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One of her early poems, "My Country, My People", was banned by the Singapore government due to fears that her reference to her "brown-skinned neighbours" would offend the Malay community of Singapore. Another early poem, "Bukit Timah, Singapore" was at one point included in an international selection of poetry for O-level literature students.
Poetry is the predominant mode of expression; it has a small but respectable following since independence, and most published works of Singapore writing in English have been in poetry. There were varying levels of activity in succeeding decades, with poets in the late 1980s and early 1990s including Simon Tay , Leong Liew Geok, Koh Buck Song ...
On 21 March 1919, the Singapore Nanyang Overseas Chinese Middle School was formally opened at Niven Road with an enrolment of 78 students. Six years later, with an additional funding of S$600,000, the school moved to its new campus at Bukit Timah Road, covering an area of 79 acres (320,000 m 2), and officially renamed The Chinese High School. [1]
Holland Road, Singapore; Holland Village MRT station; Holland Village, Singapore; Holland–Bukit Panjang Group Representation Constituency; Holland–Bukit Timah Group Representation Constituency; Hume MRT station; Hwa Chong Institution; Hwa Chong International School; Hwa Chong Junior College
In 1997, it was absorbed into Bukit Timah GRC along with Bukit Batok SMC, Jurong SMC, Ulu Pandan SMC and Yuhua SMC. In 2001, the SMC was recreated as Bukit Timah GRC was broken up to form Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC, Jurong GRC and Bukit Timah SMC. In 2006, the SMC was absorbed into another GRC, Holland–Bukit Timah GRC.
Alfian bin Sa'at (born 18 July 1977), better known as Alfian Sa'at, is a Singaporean playwright, poet, and writer. [1] [2] He is known for penning a body of English- and Malay-language plays, poems, and prose exploring race, sexuality, and politics, topics considered provocative in Singapore.
The Battle of Bukit Timah (10–12 February 1942), was part of the final stage of the Empire of Japan's invasion of Singapore during World War II. Battle [ edit ]
Boey's poems are on the A-level syllabus for English literature in Singapore. [16] His poem "The Planners" was included in the international O-level Literature in English and International General Certificate of Secondary Education syllabi from 2013 to 2015, and 2017 and 2018, while "Reservist" will be tested from 2017 to 2019.