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Please join us this Thursday for a presentation on
“Perils,
Promises, Paradoxes: How Catherine Lim sees her role as social critic”
Ms
Catherine Lim, Author
About the Speaker:
Our speaker is a well known author in Singapore. She has written books
and short stories and her literary work is used in the Singapore school
system for literature.
As a social critic, her commentary article in the Straits Times was
subjected to intense debate and scrutiny by none other than the then
Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. This led to the creation of political of
the famous“OB
Markers”
for non-political social commentators and the challenge for those who
wish to venture into political debate to enter politics rather than
comment on the sidelines (perhaps the recent excitement in the elections
where the voters were given a wider choice of capable candidates than
before could be the result of this debate?).
On behalf
of the programme committee, we
look forward to
seeing
you this Thursday.
Yours in Rotary
Michael
Chua
Programme Service Director
RY 2005-2006 |
