Singapore is often held up as a model nation: global, modern and rich. The envy of its neighbours in Asia and the world all over. Recall 'Singapore-on-Thames', a slogan used by Leave campaigners to sell their vision of what Britain would look like after Brexit: a paradise of low tax rates and minimum business regulation. But there's a dark side to Singapore that's rarely talked about. A labour underclass. A one-party state. The death penalty. Tight press control. A compliant culture. As a journalist and an activist, Kirsten Han has faced legal threats, police harassment and social opprobrium for arguing for a more humane and open society. This is her story of what it's like to fight for what you believe in. The Singapore I See is not the conventional 'Singapore Story' you've read about. This is a powerful and revealing account of life in the city-state that few outsiders are familiar with.
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Singapore is often held up as a model nation: global, modern and rich. The envy of its neighbours in Asia and the world all over. Recall 'Singapore-on-Thames', a slogan used by Leave campaigners to sell their vision of what Britain would look like after Brexit: a paradise of low tax rates and minimum business regulation. But there's a dark side to Singapore that's rarely talked about. A labour underclass. A one-party state. The death penalty. Tight press control. A compliant culture. As a journalist and an activist, Kirsten Han has faced legal threats, police harassment and social opprobrium for arguing for a more humane and open society. This is her story of what it's like to fight for what you believe in. The Singapore I See is not the conventional 'Singapore Story' you've read about. This is a powerful and revealing account of life in the city-state that few outsiders are familiar with.
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