Dissident voices : personalities in Singapore's political history / Clement Mesenas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mesenas, Clement.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Singapore--Politics and government.

Singapore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (205 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Marshall Cavendish Editions, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

They stood firm on their convictions despite the odds. Some paid a heavy toll for their beliefs - deprivations, long prison terms, lonely lives in self-imposed exile. But they never broke. Some will say the unflinching attitude of these dissidents against what they perceived as coercive authority has been an exercise in futility. Yet other say the course of Singapore's history might have been altered if their will had prevailed.Their stories need to be told. The first of it's kind, this book will inform and educate. Rather than to glorify their tough stance, these memoirs are a record of human

Contents:

cover; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Ong Eng Guan; Lim Hock Siew; Francis Seow; Catherine Lim; Chia Thye Poh; David Marshall; Said Zahari; Tan Wah Piow; Lim Chin Siong; Vincent Cheng; References; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 13, 2014).

ISBN:

9789814516860

9814516864

OCLC:

872685590