I grew up in Singapore. It took a lot of time to learn its true history
- Posted on April 24, 2026
- By The Globe and Mail
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I grew up in Singapore. It took a lot of time to learn its true history

The national pride in Singapore’s meteoric economic rise was underpinned by sacrifices, pollution, inequity and externalities that we were trained to ignore