Minor Issues: Remembering the pioneers who built Singapore
From the enduring labour of these heroes, this writer learnt that one does not need to be rich or famous to be living an extraordinary life. ST ILLUSTRATION: CEL GULAPA
SINGAPORE – On Polling Day on May 3, my daughter and I stayed up close to midnight. We were awake for different reasons.
She was completing her homework on the history of Europe after World War I. I was waiting for the results of the general election .
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