Director's Message
Kok Heng Leun

The beauty of strangers sharing the same place, the public space, and yet being able to speak freely and fearlessly seems almost idealistic. How can one feel free to speak if one fears what one says may offend another?

In his essay The paths of Arts and Politics Astrayed, Lu Xun noted that a person who has suffered from poverty and later becomes rich, will turn into either one of the following: a humanistic being who will have empathy for others: or, because of the harrowing experience of poverty, a selfish person who will be less tolerant and less open.