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The danger of nostalgia weighing upon the present

Talking about the past of our country seems more evident today than ever before. Perhaps it is the National Day mood. As

Talking about the past of our country seems more evident today than ever before. Perhaps it is the National Day mood. As we marked our 59th year, there was a new president and a new prime minister in place, and yet the theme song and dance routines evoked the independence era. Books, too, have contributed to such discussions, like the recently issued For me, personally, awareness is heightened because of Enigmas, my own book about my late father, Tay Seow Huah – a pioneer generation civil servant contributing to security for our then young country.