- Chairperson, Bless Community Services (BCS) (Chairperson since 2023; Board member since 2018; volunteer with neighbourhood visitations; volunteer befriender to rough sleepers at S3P)
- Initiated, led and served at BCS Pro Bono Legal Clinic (2015-2024)
- Board member (2017-), Mercy Teams International, working in humanitarian assistance, and community and transformational development in the region
- Founded Micah Singapore, community of Christians engaged in justice & mercy ministry and integral mission
- Caretaker, The Group, community of arts and culture practitioners and partakers
- Author, Does Anything Matter? Why a Christian should still care in a world of despair
- Co-Editor, Assault on the Body, Sexual Violence and the Gospel Community
- Co-editor, Good News for Bruised Reeds: Colours of the Kingdom
- Founded WePals, technologically intermediated befriending initiative between Singaporeans and migrant workers during Covid-19 lockdown (under CMSC): see OBW writeup, Rice Media writeup, Bangkok Post writeup
- Volunteer assisting Covid-19 Migrant Support Coalition (CMSC) leadership
- Project leader, Poets & Prophets: Songs of Justice (a music, poetry, photography and reflective writing project: album links here
- Music: Singer-Songwriter, Producer, Kingfisher – lyrics
- Co-editor, Good News for Bruised Reeds: Mental Health & The Gospel Community; produced dramatic launch event
- Short Film: “Chindian” (2019) – documentary short film on issues and experiences that persons of Chinese-Indian bicultural marriages, colloquially known as Chindians, face.
- Legal Toolkit for Witnesses (with a focus on vulnerable witnesses), a joint project by Hagar Singapore, State Courts, Community Justice Centre, and NUS Centre for Pro Bono & Clinical Legal Education, supported by the Singapore Inter-Agency Taskforce on Trafficking in Persons
- Co-editor, Good News for Bruised Reeds: Walking with Same-Sex Attracted Friends; produced dramatic launch event
- Short Film: “Connected” (2016) – awarded grant by the SG50 fund and Honour Singapore
- Author, The Justice Demand: Social Justice and the Singapore Church (2016)
- Initiated and organized faith@work, a conference on faith, vocation, work, purpose, navigating workplace issues, and workplace ethics.
- GE 2015: Pursue Social Justice thought paper and campaign – highlighting: Poverty & Social Mobility; Support for freelancers / platform gig workers; Trafficking in Persons; Migrant workers; Environment and climate change; Persons with disabilities
- IPS Commons article: “Looking ahead on Lesbian-Gay-Transsexual-Bisexual-Queer issues: so what?” (2014)
- Stories of Hope exhibition on board the ship Logos Hope (2014) – an interactive public art installation featuring stories and aspirations of individuals from various marginalized or disadvantaged communities
- Volunteer Lawyer for HealthServe, HOME, TWC2
- Organised community gathering and fund-raising event for HealthServe, Just A Handful of Coins festival in 2013 – a campaign and celebration where people of various nationalities, races, ages, languages, social-economic background and occupations come together to give a little of themselves and celebrate at the same table.
- GE 2011 Petition to all politicians – highlighting: Rethinking welfare for the aged & poor; Human / sex trafficking; addressing social ills; education and employment for the disadvantaged and non-academically inclined students; conditions of migrant workers; rethinking tolerance and graciousness in Singapore society
- Co-initiated True Conversations: organised a forum in 2013 on “Citizenship”; and a forum in 2011 featuring apologist LT Jeyachandran and Singaporean writer Catherine Lim on “The Meaning of Life”.
- Producer, The Little Prince (2011), staged by The Parables Company
- Producer & Director, Mueller: A Walk of Faith, a Musical (2010)
- Producer, Screwtape Letters (2009), staged by The Parables Company
- Stage manager, Agapella concert (2009)
- Producer, director, playwright, Closet Pulp Theatre’s Lift (2008)
Poem, “Punggol” in collage work by Lidya Kamal, 3rd year Art & Design student, Glasgow School Of Art Singapore
Podcast
The Odd Gratuitous Inquiry (TOGI) is a podcast where I’ll investigate unnecessary questions and speculate answers no one asked for.
The Ron & Jon Show: We’re two Singapore lawyers; in court, we sue, in this podcast, we talk issues.
Creative Writing
- “Words are poor things”: SingPoWriMo 2016: The Anthology (Math Paper Press: 2016)
- “Fathers’ Day” (2015) The Write Room: http://www.thewritemag.com/
- “Reserved Seat”: SingPoWriMo: The Anthology (Math Paper Press: 2014)
- “The Busker and the Beggar”, EastLit (Jan 2014): http://www.eastlit.com/eastlit-january-2014/eastlit-january-2014-content/busker-beggar/
- “The Little India Riot: Hidden Issues”, Banana Writers (2014) http://www.bananawriters.com/#!littleindiariotssingapore/c1www
- “The Taxi Ride,” Ceriph no. 5 (2012): 66-68 (given Honourable Mention in Jason Erik Lundberg’s, The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One)
- Mueller: A Walk of Faith, a Musical (2010), book and music
- Play: Toy Story, awarded Singapore Young Dramatist Award (2005) 2nd prize
Poetry