New Naratif Townhall: The Citizens’ Agenda Malaysia Event Recap

Cameron 31 August 2023

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The New Naratif Townhall was a unique event for Malaysians revolving around New Naratif's The Citizens' Agenda Malaysia 2022. With post-COVID economic recovery, state elections, climate-related disasters, and food insecurity being key issues in the mind of Malaysians, we crafted a space where people can discuss, think, and create personal impact within their own communities and spaces.

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Activism Amidst Crisis

How do activists cope with, question, and challenge the multiple existential and ideological crises that humanity collectively faces? The “Activism in Crisis” online conference sought to discuss all these questions. Two organisers, Tim Min Jie and Suraendher Kumarr, join PJ Thum and Sean Francis Han (WakeUp Singapore) to discuss these and more.

New Naratif 6 November 2020

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Political Agenda—Are Singapore’s Hawker Centres Dying Out?

Singapore’s hawker centres have been described as a “cultural institution”, a source of pride as much as a source of good eats. Yet the hawker industry is in crisis today, with rents and overhead costs rising even as hawkers are pressured to keep their prices down. In this episode, PJ Thum heads to Chinatown Food Complex to speak to three hawkers about the difficulty of surviving, not as cultural symbols, but viable businesses.

New Naratif 22 October 2018

Singapore’s Invisible Population - New Naratif

Political Agenda: Singapore’s Invisible Population

There are almost a million low-wage migrant workers in Singapore, but they often face physical and social segregation, and are excluded from data on Singapore’s resident population. We talk to Dr Stephanie Chok of the Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME) and Debbie Fordyce of Transient Workers Count Too (TWC2) about the issues this invisible population face.

New Naratif 5 November 2018

Envisioning Media Freedom and Independence: Narratives from Southeast Asia

A qualitative exploratory study of media freedom in Southeast Asia, centring on the voices of independent media workers in the region.

Fadhilah Fitri Primandari 10 December 2021

Political Agenda — “Fake News”, Foreign Interference, and Freedom of Expression

It’s been about a year since Singapore’s Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods held its open hearings. Although no Bills have yet been tabled, Singapore is expecting legislation to deal with “fake news” and foreign interference. But what would their impact be?

Kirsten Han 18 March 2019

New Naratif Townhall: The Citizens’ Agenda Malaysia Event Recap

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