As part of the run-up to this year’s 11th edition of the Malta Mediterranean Literature Festival, Inizjamed is presenting a number of special events which are open to the public and free of charge. On Tuesday, sociologist Anna Zammit will interview Marc Nair, the eclectic writer, performer and photographer from Singapore.
Singapore is undoubtedly a story of economic and technological success. Maltese governments, past and present, have looked at Singapore as a model to emulate. Both countries are island city states which are densely populated ex-British colonies that share an economic structure, which includes tourism, the maritime and gaming industries, and financial services.
However, the Singaporeans are considered to have a stricter work ethic and greater discipline than the average Maltese. This encounter will explore to what extent Singapore has been a success story and how ordinary people cope with the globalised rat race.
Lee Kuan Yew, the founder of modern Singapore, wrote in From Third World to First that it was “…crucial to keep Singapore’s multilingual, multicultural, multi-religious society, and make it… dynamic enough to compete in world markets”. Thus, like the...
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