The Tiger and the Trojan Horse by Dennis Bloodworth
John Drysdale was more scholarly in his presentation in his magnum opus Singapore:Struggle for Success whereas Dennis Bloodworth was more down- to- earth in portraying the clandestine conspiracy of the communist underground and United Front and the internecine srtruggle between the PAP leadership headed by Lee Kuan Yew and the...
Silence is a deadly foe
19 years living in NYC as an openly gay man has not erased my memory of the shame and fear of hiding my true self in Singapore. I can still remember visiting a gay bar in Chinatown, not at night when it was open, but in the day when I could check it out without being seen. I was hiding in broad daylight. What was I afraid of?...
The problem with magic circles
At the start of the month, our Ambassador-At-Large, Professor Tommy Koh caused a bit of a stir among the chattering classes when he stated that he believed that Singaporeans were a snobbish lot who look down on the poor. More on Professor Koh’s remarks can be found here. On the face of things, it appears that Professor Koh...
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