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Book review: OB Markers sequel Ink And Influence makes catch-22 proposal for The Straits Times

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Mr Cheong Yip Seng, 82, former editor-in-chief of The Straits Times, during his book launch at the National Library building on July 2, 2025. ST PHOTO: BRIAN TEO

Cheong Yip Seng practically pioneered the genre of the newsman memoir in Singapore with his OB Markers: My Straits Times Story (2012).

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By Cheong Yip Seng
Non-fiction/World Scientific Publishing/Paperback/348 pages/$39.24

As sequels go, few have generated as much frisson as this in the Singapore journo-sphere.

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