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Ken Kwek
Production Editor, City
Ken Kwek is a production editor at city desk. As a features writer, his stories on social issues and the arts have appeared in The Straits Times, Esquire Singapore, Monocle magazine and Mekong Review. He is also a filmmaker, playwright and author of children's books.
Once a pristine fishing hamlet, Tanjung Uma is now drowning in garbage and disease as it bears the brunt of unchecked waste and environmental collapse.
Renowned US marine biologist Sylvia Earle has a vision of Singapore as a hub for groundbreaking underwater exploration.
Improving housing conditions for migrant workers shouldn’t be the only concern, they say – bigger challenges existed well before the current pandemic.
That 90 per cent of coronavirus infections are linked to Singapore’s migrant worker dormitories reveals ingrained prejudices. The question is, will anything change?
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From celebrating birthdays in isolation to being unexpectedly exposed to distant cultures – Ken Kwek take a closer look at the lockdowns’ impact on two creatives.
Ken Kwek discovers what life is like now for more than 20 filmmakers, creative writers, performing artists and technicians from the two countries, including Ivan Heng, Adrian Pang, Huzir Sulaiman and Jo Kukathas.
A rogue director made off with their film reels when they were teenagers in the 1990s. Today, they recount and reclaim their stolen dreams in a captivating new Netflix documentary
The Lion City’s discussion of a law criminalising homosexual acts has unleashed a barely disguised politics of disgust that is inflicting real damage on the mental health of LGBTI individuals
Inspired by a Hong Kong athlete’s decision to speak out about sexual abuse, Singaporean hurdler Kerstin Ong took a similar step. The response she received shows the Lion City’s sport bodies have been left on the starting blocks.
