More Information / Credits

Our Thanks

Our group would like to thank Ms Catherine Lim for graciously agreeing to an interview. We would also like to thank Mr Patrick Lim for accommodating us and allowing us to video and interview him.

References:

1. Writing Singapore by Philip Holden, Shirley Lim, Angelia Poon
 2. Wikipedia for the biographies of the authors

Catherine Lim

Ms Catherine Lim is the author of Little Ironies: Stories of Singapore. She was born in Malaysia (21 March 1942) and is famous for writing about Singaporean society along with themes related to Singapore and more generally, traditional Chinese culture. The story A Taximan's Story is written by her.

Mr Patrick Lim

Mr Lim is a taxidriver in Singapore. He has been driving his taxi since 2011 and is the main breadwinner for his family. He works for Comfort Delgro and drives up to 8 hours per day.

Mr Arthur Yap

Mr Arthur Yap is a Singaporean poet and writer. He was born in Singapore and studied in National University of Singapore - then known as University of Singapore. He was a very private man and passed away in 2006 due to lung cancer.