out the contours of the puzzle that is Canada.
The lucky Ng Chee Meng; few takers for shoe recycling project; social media making crime glamorous; a fresh proposal to end transport by lorry for migrant workers; a temple makes way for a mosque in Kuala Lumpur; a new Tamil theatre company; AI in beer; and more.
The lucky Ng Chee Meng; few takers for shoe recycling project; social media making crime glamorous; a fresh proposal to end transport by lorry for migrant workers; a temple makes way for a mosque in Kuala Lumpur; a new Tamil theatre company; AI in beer; and more.
Dear reader, Events. 6pm, March 24th at the Book Bar. I’ll be in conversation with Tay Kheng Soon, veteran architect, about his latest book, Future of Singapore?; his call to decentralise governance here; why he feels we’re not short of land; and much more. I’m sure the...
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