Akan Datang: Election fever in Indonesia!
This week: Vietnam's abuzz over the Trump-Kim summit, and Indonesia is caught in election fever, while Singaporeans are left wondering if we're going …
Tag: Singapore
Akan Datang: A “Bicentennial Bonus” in Singapore’s 2019 Budget
This week in Southeast Asia: Vietnam preps for the Trump-Kim Summit, Malaysians await Najib's now-postponed trial, and is Singapore's Budget signallin…
Political Agenda — Privacy Breaches in a “Smart Nation”
On 28 January 2019, Singapore’s Ministry of Health revealed that the personal data of 14,200 people living with HIV had been leaked. The news has dr…
Akan Datang: It’s Hanoi’s turn to host Trump and Kim
This week in Southeast Asia: a political flurry in Thailand, Vietnam preps for the next Trump-Kim Summit, Indonesia agonises over two draft bills, and…
Political Agenda — What’s Up With The SG Bicentennial?
2019 marks the 200th anniversary of Sir Stamford Raffles' arrival and the beginning of colonisation in Singapore. But how—and why—are Singaporeans…
The Singapore Narrative(s): Old and New
In its 60 years in power, the People's Action Party has used three, very starkly different, official historical narratives. In this lecture, PJ Thum e…
Akan Datang: Who’s grateful for those Indonesian toll roads? ?
This week in Southeast Asia: a politician suggests Indonesians vote Jokowi if they drive on toll roads, a staggeringly horrific data leak in Singapore…
My Name Is…
What's in a name? A Chinese-Indonesian reflects on names, politics, culture and identity in Indonesia.
Akan Datang: A military send-off in Singapore for actor Aloysius Pang
This week in Southeast Asia: Singapore mourns yet another military training death, a bomb blast in the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia struggle wi…
The Survival of Malay Fiction in Singapore
Despite it being the country’s national language, a dwindling number of writers in Singapore are writing in Malay. To reinvigorate the Malay fiction…
