60 by 60
Sixty people, sixty years. Each month we publish new portraits of Singaporeans and Indonesians whose lives run across the strait.
of 60 stories published
- 01 / 60
The coffee that crosses every Tuesday
For thirty years, robusta from Sumarni's smallholding has travelled to the old coffee shops of Singapore.
Sumarni · Coffee trader
- 02 / 60
Twenty surgical missions, one second home
The Singaporean surgeon has flown to West Sumatra twenty times for cleft lip surgery.
Elaine Quek · Paediatric surgeon
- 03 / 60
A canting for two flags
His cloth has been worn at state receptions in both capitals.
Joko Trisno · Third-generation batik maker
- 04 / 60
Forty minutes from home
Each week she takes the ferry from Batam to work a geriatric ward.
Nurul Aini · Nurse
- 05 / 60
Rendang on a Singapore hawker stall
He left a hotel kitchen to open a Minang rendang stall in a hawker centre.
Adrian Wibowo · Chef
- 06 / 60
The classroom that swaps every year
The exchange programme she started now sends a hundred students each year.
Marlina Sitorus · School principal
- 07 / 60
Ships assembled by two nations
His yard builds hulls in Batam and finishes them in Tuas.
Hafiz Ramadhan · Marine engineer
- 08 / 60
Keroncong in a Katong living room
Every Sunday afternoon, ten people gather in her home to play the old songs.
Lily Tanuwijaya · Retired music teacher
