Yes and no: Should the Singapore Government support Kevin Kwan’s Crazy Rich Asians?
With Singapore-born Kevin Kwan - author of the Hollywood hit Crazy Rich Asians - revealed as a National Service defaulter, should the Government be supporting his work? The Straits Times' defence and security editor Kor Kian Beng and lifestyle correspondent Benson Ang argue their case for and against.
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Kor Kian Beng, Kor Kian Beng and Benson Ang , Benson Ang
NO: It sends the wrong message on national service and defaulting
The sensitive issue of national service (NS) evasion has resurfaced again after news broke that Singapore-born novelist Kevin Kwan of the Crazy Rich Asians movie fame is a defaulter.
