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Lim Catherine |
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Roll out the champagne, Singapore! : an exuberant celebration of the nation's 50th birthday / / Catherine Lim |
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Singapore : , : Marshall Cavendish Editions, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (283 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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National characteristics, Singaporean |
Electronic books. |
Singapore Social life and customs Anecdotes |
Singapore Biography Anecdotes |
Singapore History Anecdotes |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 01 What Does Shakespeare Have to do with Singapore's 50th Birthday?; 02 The Quitter who Stayed; 03 Then and Now; 04 The Taximan Cometh; 05 A Writer's Roller-Coaster Ride; 06 A Sock on the Jaw, a Blow on the Solar Plexus; 07 What Irreverence!; 08 The BKBC Interview; 09 Surprise, Surprise!; 10 The Eureka Moment; 11 Little Red Dot; 12 A Good Man in Singapore; 13 Ozymandias; 14 'Elvis Presley Gave me a Winning 4-D Number!'; 15 Thanks but No Thanks, Censorship!; 16 Singapore's 80th Birthday; 17 The Sixth C; 18 Roll Out the Birthday Champagne!; 19 Images |
20 That F Word21 A PAP Dilemma (With Apologies to Lewis Carroll); 22 The Ugly Singaporean? Maybe...; 23 Shadow-Boxing with Colonial Ghosts; 24 The Other Face of Money; 25 Say No to Too-ism; 26 A New National Slogan for Singapore's 50th Birthday; 27 Singapore on the Queen Elizabeth 2; 28 PAP, We Both Have a Problem; 29 A Techno-Bodoh in Techno-Pandai Land; 30 With Love; About the Author |
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30 stories about ordinary Singaporeans at their best and worst, their joys and griefs and angers, their dreams fulfilled or lost. They are tales about the awesome human condition and the even more awesome |
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human spirit, interweaved with the author's vignettes of her nearly 50 years in Singapore, such as how she came from Malaysia to live in Singapore and her run-in with then prime minister Goh Chok Tong. Stories include: The Quitter Who StayedA Sock on the Jaw, a Blow on the Solar PlexusThe Taximan ComethA Writer's Roller Coaster RideThe BKBC (bo kia bo chap) InterviewLittle Red DotA Good Man i |
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