Ob Marker: My Straits Times Story

Cheong Yip Seng has written of Singapore's travails through merger, then independence, and the obstacles that had to be overcome with independence without a hinterland. He was a witness and reported these challenging and game-changing events and his written vivdly on them. - Lee Kuan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore, 1959-1990 ...this analytic recollection of life in the news media by this storied if controversial newspaper editor will make open-minded Western journalists question whether their patented philosophy of adversarial journalism offers the only (or even the best) method of optimally serving citizenry. Cheong Yip Seng his played such a significant role in the evolution of serious journalism that media historians will regard him as a key figure. Frankly, I loved this book. -Tom Plate, Distinguished Scholar of Asia and Pacific Studies at Loyola Marymount University and award-winning career US journalist Here is the inside story that media insiders have been waiting for. As editor-in-chief of the Straits Times group, Cheong Yip Seng occupied the hottest of hot seats in Singapore media under three prime ministers. This frank memoir is full of lessons for Singapore's new political terrain, warning a new generation of government officials that they overuse their power over the press at their own and the country's peril, and entreating news professionals to keep faith with the vision of meaningful, quality journalism. -Cherian George, head, Division of Journalism & Publishing, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University