Jom is a weekly digital magazine founded to inform and delight with slow journalism.
The Jom team includes:
• Charmaine Poh, Head of Visual Culture and Media
• Tsen-Waye Tay, Head of Content
• Sudhir Vadaketh, Editor-in-Chief
• Faris Joraimi, History Editor
• Jean Hew, Head of Research
• Fiachra Ross, Social Media Manager
The iconic Singaporean novels, The Teenage Textbook and The Teenage Workbook, are now in their 17th print run. What’s behind their popularity?
Gwee Li Sui explains how they got their transcendent value.
To commemorate the late Adrian Tan, this essay is outside of the paywall.
The literary legacy of the late Adrian Tan—bestselling author of The Teenage Textbook and The Teenage Workbook—says a lot more about Singaporeans than we may have wanted.
Join Jom at the Ethos Books Festive Market come December 1st!
We’ll be hosting a panel discussion, 𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦; and selling exclusive merch at the booth on all three days of the market.
Swing by to say hi, and tell us what you’d like to see more of from Jom! :)
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In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- Former diplomat’s “hard-truths” on Israel-Hamas war incomplete;
- Rise in short-sightedness among Singapore kids;
- Influencers inject greater demand for aesthetic treatments; and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state:
Bilahari’s ‘hard-truths’ on Israel-Hamas war, rise in short-sightedness among Singapore kids, influencers inject greater demand for aesthetic treatments, Manila galleons at the ACM, Objectifs turns 20, buy-now-pay-later regulations in place, and more.
An exhibition showcasing 19th-century pottery made by enslaved people leads Yu-Mei Balasingamchow to reflect on labour—including Singapore’s uneasy, unresolved relationship with forced labour.
Having visited a museum exhibition in Boston that focuses on 19th-century pottery made by enslaved people, the writer ruminates on the power of imagination, voice and gesture.
In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- End of the Lee reign,
- Multilateral efforts to end the illegal wildlife trade,
- Ethos Books Festive Market in December
- DBS slapped with acquisition ban, and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state:
End of the Lee reign, on your bus behaviour (please), multilateral efforts to end the illegal wildlife trade, from colonised to repressor, Ethos Books Festive Market in December, DBS slapped with acquisition ban, and more.
💥𝐉𝐨𝐦'𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞: 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧!💥
We’re so thrilled to launch Jom’s first-ever print issue! You’ll get the usual Jom fare, plus much more.
We've got a limited run, so pre-order your copy now at https://www.jom.media/shop/jom-annual-print-magazine/!
What can you expect?
We’re excited about the breadth of content: the print issue includes “Singapore This Year”, with contributions from our entire team, and a profile of Prashant Somosundram, general manager of The Projector. We’re looking forward to seeing our co-founder Charmaine Poh’s photographs of Prashant in print.
We’re also taking it up a notch with specially curated content that only a tactile, physical copy can offer. There’s a crossword puzzle on notable Singaporean Leftists, and two depictions of “The Singapore Dream”: one a fold-out insert from Kontinentalist, featuring beautiful data visualisation done with the firm’s usual rigour; and the other a playful satirical photography series by Jaya Khidir that shows couples in four different homes, from a public housing apartment to a colonial black-and-white.
We’ll start shipping them at the end of November. Jom’s Supporters and Patrons* are entitled to a copy with your subscription—we’ll reach out soon for your address—but they may make for good Christmas gifts too. 😉
Off-road biking isn’t only about adrenaline-pumping action, it’s also about a longing for a sense of community and freedom in strait-laced Singapore.
Off-road biking isn’t only about adrenaline-pumping action, but also about a longing for a sense of community and freedom in strait-laced Singapore.
In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- Opposition parties form coalitions, the non-discriminatory nature of sexual violence;
- Forward SG report released;
- Lessons from Algeria’s war of independence, on Israel and Palestine; and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state:
Opposition parties form coalitions, sexual violence doesn’t discriminate, Forward SG report released, lessons from Algeria’s war of independence, Peter Yu fast becoming the Tony Leung of Singapore, SPH Media acquires Tech in Asia, and more.
Singapore’s narratives of “land reclamation” have obscured the displaced destruction of our neighbours’ land and livelihoods. What has been lost, and what do we owe to each other?
Singapore’s narratives of “land reclamation” have obscured the displaced destruction of our neighbours’ land and livelihoods. What has been lost, and what do we owe to each other?
In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- Objectifying language in ads for domestic workers;
- Work culture at AirAsia enables CEO to attend meeting bare-chested;
- One giant leap for Singapore’s space exploration ambitions; and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state:
Objectifying language in ads for domestic workers, work culture at AirAsia enables CEO to attend meeting bare-chested, science fiction mythologies at ArtScience Museum, one giant leap for Singapore’s space exploration ambitions, and more.
Writer Ethel Pang reflects on her relationship with Evelyn Eng-Lin, founder of Green Circle Eco Farm, and argues that by embracing the concept of “biocultural diversity”, Singaporeans can better preserve and protect our green spaces.
The author explores her relationship with Evelyn Eng-Lin, founder of Green Circle Eco Farm, and argues that by embracing the concept of “biocultural diversity”, Singaporeans can better preserve and protect our green spaces.
In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- ‘No’ to all rallies linked to Israel-Palestine conflict;
- Endangered croc culled for public safety;
- Grab-Trans-cab anti-competition concerns; and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state:
‘No’ to all rallies linked to Israel-Palestine conflict, community library shuts due to theft and vandalism, endangered croc culled for public safety, film festival season starts, Grab-Trans-cab anti-competition concerns, and more.
Singapore may be implicated in .
Global plutocrats have long regarded Singapore as a safe haven for their investments.
Yet, recent revelations point to flows that are possibly far more nefarious in nature—and that implicate Singapore, and all Singaporeans, in the most brutal, horrific deaths occurring in Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, and maybe other zones too.
Read more on Jom.
Global plutocrats have long regarded Singapore as a safe haven for their investments. Recent revelations point to illicit flows that are possibly far more nefarious in nature.
In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- Parents charging kids’ rent;
- Palestinian-Israeli bloodshed;
- Drake raps Singapore; and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state:
‘Fujian gang’ launderers get charitable, parents charging kids’ rent, Gen Zs putting the ‘fun’ in funemployment, Palestinian-Israeli bloodshed, Drake raps Singapore, cutting e-waste, and more.
Singapore’s sense of security amidst the climate crisis is an illusion as its fortunes are tied to its neighbours’—some of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world, argues SG Climate Rally in this essay. It calls for bolder steps towards regional climate action.
Singapore’s sense of security and invulnerability amidst the climate crisis is an illusion, says SGCR, as its fortunes are tied to its neighbours’, some of the most climate-vulnerable countries in the world. Bolder steps towards regional climate action are needed.
In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- Stat boards and drag queens;
- more students va**ng;
- Lee Hsien Loong endorses Lianhe Zaobao; and more.
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Stat boards and drag queens, more students va**ng, Lee Hsien Loong endorses Lianhe Zaobao, Singapore Archifest, funding start-ups for good, and more.
Girlbossing ain’t easy.
“Psychobitch” is a one-woman play about Anya Samuel, an overachieving, 33-year-old Singaporean, Tamil, Christian journalist who’s been accused by Galven Low, her tech CEO fiancé, of being too emotional.
This sold-out, debut play from Amanda Chong brought audiences to tears of joy, anger and anguish, delivering rousing applause for lead actress Sindhura Kalidas for her solo performance. But not everything lived up to expectations, according to our reviewer.
Read the full review at Jom:
A sold-out, debut play from Amanda Chong brought audiences to tears of joy, anger and anguish, delivering rousing applause for lead actress Sindhura Kalidas for her solo performance. But not everything lived up to expectations, according to our reviewer.
What does it mean today to be a correspondent in Asia? How is it working in a region where access isn’t always easy and criticism not always well-received?
Join Jom in conversation with three Singapore-based journalists: Shibani Mahtani, international investigative correspondent for The Washington Post Magazine; Karishma Vaswani, Asia politics columnist and commentator at Bloomberg; and Sue-Lin Wong, South-east Asia correspondent for The Economist.
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In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- DPM Wong’s plans to tackle inequality and improve social mobility;
- Universal screening of pregnant women for depression;
- Grab possibly acquiring foodpanda; and more.
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DPM Wong’s plans to tackle inequality and improve social mobility, universal screening of pregnant women for depression, Singaporeans still not taking climate change seriously enough, Singapore Writers Festival 2023, Grab possibly acquiring foodpanda, and more.
A Bad Girl’s Book of Animals, Wong May’s poetic debut, was first published in 1969. Reissued in Singapore 54 years later, it remains pertinent in its surfacing of questions relating to alienation, belonging and being—as outsider, as Asian, as female.
Re-issued some 54 years later, Wong’s debut book of poems remains pertinent; tender and intimate in its surfacing of questions relating to alienation, belonging and being—as outsider, as Asian, as female.
In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- The latest Minimum Income Standard report;
- Public transport fares to increase by seven percent;
- Clan associations’ request not to label Anxi a ‘fraudsters’ hometown’; and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state:
Minimum Income Standard 2023 report, public transport fares to increase by seven percent, clan associations warn against labelling Anxi a ‘fraudsters’ hometown’, poet and publisher Chandran Nair passes at 78, and more.
Mutual aid gained attention at the start of the pandemic, but participants have discovered that building horizontal relationships is easier said than done.
The radical practice gained attention at the start of the pandemic, but participants have discovered that building horizontal relationships is easier said than done.
𝐉𝐨𝐦 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐨𝐫!
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Last Friday, the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) issued a warning to Dominic Ziegler, Banyan columnist and Singapore bureau chief for The Economist, for his endorsement of Jom, which we published in our weekly newsletter on August 25th.
MCI said that Ziegler had “compared Singapore to an illiberal state, and encouraged Singaporeans to embrace an alternative vision, instead of what was being offered by the state and an allegedly captive media.”
Ziegler did indeed imply that Singapore is among “illiberal states”, but “illiberal” is a term used by many academics, including Hussin Mutalib at the National University of Singapore (NUS) in a journal article in 2000. (Does the government instead envision Singapore as a liberal state?)
But nowhere, in our view, does Ziegler encourage Singaporeans to “embrace an alternative vision”. What he said was that Jom is “offering visions of alternative Singapores”. Indeed we have, and will continue to do so. The Straits Times, unfortunately, simply regurgitated MCI’s allegations without telling their readers what he actually said.
Ziegler is a fan of Singapore, as is evident from all his journalism, not just the column he wrote after he moved here, about choosing Singapore over Hong Kong. It’s an important vote of confidence in “the great city-state of Singapore,” as Ziegler described our country in his endorsement.
He is one of four people, alongside Preeti Nair (“Preetipls”), Teo You Yenn, and Walid Abdullah, in Jom’s first-ever advertising campaign. We’re grateful for their support, and are hopeful that their endorsements will increase awareness of Jom around the region.
Also in Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- POFMAs for academic and podcast
- Food tampering by a delivery rider
- New working group to draw up blueprint for national su***de prevention strategy, and more.
🇸🇬 Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state: www.jom.media/singapore-this-week-140923/
A q***r Singaporean artist embraces their identity in Taiwan by expressing creativity and gender fluidity without fear of being censored.
Uncle Southside Taipei DRAG KINGS 台北變裝國王
A q***r Singaporean artist in Taiwan embraces their identity by finding a way through Drag to express creativity and gender fluidity without fear of being censored.
𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐲: 𝐉𝐨𝐦 𝐥𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐏𝐎𝐅𝐌𝐀 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐥
On Wednesday, Justice Valerie Thean, high court judge, rejected Jom’s appeals to the POFMA orders we received on July 16th. The orders asserted that Jom had made three false statements in our journalism on the Ridout Road bungalow leases and Instagram’s geo-blocking of Charles Yeo. (Original article here: https://www.jom.media/singapore-this-week-070723/)
The first was that on conflicts of interest and breach of the Ministerial Code of Conduct, Teo Chee Hean, senior minister, only replied that it is more important to observe the spirit rather than just the letter of the Code. The second alleged false statement was that the Singapore Land Authority had spent “more than $1 million on the renovation for 26 Ridout Road and 31 Ridout Road because the Ministers were to be the tenants.” The third was that “the Government caused Instagram to geo-block a post by Charles Yeo.”
Justice Thean, in her judgement, agreed with the POFMA office that Jom made those three false statements. On the third, as an example, this was part of her reasoning: “In my view, what the article does, by a series of speculative associations, is set out a case that the government caused Instagram to geo-block Charles Yeo’s post…while this is not spelt out literally, the whole import of the article leads to an [aforementioned] assertion...”
We respectfully have a different take. Journalists, in light of limited information, have to posit certain lines of queries to discuss the issue. Jom’s position throughout has been consistent: we agree that the three statements are false but that we neither intended to make them nor indeed did make them.
Read our full update in Singapore This Week, alongside our takes on:
- Tharmania;
- Singaporeans trafficked to work in scam centres and illegal gambling houses;
- Growing more with less to boost food supply resilience; and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state: www.jom.media/singapore-this-week-080923/
Tharman’s thumping victory, Singaporeans trafficked to work in scam centres and illegal gambling houses, SG Climate Rally upcoming 2023 rally, Baybeats 2023, and more.
Yesterday, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, former senior minister with the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP), enjoyed a thumping victory in the presidential election, with just over 70 percent of eligible votes. It was well beyond what many of his supporters expected. Even though one political analyst told Jom that they expected a 70 percent win, most others felt 60 percent would be impressive enough. Some of his fans thought he might scrape by with 40 percent.
Following the result, Tharman said: “I believe the vote for me and what I stood for is a vote of confidence in Singapore itself.”
We don’t fully agree. In this highly problematic election, many, including opposition supporters, held their noses and voted for him, grudgingly, despite his association with the PAP, and despite his hand in influencing the political and socio-economic environment of Singapore today.
The 70 percent should not be perceived as a resounding vote for the establishment. It’s more a vote for Tharman, the person. The last time Singapore’s president was elected with a majority of votes was in 1993, when Ong Teng Cheong became the first-ever elected president (previous ones were appointed by Parliament). Tharman’s fans will be hoping that he demonstrates a similar independent streak.
There is also a theory that the opposition should take comfort in Tharman’s mandate. It’s premised on the idea that traditionally risk-averse voters might now feel braver.
Given that one of the president’s core duties is holding the second key to our reserves, Singaporeans can now have confidence that there’s broad support for the person who’ll be doing that. This comes amid growing pressure, from different quarters of society, for Singapore to spend more of its reserves to address numerous short- and long-term challenges, including yawning inequalities that mean that those at the bottom struggle to get by in an expensive city; growing healthcare costs, particularly with an ageing population; and issues with lease decay and asset depreciation of public Housing Development Board flats—part of the fix to that may be a reassessment of how the reserves profit from the land bank.
The PAP has always been extremely prudent with its use of the reserves. Its fans like this, its critics don’t. Given that Tharman is a president with a strong mandate, so the theory goes, Singaporeans should feel greater comfort in voting for another party that offers a more expansive view of how the reserves can be used, not just for future generations, but the current one too.
It’s just one theory of how yesterday’s vote may be interpreted ahead of the general election (GE), which must be called by 2025. We shouldn’t attach too much significance to it.
Nevertheless, there may be an opportunity for opposition parties to offer a cohesive and thorough vision for how they intend to use the reserves differently to the PAP. There are information asymmetries that exist, including about the size of the reserves, which make a proper analysis difficult—but perhaps there are broad thrusts that can be articulated.
There are independent voters and maybe even some PAP fans who, recognising the deep socio-economic tensions in society, may be swayed—in the knowledge that Tharman, as president, will be able to easily check any profligacy.
Most analysts believe an opposition victory is a few terms away, at the earliest. But even if that strand of thought—about the reserves and Tharman—exists for voters at the next GE, then in some small way, the much maligned office of the elected president will, finally, function as designed.
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In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- preschool teacher mistreating children;
- dismal plastic recycling rates in Singapore;
- preserving art heritage along Orchard Road; and more.
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Polling Day tomorrow, preschool teacher caught on video mistreating children, dismal plastic recycling rates in Singapore, preserving art heritage along Orchard Road, coffee culture competition heats up, and more.
Jom turned one this August! 🦁🎉
Thank you for supporting us in our first year. 🫶🏼
Here's our big three, and cheers to many more years.
On Friday, Singaporeans elect a new president from the three people the government has deemed fit to run: Ng Kok Song, former GIC chief investment officer (CIO), Tan Kin Lian, former boss of NTUC Income, and Tharman Shanmugaratnam, former senior minister with the ruling People’s Action Party (PAP).
Ahead of the polls, Jom’s editor-in-chief Sudhir Thomas Vadaketh takes us through the origins of today’s apathy and scepticism towards the elected presidency, and assesses the three candidates.
Read the full essay on Jom, for free: https://www.jom.media/nobodys-independent-singapores-presidential-election/
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Ahead of the polls on September 1st, some Singaporeans have vowed to spoil their votes, in protest at what they believe has become a farcical race for head of state. But for the many undecided voters, an analysis of the candidates might help to clarify some doubts before they head to the ballot box.
Constance Singam, writer and former president of the Association of Women for Action and Research (AWARE Singapore) responds to a series of essays by Kirsten Han, a fellow civil society activist.
The writer and former AWARE president responds to a series of essays by Kirsten Han, a fellow civil society activist, that present a deeply affecting and reflexive portrait—part memoir, part reportage—of home in the city-state.
In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- Tan Kin Lian in a he-he-heated mess;
- NAC scholarship recipients;
- Gender neutral toilet causing a stink; and more.
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Tan Kin Lian in a he-he-heated mess, housing policy changes, gender neutral toilet causes a stink, NAC scholarship recipients named, and more.
In this profile, writer Jonathan Chan speaks with poet Boey Kim Cheng, whose poetry spans cultures and continents. Their conversation stretches into history, social justice, belonging, and community.
The poet and his poetry spans cultures and continents, shaped by the ebb and flow of memory and migration. He speaks to and for generations of restless souls seeking identity and belonging along the shores of their lives.
𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐖𝐞𝐝𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐀𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝟐𝟑𝐫𝐝, 𝟖-𝟗𝐩𝐦 (𝐒𝐆𝐓) ⚡
In this exclusive virtual chat, Jom’s sport editor Nicholas Fang will be speaking with athlete Soh Rui Yong.
They’ll be discussing sports in Singapore—from questioning the extent to which personal conduct matters in the assessment of sporting talent, to how public life has influenced their ambitions and career trajectories.
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In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- The Presidential race heating up;
- Teacher influencers on TikTok;
- Humanitarian Organization for Migration Economics (HOME)’s report on criminal accusations against migrant domestic workers, and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state:
Presidential race heats up, Wikimania convention in Singapore, teachers on TikTok, independent music mag BigO shuts, Lucasfilm leaving after nearly 20 years, and more.
As Singapore leans into its future, how might the state transform its relationship with citizens and civil society, “loving critics” included? Writers Jiang Haolie and Daryl Yang imagine a Singapore that’s less paternalistic and heavy-handed, and more open, transparent and participatory.
In celebration of National Day and Jom’s first birthday, the two essays we published last Friday are outside of the paywall. ❤️
As Singapore leans into its future, how might the state transform its relationship with citizens and civil society, ‘loving critics’ included? One that’s less paternalistic and heavy-handed, and more open, transparent and participatory.
Leaving the bubble of modernity for the “Land of the Long White Cloud”, Unsu Lee attempts to find his way back into the expansive, healing arms of Mother Earth, and to finally recognise his place on this planet.
In celebration of National Day and Jom’s first birthday, the two essays we published this week are outside of the paywall. ❤️
Leaving the bubble of modernity for the “Land of the Long White Cloud”, Unsu Lee attempts to find his way back into the expansive, healing arms of Mother Earth, where he might metamorphose from ‘hungry, capitalist caterpillar’ into net producer, and to finally recognise his place on this pla...
In Singapore This Week, we give you our takes on:
- Notes from a nation at 58;
- South-east Asia a global source for child p**n;
- the Bugis of Singapore; and more.
🇸🇬Read Jom’s full, opinionated weekly update on our city-state:
Notes from a nation at 58, South-east Asia a global source for child p**n, AI in healthcare, the Bugis of Singapore, local filmmakers around the world, and more.
An ageing population and longer lifespans are thrusting Gen Z into the role of first-time caregivers, sometimes well before they enter adulthood. Is society ready to embrace and support them?
Tsen-Waye Tay speaks to young caregivers and explores how institutional measures could support them.
As our population ages and people live longer, mIllennials and Gen Z are fast becoming the most diverse generation of first-time caregivers.
The burden of unpaid, informal care is becoming more widely shared by the young.
Singaporean photographer Alecia Neo captures the juxtaposition of strength and vulnerability in her portraits of four young caregivers—Iman, Mason, Sarah and Tasneem—alongside Amy, a single mother with schizophrenia, whose teenage son is her caregiver.
Read the photo essay here: https://www.jom.media/the-youthful-faces-of-caregiving/
A long-form essay, “Generational shifts in caregiving” accompanies this piece, and can be read here: https://www.jom.media/generational-shifts-in-caregiving/
For some, the task of caregiving arrives sooner rather than later. Four young caregivers give us a glimpse of what it is like to hold the delicate balance of love and care in their hands.
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