(17 February 2012) — If not for Bernardo Bertolucci’s movie “The Last Emperor”, most people would not have known the name Puyi. Aisin-Gioro Puyi is not a name found in many history books of China, which perhaps suggests his irrelevance in the larger scheme of things. BY MICHAEL HENG SIAM-HENG

(10 February 2012) — Toh Chin Chye, a key founding father of modern Singapore died on February 3, 2012 at the age of 90. He was born in Taiping, Perak, British Malaya on December 10, 1921, but moved to Singapore after winning a scholarship to study science at Raffles College. BY DR LAM PENG ER