Singapore tends to attract extreme views. Read these books to understand the country behind the myths
offers an alternative take on its emergence as an independent nation. Sonny Liew explores Singapore’s history through the career of Charlie, a fictional cartoonist. The book, from 2015, is a series of interviews with Charlie, beginning in 2010, when he is 72 years old. Charlie’s work is political almost from the start. Lee Kuan Yew makes an early appearance in his work in “Invasion”, depicting humanity under the rule of an alien race, the Hegemons.
Ho Kwon Ping is an interesting figure. A former journalist, he was detained in Singapore in 1977 under the Internal Security Act for writing allegedly leftist articles for the, a now defunct regional news magazine with its headquarters in Hong Kong. He went on, with his wife, to found Banyan Tree Holdings which operates over 50 luxury resorts across Asia and the Middle East, and to become founding chairman of Singapore Management University.
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