Noreen Chan Private Papers Collection: Photos of the Past

By Wong Kah Wei; with contributions from Dr Noreen Chan Dr Noreen Chan of Yong Loo Lin School of…

Irene Ong’s Peranakan Playscripts: Celebrating the Peranakan Cultural Legacy

By Wong Kah Wei Irene Ong is a Peranakan who is passionate about keeping the Peranakan culture alive (Yap,…

By Sim Chuin Peng Born in 1914 in Henan, China, Lee Hung Ben (李宏贲), later known as Li Rulin…

By Amy Lin Singapore once boasted over 200 kampongs (villages), a number that has now dwindled to almost none.…

By Wong Kah Wei One of the most important goals of a university library is to provide access to…

By Lynette Lim A composer’s musical notations are not just printed symbols on a page. When performed by musicians,…

By Sim Chuin Peng The Wan Boo Sow Chinese Library prominently features a large decal reproduction of a calligraphy…

By Shawn Wongosari In tracing the origins of NUS, which began with the Straits and Federated Malay States (F.M.S.)…

By Nur Diyana For centuries, Southeast Asia—comprising the vast archipelagic region of what includes present-day Indonesia, Malaysia, and parts…

By Sim Chuin Peng Nestled within Level 5 of the NUS Central Library is the Chinese Southeast Asia Collection,…