By Clement Mesenas
Veteran journalist Clement Mesenas appears again on 8 eventful days in 1971 whilst a bunch of younger journalists staged a ancient strike that close down The Straits instances, an organization that had the proud culture of by no means being off the streets in its a hundred and twenty years of life, now not even throughout the eastern profession of Singapore. "Clement has written a cracker of a ebook. whether you do not love that national
institution referred to as The Straits instances, he tells a gripping story of idealism, bravado and table-banging drama that includes angry younger reporters who take their conflict opposed to their parsimonious, disdainful, white-dominated Straits occasions administration to the streets days earlier than Christmas in 1971."
Tan Wang Joo, former editor of The Sunday kingdom, and a deputy editor of The Straits Times.
"It is greater than a strike tale. The writer's account of newsroom lifestyles in pre-computer days may still curiosity information junkies and those that care in regards to the media industry." Cheong Yip Seng,...
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He was the quintessential inscrutable Chinese gentleman who could match Colton’s stamina for talking till the cows come home. Another union official was Jek Swee Thong, whose brother, Jek Yeun Thong, was minister of culture at the time. Canvassing support Chang felt stoking up the fire of discontent within The Straits Times, and whipping up our members’ fury against the management were not enough. The battle had to be won in the arena of public opinion as well. He was right. And so we began our courtesy calls.
For example, we were able to show that paying out an additional bonus would be no more than a blip on the company’s profits, a small drop in the large bucket of the company’s revenues. Tom McIlwain, the financial controller, would wear a quizzical look on his face, bordering on admiration, as we went through the rows of figures with him. He could not make up his mind whether we really had such adroit accounting skills, or whether we were merely good actors. Actually, we were neither. But McIlwain did not know that.
Boland, Geoffrey — business section editor, a Brit whose loud voice when giving instructions to his staff irritated many but hid what some would describe as his gentler nature. Camlin, Bruce — a journalism instructor from Britain who taught reporters the basics of writing when the company agreed that journalism standards could be improved with proper training. His legacy: The introduction of Teeline shorthand which is still in vogue among journalists today. Chang Hin Chong — chairman of the Singapore National Union of Journalists (SNUJ), and a key leader of the strike.