Not Born In Singapore: Fifty Personalities who Shaped the Nation By Tng Ying Hui Paperback 9789814655415 Nonfiction Not Born In Singapore: Fifty Personalities who Shaped the Nation Did you know that we owe the iconic Singapore Girl to a British born adman? Or that the founder of the popular Mustafa Centre hails from India? This year as we celebrate our local heroes, it’s also time to put the spotlight on other unsung contributors who have shaped our nation. They may have come from other shores, but these 50 foreigners have left their mark in building Singapore into the nation we know it to be today. The 50 remarkable individuals are: ARTSIan Batey, K. P. Bhaskar, Santha Bhaskar, Della Butcher, Choo Hoey, John Herbert, Kuo Pao Kun, Goh Lay Kuan, J. M. Sali, Tan Swie Hian ECONOMYMustaq Ahmad, Sir Laurence Hartnett, Dr Tsutomu Kanai, Pasquale Pistorio, Captain Muhammad Jalaluddin Sayeed, Tang I Fang Ratan Tata, Kartar Singh Thakral, Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen King, Alain Vandenborre, Cyril Neville Watson, Albert Winsemius EDUCATIONDr Robert A. Brown, Brother Joseph McNally, Milenko Prvacki, Mary Turnbull, Professor Wang Gungwu, Professor Wu Teh Yao, Dr John Miksic, Ann Wee SOCIETYProfessor T. H. Elliott, Christine Laimer, Lien Ying Chow, BG Yaakov ‘Jack’ Elazari, G. G. Thomson, Krystyn Olszewski, Bruno Wildermuth SCIENCE AND MEDICINESir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Dr Sydney Brenner, Professor Edward W. Holmes, Dr Edison Liu, Sir George Radda, Dr Shan Ratnam, Sir David Lane, Professor Jackie Y. Ying SPORTSAleksandar Duric, Feng Tianwei, Jing Junhong, Ronald Susilo, Tao Li

Ying Hui has a Master s Degree from Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver She had the most wonderful two years of her life during graduate school exploring the mountains in Colorado. During those two years of graduate school she also read two texts that became her favourites The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus and The Origins of Totalitarianism by Hannah Arendt. Great compilation of 50 somewhat lesser known stories Learned a lot Paperback

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Did you know that we owe the iconic Singapore Girl to a British born adman Or that the founder of the popular Mustafa Centre hails from India This year as we celebrate our local heroes it s also time to put the spotlight on other unsung contributors who have shaped our nation They may have come from other shores but these 50 foreigners have left their mark in building Singapore into the nation we know it to be today The 50 remarkable individuals are ARTSIan Batey K P Bhaskar Santha Bhaskar Della Butcher Choo Hoey John Herbert Kuo Pao Kun Goh Lay Kuan J M Sali Tan Swie Hian ECONOMYMustaq Ahmad Sir Laurence Hartnett Dr Tsutomu Kanai Pasquale Pistorio Captain Muhammad Jalaluddin Sayeed Tang I Fang Ratan Tata Kartar Singh Thakral Tan Sri Frank Tsao Wen King Alain Vandenborre Cyril Neville Watson Albert Winsemius EDUCATIONDr Robert A Brown Brother Joseph McNally Milenko Prvacki Mary Turnbull Professor Wang Gungwu Professor Wu Teh Yao Dr John Miksic Ann Wee SOCIETYProfessor T H Elliott Christine Laimer Lien Ying Chow BG Yaakov Jack Elazari G G Thomson Krystyn Olszewski Bruno Wildermuth SCIENCE AND MEDICINESir Sabaratnam Arulkumaran Dr Sydney Brenner Professor Edward W Holmes Dr Edison Liu Sir George Radda Dr Shan Ratnam Sir David Lane Professor Jackie Y Ying SPORTSAleksandar Duric Feng Tianwei Jing Junhong Ronald Susilo Tao Li Not Born In Singapore Fifty Personalities who Shaped the Nation.