San Zhou Fu Wen Jian Xiu Ji (三州府文件修集)
San Zhou Fu Wen Jian Xiu Ji (三州府文件修集), or A Text Book of Documentary Chinese, Selected and Designed for the Special Use of Members of the Civil Service of the…
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English Newspapers
This collection of historical English newspapers published in various countries of Southeast Asia provides a wide coverage of news on business, economic, politics and social affairs domestically and from around…
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Koh Kim Yam Private Papers Collection
Koh Kim Yam was born in Muar, Johor, in 24 Jan 1915, fourth son of the merchant, Koh Peng Chiang who had property holdings in Singapore and Johor. He grew…
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Using a Spatial Mark-resight Model to Estimate the Parameters of a Wild Pig (Sus Scrofa) Population in Singapore
If the recent reports on wild boar encounters in Singapore have piqued your interest, do consider giving “Using a spatial mark-resight model to estimate the parameters of a wild pig…
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Chong Shing Yit Pao (中兴日报)
In 1906, the Singapore branch of the Tongmenghui (Chinese Revolutionary Alliance, headed by Sun Yat-sen) was established. As newspaper was a powerful tool to advocate the revolutionaries’ ideals, local revolutionists…
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An Account of the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra and a Few Neighbouring Islands
An Account of the Wild Tribes Inhabiting the Malayan Peninsula, Sumatra and a Few Neighbouring Islands is an 1865 book written by the late Pierre Etienne Lazare Favre, a Catholic…
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Notes on the Treatment of Malaria with the Alkaloids of Cinchona
Notes on the Treatment of Malaria with the Alkaloids of Cinchona, a 1928 publication, was written by the late Dr William Fletcher, who was a bacteriologist in the Institute for…
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Marine Mammals of Singapore
Marine Mammals of Singapore is an article found in the book “Essays in Zoology” — a commemorative volume which marks the fourtieth anniversary of the Department of Zoology in NUS.…
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The Union Times (总汇新报)
The Union Times (总汇新报) was set up in 1905 by the revolutionaries Teo Eng Hock (张永福) and Tan Chor Nam (陈楚楠). It was soon taken over by the pro-reformist group…
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The Wai Seng Lottery
The Wai Seng Lottery is a fascinating subject matter not many are likely to have heard of. Authored by G. T. Hare, a civil service employee in the Straits Settlement,…
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