The NUS History Alumni Association is hosting (for the first time) a Mad Hatters Party at the new NUS Alumni House next Friday.
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The Oka 9420 Unit in Singapore
by Chew Yong Jack
As a subordinate unit of the infamous Japanese biological warfare Unit 731, the Oka (岡in kanji or Steel) 9420 unit based in Singapore had been not much more than a mere footnote in history. In fact, in Daniel Barenblatt’s “Plague Upon Humanity†(Harper Collins, 2004), which got me acquainted to this little… »
Chasing A ‘Dead’ Lead
by Chew Yong Jack
Despite the brevity of Singapore’s existence, its history is an under-explored and one which occasionally does throw up a few surprises and interesting facts even for people who count themselves to be rather well-read. As an avid reader of history books, I had the good fortune to have experienced just such a… »