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”?
A more diverse Parliament would generate new ideas, maintain our economic vigour and prevent the systemic decay that often results from protracted one-party dominance, writes a senior counsel and member of the Workers’ Party.
Pink Dot 2024 launch, a hero is forced from our shores, chess fever engulfs the nation, yet another Raffles statue, Exxon-Mobil pours water over troubled oil, Singapore in Cannes, and more.
Pink Dot 2024 launch, a hero is forced from our shores, chess fever engulfs the nation, yet another Raffles statue, Exxon-Mobil pours water over troubled oil, Singapore in Cannes, and more.
Dear reader, What a tragic week. Our thoughts are with those on that Singapore Airlines flight from London, as well as their loved ones who have had to live through the horror and uncertainty. In “Singapore This Week”, we look at another tragedy, this time just across the border—the...
Dear reader, What a tragic week. Our thoughts are with those on that Singapore Airlines flight from London, as well as their loved ones who have had to live through the horror and uncertainty. In “Singapore This Week”, we look at another tragedy, this time just across the border—the...
Some lower-middle-class Singaporeans find themselves adrift in a perfect storm of ageing parents, dependent children, and the rising cost of living.
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