Rice Media

Established in 2017 by Mark Tan and Julian Wong, Rice Media is a media organization located in Singapore. It positions itself as "Asia's alternative voice," offering insights and commentary on a wide range of subjects, including food history and social issues. As of March 2020, Rice Media has built a following of over 39,000 on Facebook and 7,000 on Instagram.

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ERP X, Or How to Fight for Change From Within the Bureaucracy

2 weeks ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

When a neighbourhood in Indonesia set out to become “the Singapore of Medan” they built their own Merlion, Fountain of Wealth, and the arches of Fullerton Hotel. Oddly enough, they also put up their own Electronic Road Pricing (ERP) gantry—white and blue, arching over a busy road. It’s a testament to how ERP gantries have become an indelible part of The Singapore Experience. That slow dread as your car hurtles toward the arch. The double beep.
If an MP Works Late and Doesn't Post About It, Did It Even Happen?

3 weeks ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

When I saw Jurong East-Bukit Batok GRC MP David Hoe’s post on Instagram about replying to his constituents’ emails at 3 AM, I scoffed. “Even at 3 AM, I still keep going — because your concerns matter,” read the caption. After all, it’s nearly 1 AM as I type this article up. I could take a screenshot right now—timestamp glowing in the corner of my screen—and post it online. I could caption it “even at 1 AM, I still keep going — because deadlines matter.” I’d look ridiculous.
After the Vote: Clydia Tan on Building a Singapore That Listens to Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Voices

4 weeks ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

Living with hearing loss means navigating a world that rarely pauses to accommodate. Clydia Tan knows this well. The 27-year-old often worried about blending in with her peers growing up, having been teased for her hearing aid that helped her manage her bilateral sensorineural hearing loss. Although Clydia, a healthcare worker, now has a cochlear implant, it’s not a magic fix. While the device amplifies sound, it doesn’t necessarily make it clearer.
Bankrupt at 31: Finding Freedom on the Other Side of Financial Ruin

1 month ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

“Once I declared bankruptcy, I felt 10 kilograms lighter,” Adams Yap tells me. For most people, bankruptcy is a private source of shame. For Adams, it’s part of his public persona. The 31-year-old entrepreneur documents his “road to zero”—zero debt, that is—on TikTok. Whenever he chips away at his debt, he updates his bio. As of May 16, 2025, he still owes his creditors $243,708.01. A pretty respectable progress from his original debt of $520,324.03.
After the Vote: HOME’s Call for a Singapore That Values Migrant Worker Lives Over Profit

1 month ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

For years, advocates pushing for a ban on transporting workers on the backs of lorries have faced the same rebuffs: It’s “not practical” or “”. But for advocacy group Humanitarian Organisation for Migration Economics (HOME), that’s not good enough. As a local charity supporting the rights and welfare of migrant workers, HOME has long campaigned for a ban on this unsafe form of transport.
Did We Hope for Too Much?

1 month ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

This morning, as the GE2025 results sink in, I’m wondering two things: (1) How good does an opposition candidate need to be to get elected? (2) How bad does a People’s Action Party (PAP) candidate need to be to get voted out of office? It seems that the answer to both of these questions is: More than you think. Despite the “noticeable step-up in calibre” of opposition candidates, the ruling PAP took 65.57 percent of the overall vote share, up from its GE2020 showing of 61.24 percent.
Tracing the Edges of Singapore's Electoral Boundaries

1 month ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

Electoral boundaries in Singapore aren’t marked by fences or signs. These invisible lines crisscross our neighbourhoods—often unbeknownst to us—delineating where one constituency ends and another begins. These lines, drawn and occasionally redrawn by the Electoral Boundaries Review Committee, determine if residents get to vote, who represents them in Parliament, and who residents call when they want more covered walkways.
Chee Soon Juan and the Politics of Persistence

1 month ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

Chee Soon Juan is a name every Singaporean voter knows. Dr Chee, the leader of the Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), and one of Singapore’s most recognisable opposition figures, has been the subject of many headlines over his 33-year political career. Many of them have not been kind. Over the years, the media has painted the firebrand politician as rude, publicity hungry, and a liar.
When Political Candidates Are Too Much Like Us

1 month ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

Nobody really warns you about what it’s like when your private chats get leaked. It’s unthinkable—your private, unfiltered word vomit, meant for a trusted audience, blasted on the internet for all to read. This is what Workers’ Party new face Andre Low had to contend with when over 30 screenshots of private messages from a Telegram group chat were leaked onto Reddit recently.
The Winners and Losers of GE2025’s Televised Non-debates

1 month ago | ricemedia.co | Kimberly Lim

The live election roundtables Q&As hosted by Mediacorp last Sunday (April 27th) and last night (April 29th) could have been emails. I feel qualified to say that because I’ve been part of far too many meetings that could have been WhatsApp messages. These Q&A sessions—one in English and one in Mandarin—were the only two live televised interparty forums for GE2025.