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.
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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.
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.
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.
Regulating blind boxes; the birth and evolution of Paris Baguette; a new tourism gimmick; more options to invest CPF savings; Orang Seletar; and more.
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.
Tharman calls for enlightened AI governance; reconsidering our policies towards sex workers; a wall to protect us from rising seas; Singapore’s first-ever fantasy renaissance fair; the curtain comes down on Pangdemonium; and more.