Simon Tay is an award-winning writer. His latest book is ENIGMAS, a memoir that pays homage to his father, Tay Seow Huah, Singapore's Pioneer Spy Chief. Simon Lim speaks to Simon Tay to find out more about this memoir. This interview was first heard on the radio show NIGHTS WITH SIMON on ONE FM 91.3, a station of SPH Media in Singapore.

ABOUT THE BOOK
ENIGMAS: Tay Seow Huah, My Father, Singapore’s Pioneer Spy Chief
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Publisher: Landmark Books

“Unfortunately, some important people... such as Tay Seow Huah, had died before interviewers could get to them.” (Lee Kuan Yew on the need to record oral history from key figures in Singapore).
In 1965, Singapore is newly independent. Tay Seow Huah is appointed Director of the secretive Special Branch. Over the tumultuous first decade, he is key in ensuring the country’s stability, shaping strategies and initiating new institutions for intelligence and security. He reports directly to PM Lee.
This memoir reveals the personal roots of Singapore’s pioneer spy chief set in the traumas of WWII, the Emergency in Malaya, and Singapore’s pre-independence political tumult.
This book also tracks Tay Seow Huah’s own challenges: early retirement and his sudden death at 47. It then offers a daring, speculative and emotional conversation that juxtaposes those early years of Singapore with so much that has happened since.

ABOUT SIMON TAY
Simon Tay is a former Nominated Member of Parliament, chair of a major statutory board, and continues to serve as an ambassador for Singapore.
He is concurrently chairman of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs, associate professor at the National University of Singapore’s Faculty of Law and senior consultant with a major Singaporean law firm.
His awards for fiction and poetry include the Singapore Literature Prize and the 2019 Southeast Asia Write Award.

OTHER WORKS BY SIMON TAY
Middle and First Info
City of Small Blessings Info
Alien Asian: A Singaporean in America Info
Stand Alone Info

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On this podcast, Simon Lim features Karen Lee, CEO of HCA Hospice.
There is much to learn about hospice care, palliative care, about dignity till the very end, and feeling alive despite end of life.
Find out why home hospice care is so important these days? What does home hospice care involve? Who are the personnel that make up the home hospice care for patients and how does the system work?
What are some important considerations for families, when it comes to knowing how to care for their loved ones at home? How can family members help?
If a patient wishes to pass away at home, what would happen at the end stage? Who would be monitoring the patient's last few days, hours or mins? And who would ascertain or determine that the patient has passed away?
These are just some of the questions that Karen Lee will be answering. This interview was first heard on the radio show, "NIGHTS WITH SIMON" on ONE FM 91.3, a station of SPH Media.
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The Singapore Clay Festival's CLAY MAKERS' MARKET will be happening from Friday 8th of November until Sunday 10th of November 2024 at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre. Discover over 200 clay makers, workshops, demos, and award winners at the event.

On this podcast, Simon Lim features Goh Eck Kheng, Festival Director of the Singapore Clay Festival’s CLAY MAKERS' MARKET, Kwong Hui Jen (aka Jen) from Jen's Ceramic Studio, as well as Tricia Lim, from Pinch Ceramics Studio.
Find out more about this year's CLAY MAKERS' MARKET from Goh Eck Kheng and get to know ceramicists Jen and Tricia.

This interview was first heard on ONE FM 91.3, a station of SPH Media.

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CLAY MAKERS' MARKET 2024
Fri 8 Nov-Sun 10 Nov 2024
Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre
1 Straits Boulevard
Multi-Purpose Hall (Level 7) Singapore 018906

Website singaporeclayfest.com

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