ReadNUS Issue 31
JUL 2021 | ISSUE 31 Here’s Your Reading Summary At this time of the year, many of us would be posting pictures about our getaways and summer exchanges to places…
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Malay Newspapers
This collection consists of three Malay vernacular newspapers published in Malaya starting from 1930. It covers the social news, religious matters, editorials devoted to political affairs of Malaya and contained…
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Labour in British Malaya
Covid-19 has hit many of us hard. Whether you are a job seeker, an employer or employee, Covid-19 is likely to have affected you in one way or another. Manual…
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JUL 2021 | ISSUE 30 Here’s Your Reading Summary This week, we examine the power and challenges of national freedom and independence, a theme that has always been particularly integral…
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Nanyang & the Founding of the Republic (南洋与创立民国)
Nanyang & the Founding of the Republic (南洋与创立民国) written by Teo Eng Hock provides a detailed record of the Tongmenghui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance) and its activities in Southeast Asia. Teo…
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Virtual Livechat — Communicating Your Research/Digital Scholarship Projects
The Scholarly Communications Team held two live chat sessions on 18 May, 10-11.30am and 27 May, 2-3.30pm where we answered questions from the NUS community on Zoom. Participants signed up…
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A Survey of British Straits Settlements in Nanyang (南洋英属海峡殖民地志略)
Nan Yang Ying Shu Hai Xia Zhi Min Di Zhi Lue (南洋英属海峡殖民地志略), or A Survey of British Straits Settlements in Nanyang, was published in Beijing in 1930. The author, Song…
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JUNE 2021 | ISSUE 29 Here’s Your Reading Summary Legend has it that when the well-loved political figure and poet, Qu Yuan, threw himself into a river after being banished,…
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Law Collection
The C J Koh Law Library has one of the richest collections of legal materials in the Asia-Pacific. The pride of our legal collection is now accessible digitally in Digital…
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Kapal Haji: Singapore and the Hajj Journey by Sea
The Hajj or the Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the principle fundamentals of Islam. The greatest efforts are made in humble Malay households to enable at least one…
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