People Matter: Essays by David Chan Long Island Reads (2016) I want to hold your

I want to hold your hand although we don’t always get along

Publication Date: 01 Feb 2016

If she protects her family by staying silent

Our Man in Havana is an espionage thriller

She burst into international headlines following the murder of Theo van Gogh by an Islamist who threatened she would be next

People Matter: Essays by David Chan Long Island Reads (2016) I want to hold yourThis book is a collection of twenty one essays by Professor David Chan, which first appeared in The Straits Times from October 2011 to January 2015. The essays cover a wide range of topics including happiness and well being, fairness perceptions, the immigration debate, population policies, social cohesion, social mobility, trust in society, public expectations, rationality and emotions, approaches to policy making, modes of thinking, democracy,