New book shines light on Singapores Gurkha community. Wives who move to Singapore are not allowed to work. Children are allowed to receive their education here, but once their fathers retire, they are only allowed to stay to complete their stint in the educational institution they are studying in at that point, before having to head home as well. Sharing these details at the book launch over the weekend at the Arts House, Chong and Zakaria shared that the realisation that precious little has been written about the Gurkhas in Singapore motivated them to publish the book. After meeting a community of retired Singapore Gurkhas when they were on internship together in Nepal in 2009, the two set about telling the stories of these elite soldiers.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 05:59:53 +0000
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