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Pay up: Singapore’s arts and culture need your money, not your grief
The closure of The Projector shows the independent institutions we value need patrons, not performative social media mourning when they shutter.
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Sustaining the things that connect us, define us and our community, and sharpen our empathy is worth every cent, says the writer.
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When an e-mail recently alerted me that my subscription to one of my morning news staples, Malaysiakini, was expiring – and asked if I might be keen on not just a one-year but a three-year extension – it was not the frugal side of me that sprang into action.
Believe you me, that voice exists: the one that makes you check other ride-hailing apps when you already have a good price on one.

