Dissident Voices

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• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Edition
• Year: 2013
• eBook ISBN: 9789814516860
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

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 endurance. It exemplifies the extremes sacrifices some people will make in pursuit of their ideals. Written by veteran journalist and author Clement Mesenas, this book chronicles the lives of twenty of this country's leading dissidents - including Lim Chin Siong, David Marshall and Ong Eng Guan, among many others.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• Ong Eng Guan: The mayor with the giant broom
• Lim Hock Siew: A people’s doctor true to his convictions
• Francis Seow: From the corridors of power to a bitter life in exile
• Catherine Lim: The formidable dame of letters
• Chia Thye Poh: The gentle revolutionary
• David Marshall: Champion of the underdog
• Said Zahari: A believer in press freedom
• Tan Wah Piow: A student agitator ahead of his time
• Lim Chin Siong: Could this man have become Singapore’s first prime minister?
• Vincent Cheng: Do-gooder or member of a so-called Marxist conspiracy?
• References
• About the Author
• Also by the Author