I am writing this column to give you a free copy of my latest book, The Asian 21st Century.
Seasoned readers of my Straits Times columns will be surprised by this statement. They will recall that on Feb 3, 2008, I published a column lamenting the fact that my friends expected me to give them free copies of my books, even though I had expended blood, sweat and tears producing them.
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