The Ministry of Home Affairs’ non-reply to charges against the Internal Security Act

A Blast from the Dark Ages?

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At long last, the great exposé?

Minimyna had been been in a state of flutter the last few days, as her longed-for retirement as a historian might well be imminent. Everything portended to a denouement. The question of whether or not Operation Cold Store was justified would finally be settled, almost half a century after the event.

Who writes the script? In the end, a purely academic question

On 4 June of this year, disaster almost befell the National Library Board, and if it is to be believed, possibly Singapore.

A former political detainee was going to appear in flesh and blood to address a public audience at an event of which the Library was a ‘venue sponsor’, meaning that the institution would let its premises be used without charge.

Bird’s eye view of cloud cuckooland: a Writer’s tale

Those attending events held at NLB’s Pod are routinely ushered into the lift which serves only the 16^th floor of the building, and directly transported into a huge room with a panoramic view of the surroundings. On the morning of Saturday 6 February 2010 the 100 or so people who went up that lift perhaps also found themselves stepping into cloud cuckooland.

The event was a talk given by Member of Parliament Irene Ng, author of the biography of S Rajaratnam, as part of NLB’s series Experience Singapore Literature.