Did you know that Singapore was once called the “Queen of Far Eastern Seas”, or that Fort Canning was called “the Forbidden Hill”? How did colonial Britain’s impact on the…
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Borneo and the Indian Archipelago: with drawings of costume and scenery is a narrative of the proceedings of Her Majesty’s vessel, H.M.S. Samarang, during her last surveying cruise. The author,…
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The Malayan Medical Journal is a quarterly scientific record that seeks to journal and archive observations about the occurrence of diseases in Singapore and Malaysia and its changing patterns. According…
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Al-Syed Sheikh bin Ahmad al-Hadi (1867 – 1934) made significant contributions to modern Malay nationalism. Together with other Malay-Arabs, he started the Islamic reform journal Al-Imam (1906-08) which was inspired…
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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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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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择其人之善为杨 量其人之才为称 但期得取鼓励激发之效果 ~ 林博爱 南洋名人集传 or Biographies of Prominent Personalities in Nanyang records the stories of 3,045 prominent Chinese in Southeast Asia, including Goh Say Eng (吴世荣), Cheong…
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The Straits Chinese Magazine: A Quarterly Journal of Oriental and Occidental Culture (Thereafter, The SCM) was first published in March 1897 by the Koh Yew Hean Press in Singapore. One…
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Ever wonder why the term “British Malaya”? During the period of 18th to mid-20th Century, the British was in control of many states in Malay Peninsula, including the island of…
Continue readingReference Lum, M. Y. (1934). A note on medicine in ancient times. The Malayan Medical Journal, 8, 13-15. Summary The internet – which facilitates the sharing of information –…
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