| Singapore | 6 Sept 2016 | Asia Samachar |
Fifty-one young Singapore leaders from diverse fields of expertise have shared their thoughts on the nation’s next big thing as they mark the nation’s 51st birthday in their own way.
The views of these individuals, mostly younger than 45, are captured in the just-released The Birthday Book: What is Singapore’s Next Big Thing? conceptualised by former journalist Malminderjit Singh and a group of friends.
Among the authors are Aaron Maniam (civil servant and award winning poet), Allan Lim (Alpha Biofuels, The Living! Project and Comcrop), Eugene K B Tan (former Nominated Member of Parliament), Grace Sai (The Hub Singapore), James Chan (Silicon Straits), Juliana Chan (Nanyang Technological University, Asian Scientist Magazine, Mahdev Mohan (Nominated Member of Parliament), Nicholas Fang (Black Dot), Shermay Lee (Shermay’s Singapore Fine Food), Tong Yee (School of Thought) and Veerappan Swaminathan (Sustainable Living Lab, OneMaker Group, Singapore Makers Association).
“When I brainstormed the idea of this book with some friends, we were clear of a few principles that would guide the shape and form of this publication” said Malminderjit, the Associate Director of Public Affairs and Communications at The HEAD Foundation, who is also a speech writer and an adjunct academic.
Among them, they wanted to engage a wide cross-section of society to solicit diverse views on our collective future and engage young and emerging voices who would be stakeholders of the country’s future for a long time to come.
“We also envisioned the book not as an end in itself, but as a vehicle to catalyse a movement to think critically about Singapore’s next chapters. We want the book to become a lasting presence, published each year around National Day, with the number of contributors intentionally congruent to Singapore’s age,” he tells Asia Samachar.
Malminderjit was previously a correspondent with Singapore’s The Business Times. Outside of work he is actively involved with several youth and community organisations and initiatives, including as President of Young Sikh Association (YSA).
The Birthday Book, published by Ethos Books, begins selling at all major bookstores in Singapore this week.
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