Nyonyas and Christmas
By Wong Kah Wei I personally think that our lovely Nyonyas are best known for their delicious Peranakan cuisine. The end of the year is coming and the cool…
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A Journey of Discovery
By Wong Kah Wei My mother is a Peranakan from Penang. My maternal grandmother wore a sarong, cooked fantastic assam laksa, jiu hu char, nasi ulam and spoke Penang…
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“Was LKY Baba?” One Librarian’s Quest to Discover LKY’s Ethnic Origins
by Wong Kah Wei There is little that has yet to be discovered about Singapore’s late founding Prime Minister, Mr Lee Kuan Yew. Books, articles, and even musicals have…
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The Unsung Heroes: Women in Computing
Hello everyone, Some days ago, we shared a sneak peek about one of the many upcoming projects on our social media platforms. This blog article is a follow-up to those…
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Urban Land Rent: Singapore as a Property State
The author, Anne Haila used Singapore as a case study to build up an original theory of urban land. Although Singapore is the focus, the book is not only a…
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The Coloniser and the Immigrant: Sir Cecil Clementi Smith, Sir Cecil Clementi & Singapore Chinese Societies (殖民与移民: 史密斯, 金文泰总督与新加坡华人社团)
In the development of societies regulations in Singapore during the British colonial era, the suppression of secret societies and the prohibition against the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party) are two incidents…
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Carl A. Trocki Private Papers
Professor Carl A. Trocki is a renowned American historian specialising in the history of Southeast Asia and China. He was formerly Professor of Asian Studies at the Queensland University of…
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Straits Produce
We recently acquired some issues of Straits Produce, a magazine published in the latter part of the 19th century and through the first quarter of the 20th century. From the…
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Trails of the Nanyang Chinese: History and Legends of the Cave Temple in Ipoh of Malaysia (南洋华踪: 马来西亚霹雳怡保岩洞庙宇史录与传说)
Ipoh, the capital of Perak in Malaysia, is known for many things. In history, it is known for tin mining and Chinese immigration. Today, visitors to the city are more…
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The Binding Tie: Chinese Intergenerational Relations in Modern Singapore
We Chinese always want the next generation to do better, not to suffer so much, and to enjoy a better standard of living than ourselves ~ quote by an unnamed…
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