Merdeka and Much More: The Reminiscences of a Raffles Professor 1953-67
K.G. Tregonning
Singapore: NUS Press, 2010
ISBN: 9789971694227

Professor K.G. Tregonning's anecdotal memoir of his years as a member of the Department of History in the University of Singapore, culminating as Raffles Professor, captures the mood and milieu of Singapore as the country emerged from colonial rule to become a self-governing independent nation. Arriving at the height of the Cold War, Tregonning was acutely conscious of the ongoing Malayan Emergency and of the political shifts taking place across Southeast Asia. He records meetings with a number of the region's leaders, and encounters with students and colleagues who would later feature in Singapore politics, or become leading figures in the academic world. The result is an engaging and very personal account of a university and a professional, political and social environment that is very different from that found in Singapore today.

Memoirs of a Raffles Original
Leslie Danker
Singapore: Angsana Books, 2010
ISBN: 9789814193832

Memoirs of a Raffles Original is the story of one man and his unique relationship with Singapore's most iconic property. Leslie Danker is the only person in Singapore to have personally experienced the many incarnations of Raffles Hotel: from bastion of colonial prestige, to fading icon, and now, the country's premier symbol of luxury and hospitality. In this wistful and humorous autobiographical account, he retraces his nearly four decades of service; from his humble start in the maintenance department tending to clogged toilets to becoming its very first Resident Historian, sharing the hotel's storied past with celebrities, dignitaries, VIPs, and now, you.