He noticed that Singapore's death rate was gradually dropping, and in 1945 published the book Home and Hygiene in the hopes that his homeland would place greater emphasis on these two during their post-war reconstruction efforts.
他注意到新加坡居民死亡率的逐步降低，並在 1945 年印發《住屋與衛生》一書，希望祖國在戰後重建家園時加以關注。