Whenever I look at veteran opposition warriors like Ah Chwee, I try to imagine what politics was like in their times; the turbulent 1960s, the barren 1970s, the moments of breakthrough and struggles in the 1980s, the ups and downs of the 1990s and the renewal from the 2000s. Ah Chwee lived through all that. He once used a Chinese proverb, “长江后浪推前浪” to tell me why it was necessary that new people like us came forward. The phrase translated means that from the back, the new waves of the mighty river pushes the earlier waves forward. It means that the new will come forward to take over from the old. That’s the only way progress can be made. One day in the future, like Ah Chwee, I hope I will be able to use this phrase on a new batch of younger people who can continue on the progress that have been made.
Farewell my friend and comrade. Rest in peace.
Farewell to a veteran warrior
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Yesterday, I attended the wake of long-time WP member, Mr Ng Ah Chwee. He had passed away on Monday at the age of 66 from heart failure due
Farewell my friend and comrade. Rest in peace.
Farewell to a veteran warrior
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Yesterday, I attended the wake of long-time WP member, Mr Ng Ah Chwee. He had passed away on Monday at the age of 66 from heart failure due
