志异 Draft by Drama box December 2014 (english) | Page 43

comes as no surprise. Recent incidents suggest that members
of the Singaporean community have taken to voicing their
opinions while organising movements akin to a civil society.
One particular example was the National Library Board’s (NLB)
removal and pulping of the three children’s books which were
perceived to be spreading the ideology of same-sex and single
parent families. The books were deemed to have the potential to
destabilise ‘conventional family values’ in Singapore.

Ngoi Guat Peng

This episode brought about a heated debate on the NLB’s
actions and was largely met with opposition from members
of the literary and arts scene as well as those in the academic
profession. More than 100 local and non-local writers, mainly
English and Chinese ones, expressed their view ́