2022/11/22 |
Singapore and Taiwan’s Multifaceted, Unofficial Ties
Singapore has had robust economic, societal, and cultural ties with Taiwan, but its trepidation at offending the PRC may prompt it to pull back.
2022/10/25 |
If Singapore Wants to Debate the Death Penalty, Talk To Us — Not Richard Branson.
If the Singapore government really prioritized the well-being of people in Singapore, they wouldn’t be wasting time and money trying to get Richard Branson over for a “debate.”
2022/09/24 |
Singapore Scapegoats Doctors and Drug Users — And Rejects Real Solutions
The case of Dr. Jitendra Kumar Sen shows how Singapore collapses the nuances of drug use into a “war on drugs” that punishes and outcasts users — and medical practitioners.
2022/09/12 |
Will the Queen’s Passing Prompt Discussions of Colonialism in Singapore? Nope.
The death of Queen Elizabeth II is an appropriate time to talk about British colonialism. These discussions aren’t happening in Singapore.
2022/08/26 |
The Problem With Section 377A
It’s good that Section 377A of the Penal Code, which criminalizes sex between men, is being repealed. But what has been won should should not be mistaken as an act of progressive change by the ruling party.
2022/08/24 |
What Singapore’s 377A Repeal Is About: Entrenching the PAP’s Conservative Rule
Behind the facade of an advance for the LGBT community in Singapore is an attempt to shore up both a homophobic agenda and the ruling People’s Action Party’s rule.
2022/07/13 |
Can Egg Freezing Crack Singapore’s Demographic Decline?
Singaporean women and demographic observers may have cause for celebration, but medical technology does not present the ideal solution to what is, at heart, a social problem.
2022/06/29 |
The Many Faces of the Hokkien-language Internet
Online content distinctly aimed at promoting Taiwanese Hokkien within Taiwan abounds, but there is also a wide range of content created by communities interested in Hokkien, spoken in different varieties from East Asia, Southeast Asia, to North America.
2022/03/28 |
The Looming Execution of Abdul Kahar Is Inequality and Injustice Taken to Its Extreme Conclusion
Abolitionists often say that capital punishment is a system in which those without capital get the punishment. Abdul Kahar’s case is a perfect illustration of this.
2022/02/05 |
When Disabilities Meet the Death Penalty
Nagaenthran K. Dharmalingam, a Malaysian man at risk of execution in Singapore, did not receive any of the procedural accommodations that international experts now say persons with disabilities should have.
2021/12/21 |
Succession Vacuum Looms Over Singapore Politics
This is a remarkable lapse granted the importance that Singaporean political culture places on predictable and smooth transitions of leadership.
2021/11/02 |
Singapore Bans Book About Censorship for Including Charlie Hebdo Cartoons
A book was banned over “offensive images” containing cartoons depicting the Muslim Prophet Muhammad. The cartoons were the same ones published in the French satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo in 2015.
2021/08/19 |
Singaporeans Are Upset About Covid Restrictions. Will They Notice Migrant Workers?
There are likely more people upset about being blocked from going to a restaurant or a gym, because of their vaccination status, than people upset about the prolonged and unfair confinement of tens of thousands of men regardless of their vaccination status.
2021/07/01 |
The Economic Roots of Racism in Singapore
Ethnic minorities have become scapegoated by rising economic inequality in Singapore.
2021/06/30 |
Can We Expect More From Singapore’s PAP on Race?
Citizens shouldn’t be measuring our political leaders against the lowered standards that they’ve set for themselves. We should be holding them to the standards of justice and equality.
2021/05/20 |
Singapore’s Government Is Not ‘Pro-Worker.’ These Charts Show How.
Singapore is not pro-worker. If anything, it is pro-GIC and pro-Temasek Holdings, and it is pro-ministers – while workers are left to languish.
2021/05/07 |
Don’t Scold Tea-Leaves Readers. Singapore’s Government is the Problem.
An editorial in The Straits Times warned Singaporeans that “it’s not the time to read tea leaves.” It misses the point.
