The goal is to convert Singapore into a prestigious place in the publishing house of Asia
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| R. Ramachandran |
Singapore has a president of the National Council of Singapore called R. Ramachandran that proposed like a objective Convert to Singapore into a prestigious place in the publishing house of Asia although this place has been discredited by the severe laws that exist there, government censorship on the press. Do not forget that Singapore has long been a major publishing center but R. Ramachandran claims that this is a "giant" and turn "literary art in an industry." In order to achieve this objective a financed by the government organization announced a series of initiatives which will expose the relaunch Literature Award in Singapore.
There have been conferences of Asian storytellers and writers and cartoonists conference Asian children. Singapore was host to the second World Summit for arts and culture, which amounted to 150 attendees representing 44 countries.
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| Catherine Lim |
In Singapore there is a popular author of novels and short stories named Catherine Lim who has been reprimanded and has suffered the consequences of strict government for expressing their criticism of government policy through the media. According to Ramachandran, the Asian population spends about 233.5 million dollars a year to buy books for what is intended to encourage reading.
The famous author of books and Singaporean teacher named Kirpal Singh believes that most of writers could support the initiative because it is a good idea but expressed doubts about the commitment and intent of this issue as it believes that only thinks about the business side the matter and not taking into account the artistic values that should be promoted.
There are 2 volumes of literature very famous in Singapore: Polite Fiction Novel of the famous writer Colin Cheong and collections of short stories of novice writers entitled Ceriph published by the editorial department "Books Actually" they have had problems with the laws of Singapore so they avoid post topics explicit political. But now Singapore has been more tolerant. This is how one of the poems of the writer called Somaiah has been famous for referring to the old reputation of Singapore as the "boring city known" by the harsh and excessive laws imposed government and people suffering reprisals for speaking in one way or another, and that they have suffered reprisals have been famous writers and novelists who have made reference to the strict laws and make political claims on their books.
In Singapore there are famous writers and novelists such as:
- Cyril Wong who was the firs collection of poems while still a student
- Alfian Bin Sa'at poet and playwright, who is known for his literary works very provocative
- Catherine Lim fiction Author and writer known fot writing abour Singapore society in general write and criticize the government in its books and media, protest have been punished by the government with severe fines.
- Su-Chen Christine Lim writer and playwright who was the first writerin Singapore to win the Singapore Literature Prize
- Hwee Hwee Tan who has won the Singapore Literature Prize and the National Arts Award from the National University of Singapore the New York Times Foundation And The British Broadcasting Corporation
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