Sng Boh Khim (5 February 1950 – 29 August 2006) was a

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an poet, particularly notable in the 1970s. He was also the secretary of former Singaporean President

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. He became a

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in his last years and also went by his Christian name Sunny. His poems included Modern Love Stories, Grandfather Stories, Trishaw-Rider, Reviewer Meets Rookie, Good Ching Ming Day and Five Takes and Anthology of Five Poets. He was close to his mentor

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. He died from stomach cancer in 2006 and his wife, who survived him along with his four children, published an anthology of his poems ''Simply This - Simply His Portraits of Sng Boh Khim'' through

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on his birthday, 5 February 2009. She unveiled the book at the

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