He spends most of his late years in writing Chinese poem history of Singapore.

晚年则着重选写新加坡华文诗歌史料。

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The first several years of the country"s history were marred by Indonesian efforts to control Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and Singapore"s secession from the Federation in 1965.

马来西亚前几年的建国历史受到印度尼西亚尝试控制马来西亚, 菲律宾认沙巴州为其主权地和新加坡在1965年宣告脱离联盟所影响。

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In the course of our history, we have come through many trials and tribulations, growing from a small fishing village 200 years ago to the Singapore of today.

在国家历程中，我们经历了无数考验的苦难，从200多年前的一个小渔村成长为今时今日的独立国家。

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In April, Yale's faculty passed a resolution expressing "concern" over Singapore's "history of lack of respect for civil and political rights, " and a number of professors have spoken out against Yale operating in Singapore.

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Singapore itself is an accident of history in a dangerous part of the world.

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The region is littered with cities that have ravaged their history in the name of rapid economic progress, from Singapore to Bangkok, Hanoi and Shanghai.

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