Dear friends, some of you have asked me how and why I asked George Yeo to write a review for the book, SR Nathan to be the guest-of-honour at the launch, Donald Low and Manu Bhaskaran to join me on a panel, etc. There was actually a lot of thought put into all this by the publishers–the Hong Kong University (HKU) Press and the National … Continue reading The politics of personalities: Book reviewers and panellists