Sunday, 10 Jan 2021 01:25 PM MYT
Robert Yeo at his home on Dec 29, 2020. TODAY pic
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SINGAPORE, Jan 10 Writer Robert Yeo’s play on political dissent, “One Year Back Home”, featuring a character who is politically detained after running for elections as an opposition candidate, was so controversial that the authorities refused to grant a licence to stage it.
But that was in 1980, and Yeo was not the least surprised.
“When I showed it to some theatre groups, they said ‘don’t touch it, your career will suffer’,” Yeo recounted in an interview with TODAY last month.
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Singapore looks forward to working closely with India at the bilateral and India-ASEAN levels. As Singapore commences our term as coordinator of ASEAN-India dialogue relations next year, we look forward to deepening the partnership between ASEAN and India.
Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong made these comments during the launch of the publication,
India on Our Minds, at the University Cultural Centre at the National University of Singapore on 7 December
2020. Prime Minister Modi s Act East policy expresses his intention to unlock India s full potential through greater openness and integration with the region . We held the ASEAN-India Commemorative Summit, and adopted the Delhi Declaration , said Mr Lee.
Sarkasi Said and Dr. Vincent Leow are the 2020 Cultural Medallion recipients
Four young practitioners have also been conferred this year s Young Artists
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We come bearing brilliant news for the art community! This year s Cultural Medallion and Young Artist Awards recipients have been announced. The National Arts Council (NAC) has conferred two Cultural Medallions and four Young Artist Awards across various art disciplines, recognising exemplary Singaporean artists for their distinctive bodies of work, artistic excellence and their contributions to the development of our nation’s arts and cultural landscape.
The outstanding arts practitioners have practices spanning music, theatre, visual arts and film – a testament to the diversity of Singapore s arts scene. Especially as the nation is still facing the unprecedented effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and its impact on the community s artistic endeavours, this award furthermore affirms the power of arts and cul