The 1963 operation coldstore in Singapore : commemorating 50 years
2013
Book
Total copies: 3
Main title:
The 1963 operation coldstore in Singapore : commemorating 50 years / edited by Poh Soo Kai, Tan Kok Fang and Hong Lysa.
Imprint:
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia : Strategic Information and Research Development Centre ; Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Pusat Sejarah Rakyat Bhd, [2013]©2013
Collation:
xix, 542 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.In English.
Contents:
Why Operation Coldstore matters -- pt. I: From the records -- Operation Coldstore: A key event in the creation of modern Singapore / Geoff Wade -- 'Flesh and bone reunite as one body': Singapore's Chinese-speaking and their perspectives on merger / Thum Ping Tjin -- Of six-day weeks and 3-3 versus 4-2 systems: disciplining teachers for the new state / Hong Lysa -- pt. II: For the records -- Living in a time of deception / Poh Soo Kai -- 'I would never lift one finger to justify my own detention' / Lim Hock Siew -- 'How could I die, the fight is not over' / Said Zahari -- 'I won them back one by one' / Tan Jing Quee -- The true story of a Singaporean / T.H. Haw -- Standing on the moral high ground / Tan Kok Fang -- Imprisonment, expulsion and banishment: the fate of student activists in Singapore's tertiary education institutions / Koh Kay Yew -- Interview with Lee Tee Tong: blue-collar worker and labour activist / Loh Kah Seng -- A brief history of the Singapore Bookshop, Publication and Printing Press Workers' Union / A group of former union members -- From the emergency regulations 1948 to the Internal Security Act today / Teo Soh Lung -- The historical truth will be revealed: political detainees in Singapore, 1950-2013 / Loh Miaw Gong (Loh Miao Ping).
ISBN:
9789670630106
LC class:
DS599.62 OPE
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
60046