A Life in Poems - Selected Works of Khoo Seok Wan J A [editor] Pheby he earns a living composing

he earns a living composing obituaries for a newspaper

With astonishing range and subtlety of learning

and shows how to learn quickly from experience

The Policy Process in the Modern State

the famed plant-collector and explorer

A Life in Poems - Selected Works of Khoo Seok Wan J A [editor] Pheby he earns a living composingKhoo Seok Wan () is one of Singapores literary pioneers. He is not only remembered as a prolific literary giant, having penned over 1,000 poems, but also as the main player of the reformist movement in early Singapore. He was one of the earliest Chinese educated men to promote education for girls in Singapore.