Ageing in Singapore: Service Needs and the State Peggy Teo, Kalyani Mehta, Leng Leng Thang and Angelique Chan (London and New York: Routledge, 2006)
Debating policy in Singapore can be a hazardous undertaking--especially for the unwary academic. Those familiar with Singapore's early days will recall Lee Kuan Yew's well-known advice that academics should not stray too far into matters "political." The consequences awaiting those trespassing were dire, as a number of unfortunates will testify. This "depoliticization" (and in a sense, "re-politicization") of academia has cast a long shadow over the intellectual landscape in Singapore. As a result of these and other ...