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More is more: At 60, Singapore is ready to find new ways to understand itself

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There may be as many national memories as there are people in Singapore, with their different ages, socio-economic circumstances, ethnicities and life experiences, loosely connected to the larger whole, says the writer.

There may be as many national memories as there are people in Singapore, with their different ages, socio-economic circumstances, ethnicities and life experiences, loosely connected to the larger whole, says the writer.

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SINGAPORE – On the sidelines of a panel in August convened for Nor’s Nusantara, a podcast started by museum veteran Nor Wang, historian Kwa Chong Guan was in a conversational mood.

The nephew of the late Kwa Geok Choo – Mr Lee Kuan Yew’s wife – was excited about this new audiovisual series, which re-inserts Singapore into its regional archipelagic context through topics like art and food.

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