Recently, an Instagram reel of OMGxBH (a social media platform launched by Berita Harian to spur youth-oriented conversations) went: “Kalau ada Rumi, baru orang muda pergi Geylang?” This reel was released as part of marketing efforts to promote the completion of the first phase of rejuvenation works in the Geylang Serai Cultural Belt, and this particular question can be briefly translated into “Only if there is Rumi, then will the youth visit Geylang?” For those unacquainted, Rumi The Poet’s cup (abbreviated as Rumi) is a highly youth-frequented Muslim-owned cafe located […]
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State of Malay Television in Singapore
If you grew up in a typical Malay Singaporean household, chances are you grew up with Suria TV channel as a daily staple, playing in the background of your home. In the early 2000s when Suria was steadily burgeoning, drama series such as Gelora, Cinta Bollywood, Anak Metropolitan, Erlin Montel, or Jeritan Sepi were household programme names. Twenty years on, Suria boasts about 258,000 Malay viewers in Singapore, and lauds itself to be “the choice of Malay viewers in Singapore [that] offers wholesome family entertainment with both local and regional […]
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Singapore’s S$10,869 Median Household Income: How Are We Actually Faring As A Society?
Many of us would have read the headlines in early February this year: Median monthly household income in Singapore above $10,000 in 2023 for second straight year, The Straits Times reports. CNA gets even more specific in their headlines: Median monthly household income rises to S$10,869 in 2023, a real increase of 2.8%. Its subheading states that “the median monthly household income from work per household member rose to S$3500 in 2023.” These headlines prompted the incredulity of many citizens, expressing their disbelief at these numbers, as they do not
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