Singapore National BibliographyNational Library (Singapore [1993-]) From vol 1 onwards (July 1993 to Dec 2005) CD-ROM, semi-annual, each update being cumulative, replacing previous disk.
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Regional Nation-Building: Five Southeast Asian Histories ed Wang Gungwuvii+288-vii+288pp Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (Singapore ) S $39.90.
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Ousted!: An Insider’s Story of the Ties That Failed to Bind Patrick Keith 199-199pp Media Masters (Singapore ) S $25.00.
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Malaysia Building Cultural Nationalism in Malaysia: Identity, Representation, and Citizenship Timothy P.Daniels xxiv+316-xxiv+316pp Routledge (New York ) US $110.00.
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The Chinese Malaysian Contribution Tan Teong Jin, Ho Wah Foon and Tan Joo Lan xi+343-xi+343pp Centre for Malaysian Chinese Studies (Kuala Lumpur ) RM39.90.
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Malaysia and the Development Process: Globalization, Knowledge Transfers and Postcolonial Dilemmas Vanessa C.M. Chio xviii+245-xviii+245pp Routledge (New York ) US $110.00.
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The Malaysian Civil Rights Movement Kua Kia Soong 195-195pp SIRD (Petaling Jaya ) RM20.00.
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Singapore Celebrating Singapore: 40 Years of Independence, 1965-2005 ed Rebecca Morris152-152pp Singapore Tatler (Singapore ) S $38.00.
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Contours of Culture: Space and Social Difference in Singapore by Robbie Goh B.H. 261-261pp Hong Kong Univ Press (Hong Kong ) HK $275.00.
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English in Singapore: An Introduction Low Ee Ling and Adam Brown xii+243-xii+243pp McGraw-Hill (Singapore ) S $33.81.
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Singapore in a Nutshell: Nuggets (3rd ed) Arlene Bastion ix+175pp Pearson/Prentice Hall (Singapore ) S $19.62.
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Singapore: Wealth, Power and the Culture of Control Carl A.Trocki 211-211pp Routledge (London ) £18.99.
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SingaporeLee, Madeleine and Eleanor Wong y grec 88-88pp Firstfruits (Singapore ) S $15.75.
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Loy, LilyLalang, Durian and Mown Grass (A Miscellany)34-34pp Leaves & Pages (Singapore ) S $15.00.
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Maniam, AaronMorning at Memory’s Border96-96pp Firstfruits (Singapore ) S $17.75.
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Sim, J. E. K.Songs of Singapore: Post-Modernist Masks & Voices 56pp Marshall Cavendish (Singapore ) S $12.00.
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Tan, DavidA Guide to Life from Beyond91-91pp self-pub S $12.90.
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Tay, EddieA Lover’s Soliloquy71-71pp Sixth Finger (Hong Kong) HK $75.00.
Bai, D. DevikaThe Flight of the Swans320-320pp Monsoon (Singapore ) S $23.50.
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Chong Seck ChimOnce Upon a Time in Malaya181-181pp Editions Didier Millet (Singapore ) US $12.90.
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Lee, YvonneThe Sky Is Crazy: Tales from a Trolley Dolly216-216pp Marshall Cavendish (Shah Alam, Malaysia ) S $14.95.
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Raman, T. R. R.The Wedgwood Ladies Football Club and Other Stories192-192pp Silverfish (Kuala Lumpur ) RM30.00.
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Teo, Hsu-MingBehind the Moon372-372pp Allen & Unwin (Sydney ) AUS $22.95.
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Basapa, LawrenceNaked Ambition, Corporate Animals Stripped Bare198-198pp SNP International (Singapore ) S $18.00.
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Flint, S. MahadevanPartners in Crime: A Singapore Murder Mystery255-255pp Heliconia (Singapore ) S $18.00.
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Goh, Sin TubThe Angel of Changi and Other Short Stories284-284pp Angsana (Singapore ) S $10.00.
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Hahn, JasonAsking for Trouble: Tales of Saffy and Amada150-150pp Times Editions (Singapore ) US $10.50.
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Koh, J. T.A Time for Everything260-260pp Rank (Singapore ) S $10.00.
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Kwa, LydiaThe Walking Boy: A Novel312-312pp Key Porter (Toronto ) CAN $21.95.
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Lim, CatherineUnhurried Thoughts at My Funeral219-219pp Horizon (Singapore ) S $16.00.
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Lim, MichelleSense of the Inevitable159-159pp Imprint Publications (Singapore ) S $12.29.
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Tessensohn, DenyseSingapore Heads and Tales200-200pp Dagmar (Singapore ) S $20.00.
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Woon, Walter C. M.The Devil to Pay324-324pp Marshall Cavendish (Singapore ) S $16.00.
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Yap, JoanSon of an Immigrant144-144pp self-pub S $13.81.
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Zheng, ShuyingTaxi Talk109-109pp SNP Editions (Singapore ) S $18.00.
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Silverfish New Writing 5 ed Ronald D. Klein224-224pp Silverfish (Kuala Lumpur ) RM 25.00.
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But, A Collaborative Writing Anthology ed Cyril Wong94-94pp Hwa Chong ELDDFS and the VJC Writer’s Circle (Singapore ) S $8.00.
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Eye on the World: The Past As Future ed Rajeev S. Patke and Joyce Sohxxiv+191-xxiv+191pp NUS Centre for the Arts (Singapore ).
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‘Causeway Crushes’ Clara Chow Straits Times 1 Sept [staging of Separation 40 by Singapore’s The Necessary Stage and Malaysia’s Dramalab].
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‘Driving Home Issues of Race and Politics’ Ong Sor Fern Straits Times 6 Sept [staging of Second Link: The Singapore-Malaysia Text Exchangeat the National Library, Singapore].
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‘Exploring Separation, Connection with Humour’ Aaron Lye Business Times 2 Sept [staging of Separation 40].
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‘Fusion That Touches the Heart’ Subashini Nair New Sunday Times 25 Sept p1 [staging of Separation 40].
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‘National Lampoon Shows Up Split Personalities’ Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop South China Morning Post 18 Sept p 9-9 [comment on Separation 40].
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‘Neighbourly Angst’ Amir HafiziThe Malay Mail 29 Sept p 26-26 [interview with Jit Murad on the production of Separation 40].
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Occidentalism in Novels of Malaysia and Singapore, 1819-2004: Colonial and Postcolonial Financial Straits and Literary Style Tamara S. Wagner xvii+413-413pp Edwin Mellen (Lewiston, NY ) US $129.95.
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[see Journal of Commonwealth Literature40(4) p 146-146 ].
‘Separated at Birth’ Clara Chow Straits Times 20 Sept [staging of Separation 40].
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‘Separation Anxiety’ Blythe Yee Asian Wall Street Journal 16 Sept pp14 [review of Separation 40].
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‘Separation Issues’ Loke Poh Lin New Straits Times 24 Sept p 12-12 [staging of Separation 40].
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‘S’pore-Malaysia Ties: When Words Get in the Way’ Huzir Sulaiman Straits Times 4 Nov.
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‘What If We Hadn’t Parted Ways?’ David Chew Today 14 Sept p42 [preview of Separation 40].
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‘The Write Link’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 6 Sept [staging of Second Link: The Singapore-Malaysian Text Exchange].
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[review of in-Sights: Malaysian Poems, see Journal of Commonwealth Literature39(4) p 83-83 ].
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‘A Back-Breaking Business’ Rachael Philip New Sunday Times 15 May p 6-6 [on literary publishing in Malaysia].
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‘Fertile Ground But Little Harvest of Writers’ Shanti Ayadurai Bernama Daily Malaysian News 5 Jan.
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‘If You Don’t Read, Try the “Bathroom Book”’ Johan Jaafar New Straits Times 19 Nov p19 [on Malaysians’ reading of literature].
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‘Local Theatre in the Doldrums’ Amir Hafizi The Malay Mail 22 Mar p 30-30 .
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‘Theatre’s Giant Strides’ Shuib Taib New Straits Times 31 Dec p 44-44 .
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‘Adapt or Die: A Lesson For the Lion City’ Peter Kammerer South China Morning Post 28 Aug p 14-14 [on Singapore’s freeing up its attitudes to sex and free speech].
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‘Blogs v Books’ David Chew Today 11 Aug p 46-46 .
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‘Booking Their Space’ Teri Tan Publishers Weekly252(39) 3 Oct pp S4-S16<http://www.publishersweekly.com/index.asp?layout=articleprint& articleid=CA6260807> [on Singapore publishers seeking co-edition partners and new export markets].
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‘Can Open My Mouth Or Not?’ Philip Lee The New Paper 4 Mar [Tan Tarn How, Alfian Sa’at and Eleanor Wong discussing censorship].
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‘Di-Versify’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 24 Nov [international exposure of Singapore poets].
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‘Does the Merlion Make You Roar?’ Clara Chow Straits Times 14 June [on the Merlion as a symbol in literary and other texts].
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‘Engage Singapore! Singapore Theatre Must Speak Directly to Its Audience’ Jonathan Lim Today 16 Dec p 44-44 .
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‘From Global to Local -Singapore’s Cultural Policy and Its Consequences’ Terence Chong Critical Asian Studies37(4) pp 553-568 .
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‘Glocalqueering in New Asia: The Politics of Performing Gay in Singapore’ Lim Eng-Beng Theatre Journal57(3) pp 383-405 .
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‘Guerrilla Critics’ David Chew Today 9 May p 36-36 [on anonymous criticism in Singapore].
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‘Let’s Build on Plugging Masses into the Arts’ Asad Latif Straits Times 12 Mar.
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‘Let’s Play for Money’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 13 Oct [on funding of Singapore theatrical groups].
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‘The Mardi Gras Boys of Singapore’s English-Language Theatre’ Lim Eng-Beng Asian Theatre Journal22(2) pp 293-309 .
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‘More Homegrown Literature in School Syllabus’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 1 Sept.
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‘More Real Than The Truth’ Chitralekha Basu The Statesman (India) 5 Sept [discussion of history in fiction at the Singapore Writers Festival].
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‘No Cultural Capital without the Artist’ Audrey Wong Today 15 Mar p 5-5 [on arts investment in Singapore].
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[review of Idea to Ideal, see Journal of Commonwealth Literature40(4) p 148-148 ].
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‘On Writing Plays and Keeping Citizenships’ Jeanine Tan Today 25 Feb p 3-3 .
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‘Point of Contention’ Clara Chow Straits Times 18 Sept [on winning the national Golden Point literary awards and getting published; see also, ‘Three Rejections before Big Win’, this section].
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‘Politics Just for Laughs? Can Serious Issues be Tackled in Theatre Here in a Non-Satirical Manner?’ David Chew Today 15 Dec p 4-4 .
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‘Pretty Prickly Publishers’ Janice Wong The New Paper 5 Sept [on the difficulties of literary publishing in Singapore].
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‘Pushing the Limits into a Corner’ Michael Vatikiotis International Herald Tribune 7 Sept [on the Singapore Writers Festival].
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‘Select Books -The Struggle of an Independent Bookshop’ Lena Lim U. Wen Inter-Asia Cultural Studies6(4) pp 581-590 .
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‘Sexing Up Text in the City’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 25 Aug [on the Singapore Writers Festival].
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‘Shot in the Arm for Singapore Writers’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 2 June [opening of EarShot bookshop].
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‘Singapore’s Arts Ambitions Caught Up in Rights Debate’ John Burton Financial Times 14 May p 2-2 [execution of a drug smuggler fuels debate on civil liberty].
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‘So Many Authors, So Few Readers’ Ho Ai Li Straits Times 17 Dec.
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‘Stand & Deliver’ Cherise Fong South China Morning Post 3 Nov p 5-5 [on the poetry slam competition in Singapore].
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‘The Substation Powers Ahead’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 18 Aug [on the fifteen-year-old arts centre finding a niche for itself despite competition].
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‘Text Holding Its Own in S’pore Theatre’ Parvathi Nayar Business Times (Singapore) 16 Sept [text-based plays as against experimental theatre in Singapore].
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‘Three Rejections Before Big Win’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 2 Sept [on the Golden Point literary awards winners].
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‘We’ve Come a Long Way’ Felix Cheong Today 9 Aug p 42-42 [Cheong expresses his view that there has never been a better time to be an artist in Singapore].
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‘Whose Line Is It, Anyway?’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 25 Jan [online availability of an archive of 200 digitally scanned manuscripts by Singapore writers].
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Aw, Tash‘Anglo-Malaysian Author Tash Aw Discusses His Faulkneresque Debut Novel’ Mohan Ambikaipaker Austin American-Statesman11 Sept p K5-K5 .
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Aw, Tash‘Bound in Tropes of Silk’ Alfred Hickling The Guardian 26 Mar p 26-26 .
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Aw, Tash‘Colonial Fantasies Laid to Rest’ Aviva Tuffield Sunday Age 28 Aug p 16-16 .
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Aw, Tash‘Farewell, Pink Gin’ Donald Morrison Time (Asia) 2 May p 50-50 .
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Aw, Tash‘In a Jungle of Emotions’ Maggie Gee Sunday Times 6 Mar (Culture section) p 53-53 .
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Aw, Tash‘A Malayan Mystery’ Neel Mukherjee The Times (Weekend Review) 26 Feb p 11-11 .
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Aw, Tash‘Malaysian Author Boosts Literary Hopes’ Sean Yoong Associated Press Newswires 18 Aug.
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Aw, Tash‘Maugham in Malaya’ Mark Sinnett The Globe and Mail 1 Oct p D8-D8 .
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Aw, Tash‘Orient Expressed’ Alister McMillan South China Morning Post 14 June p 5-5 .
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Aw, Tash‘Silky Prose in a Debut to be in Aw of’ Marian McCarthy The Age 18 June p 3-3 .
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Aw, Tash‘Smooth As Silk’ Martin Newman South China Morning Post 1 May p 5-5 .
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Aw, Tash‘Smoothness in Triplicate’ Alice Jones The Independent 7 Oct p 26-26 .
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Aw, Tash‘Transported into Aw’s Exotic World’ Lucy Clark 12 June Sunday Mail p 83-83 .
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Aw, Tash‘Unravelling the Strands of Memory’ Anita Sethi The Independent 11 Mar p 35-35 .
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‘Swanning Details’ Wendy Gan Quarterly Literary Review Singapore5(1) <http://www.qlrs.com/critique.asp?id=491> [review of Flight of the Swans, see Fiction: Malaysia].
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Jit, Krishen‘Goodbye, Krishen’ Amir Hafizi The Malay Mail 3 May p 28-28 [obit].
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Jit, Krishen‘Theatre Legend and Mentor’ Parvathi Nayar Business Times 29 Apr [obit].
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Jit Murad‘Look Back in Laughter’ Amir Hafizi The Malay Mail 12 July p 28-28 [interview]
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Jit Murad‘The Power of M’ Shuib Taib New Straits Times 12 Nov p 14-14 [interview with Jit and preview of his M! The Opera].
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Jit Murad‘The Princess Reappears’ Amir Hafizi The Malay Mail 18 Oct p 22-22 [preview of the musical Puteri Gunung Ledang, written by Jit Murad].
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Jit Murad See also, under Criticism: Regional, ‘Causeway Crushes’‘Exploring Separation, Connection with Humour’, ‘Fusion That Touches the Heart’, ‘National Lampoon Shows Up Split Personalities’, ‘Neighbourly Angst’, ‘Separated at Birth’, ‘Separation Anxiety’, ‘Separation Issues’, and ‘What If We Hadn’t Parted Ways?’
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Kee Thuan Chye‘Writers from China’s Diaspora: Kee Thuan Chye’ Yojana Sharma 12 June South China Morning Post p 7-7 .
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[review of Taikor: Valour, Honour, Suspense, Betrayal and Love, see Journal of Commonwealth Literature40(4) p 145-145 ].
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[review of Victor’s Last Wish and More Yarns, see Journal of Commonwealth Literature40(4) p 145-145 ].
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Lim, Shirley‘Hegemony, National Allegory, Exile: The Poetry of Shirley Lim’ Eddie Tay Textual Practice19(3) pp 289-308 .
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Loh, Vyvyane‘She Has Only 30 Seconds to Chill’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 20 Jan [e-mail interview].
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Maniam, K. S.‘Feminine Perspective on Malaysian Identity in K. S. Maniam’s Between Lives’ Peter Wicks Asian Profile33(2) pp 135-138 .
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Maniam, K. S.The Infinite Longing for Home: Desire and the Nation in Selected Writings of Ben Okri and K.S.Maniam David C. L. Lim xxiii+226-xxiii+226pp Rodopi (Amsterdam) &euro54.00.
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Maniam, K. S.‘Nation and Contestation in Malaysia: Diaspora and Myths of Belonging in the Narratives of K.S.Maniam’ Sharmani Patricia Gabriel Journal of Southeast Asian Studies32(2) pp 235-248 .
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[review of Touching Earth,see Journal of Commonwealth Literature40(4) p 145-145 ].
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Raman Krishnan‘The Reluctant Author’ Sheila Singam The Edge Malaysia 19 Sept.
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[review of the performance of Ridzwan’s Hannah and Hanna].
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Tei, Chiew Siah‘Cultural revolution for Chinese Scots’ Nick Thorpe The Sunday Times 21 Aug p 6-6 .
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Tei, Chiew Siah‘Dramatic Debut with a Potent Emotional Pull’ Charles Spencer The Daily Telegraph 25 Aug p 19-19 .
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Tei, Chiew Siah‘The Mother of Inspiration’ Susan Mansfield The Scotsman 30 Aug p 30-30 .
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Tei, Chiew Siah‘Part of Life’s Rich Tapestry’ Anna Millar Scotland on Sunday 7 Aug p 8-8 .
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‘Two Tales of Home and Longing’ Nicola Robinson Sydney Morning Herald 3 Sept p 21-21 [reviews of Behind the Moon, see Fiction: Malaysia].
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Teo, Hsu-Ming‘What Lies Beneath’ Katharine England The Advertiser 24 Sept p W10-W10 .
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Yahp, Beth‘Writers from China’ s Diaspora -Beth Yahp’ David Wilson South China Morning Post 10 July p 7-7 .
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Alfian Sa’at ‘Performing National Service in Singapore: (Re)imagining Nation in the Poetry and Short Stories of Alfian Sa’at’ Angelia Poon Journal of Commonwealth Literature40(3) pp 118-138 .
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Chiang, Michael‘Michael Chiang’s Private Arts: Michael Chiang on Connecting with the Audience’ Felix Cheong Quarterly Literary Review Singapore4(3) <http://www.qlrs.com/interview.asp?id=437> [interview].
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Chong, Amanda‘Bookends’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 20 Nov [on Chong’s winning of the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award].
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Chong, Amanda‘Teen Poet Wins 2nd Global Prize’ Melissa Sim Straits Times 30 Oct.
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Chong Tze Chien‘The voyeur playwright’ David Chew Today 28 Mar p 24-24 .
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[review of From Where I’m Standing, see Journal of Commonwealth Literature40(4) p 144-144 ].
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Jeyaretnam, Philip‘A Game of Risk’ Derrick A. Paulo Today 5 Sept p 34-34 [Jeyaretnam expresses his belief that arts in Singapore should take chances].
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Kon, Stella‘Eternally Emily’ Tan Hee Hui The Malay Mail 10 June p 27-27 [interview with actress Emily Gan, who has performed the title role for well over a hundred times].
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Kon, Stella‘Singapore -So Far Soul Good’ Stella Kon Straits Times 8 Apr [Kon’s views on Singapore].
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Kuo Pao Kun‘Caught in the Middle’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 14 Nov [musical adaptation of Kuo’s play, Lao Jiu].
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Kuo Pao Kun‘The House That Pao Kun Built’Today 3 Nov p 18-18 [opening of the New Drama in Singapore with the musical version of Kuo’s play].
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‘The Empress Unclothed’ Paul Gessell The Ottawa Citizen (final ed) 4 Oct p C7-C7 [reviews of The Walking Boy, see Fiction: Singapore].
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Lee, J. P.‘Writers from China’s Diaspora: J.P. Lee’ David Wilson South China Morning Post 3 Apr p 7-7 .
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Lee, Russell‘I’ll Unmask Myself After I Write Final Tome’ Maia Lee The New Paper 28 Oct [the masked ‘author’ of ghost stories who was interviewed at a cemetery].
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Lee Tzu Pheng, see Shiau, this section.
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Lim, Catherine‘Leap of Faith Required’ Mervin Tay Today 1 Feb p 38-38 [production of a feature film based on Lim’s novel, Leap of Love].
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Lim, Catherine‘Literati Versus Digirati’ David Chew Today 1 Sept p 50-50 [Lim’s concern about the negative effect of electronic media on local book culture].
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Lim, Catherine‘A Maverick and an “Irritant” -With a Place in Society’ Li Xueying Straits Times 18 Feb [interview].
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Lim, Catherine‘The Meaning of Lim’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 24 Mar [review of Lim’s Unhurried Thoughts at My Funeral, see Fiction: Singapore].
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Lim, Catherine‘Mum’s the Word’ Sylvia Toh Paik Choo The New Paper 3 Apr [satirical look at the book launch of Unhurried Thoughts at My Funeral].
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Lim, Catherine‘Too Long & Pretentious’ Clarence Chang The New Paper 29 May [comments on ‘Utopia and Dystopia’ and her political views].
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Lim, Catherine‘Utopia or Dystopia?’ Catherine Lim Straits Times 10 May [Lim’s views on contemporary Singapore].
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Lim, Catherine‘What Makes Living in S’pore Unique for Me’ Catherine Lim Straits Times 18 Sept.
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Lim, Michelle‘Drowning in Nostalgia’ Wilson Goh Quarterly Literary Review Singapore4(4) <http://www.qlrs.com/critique.asp?id=457> [review of Sense of the Inevitable, see Fiction: Singapore].
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Lim, Suchen Christine‘Love in a Cold Clime’ Suchen Christine Lim Straits Times 23 Oct [Lim’s narration of her writing residency at Moniack Mhor, Scotland].
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Maniam, Aaron‘Morning Glory’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 6 Nov [review of Morning at Memory’s Border, see Poetry: Singapore].
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[review of Souls the Gods Had Forsaken, see Journal of Commonwealth Literature39(4) p 82-82 ].
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Ong, Keng Sen‘Enough About Chewing Gum Already’ Tan Shzr Ee Straits Times 25 Feb [on Ong’s ‘interdisciplinary’ show in London, Insomnia Season: Transcending Jet Lag in Phnom Penh, Bangkok, Jakarta and Singapore].
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Ong, Keng Sen‘In the Line of Fire’ Ong Sor Fern and Hong Xinyi Straits Times 8 Sept [on the Ong’s ignorance of the local arts scene].
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Ong, Keng Sen‘Making Dollars and Sen-se of Theatre’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 6 Sept [Ong’s negative and occasionally inaccurate views on the local arts scene, and why he has ‘to go overseas where they pay me’].
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Ong, Keng Sen‘Worldbeat’ Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop South China Morning Post 9 Oct p 9-9 [prémiere of Ong’s theatrical production, Like the Cat Sitting on the Edge of an Ocean of Milk, Hoping to Lap It All Up].
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Pang, Alvin‘Writers from China’s Diaspora; Alvin Pang’ Annabel Walker South China Morning Post 24 Apr p 7-7 .
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Pek Siok Lan , see this section,Tay, Jean, ‘Stroke of Genius’ and ‘Thoughtful Essay and Compelling Theatre’ . Sharma, Haresh ‘The MRT Is My Big Bad Wolf’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 3 Mar [the background to Sharma’s What Big Bombs You Have, a fusion of contemporary violence with the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale].
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Pek Siok Lan‘Over-Exposed Tragedy Treated with Startling Freshness’ Aparna V.Roddam Business Times 13 May [review of the performance of Sharma’s Boxing Day: The Politics of Tragedy, commemorating the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami of Dec 2004].
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Pek Siok Lan‘Singapore Play Recounts Tsunami Survivors’ Stories’ Reuters News 22 Apr [on the preparation for staging Sharma’s play, initially titled Boxing Day, The Tsunami Project].
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Pek Siok Lan‘Stories From a Tragedy’ Blythe Yee Asian Wall Street Journal 6 May pp 12-12 [on the research and preparation involved in Sharma’s Boxing Day].
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Pek Siok Lan‘Tragic Replay’ Edward Choy Straits Times 5 May [on Sharma’s Boxing Day].
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Pek Siok LanSee also, Criticism: Regional, ‘Causeway Crushes’‘Exploring Separation, Connection with Humour’, ‘Fusion That Touches the Heart’, ‘National Lampoon Shows Up Split Personalities’, ‘Neighbourly Angst’, ‘Separated at Birth’, ‘Separation Anxiety’, ‘Separation Issues’, and ‘What If We Hadn’t Parted Ways?’
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Shiau, Daren‘Inspiration for Poem Springs Up in a Cab’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 4 Aug [Shiau and Lee Tzu Pheng share the first prize in a poerty competition underwritten by Elephant & Coral, a pen boutique in Singapore].
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Sim, Desmond‘Effective Treatment of Sombre Material’ Aaron Lye Business Times 26 Aug [review of performance of Sim’s Teochew Porridge].
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[review of The Secret Goldfish and Other Follies, see Journal of Commonwealth Literature40(4) p 145-145 ].
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‘Epic Versions, Uneven Results’ Cyril Wong Quarterly Literary Review Singapore4(3) <http://www.qlrs.com/critique.asp?id=435> [reviews of A Lover’s Soliloquy, see Poetry: Singapore].
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Tay, Eddie‘Getting Published Overseas and Persuading Your Government to Foot Part of the...’ Annabel Walker South China Morning Post15 May p 7-7 [funding of the Hong Kong published A Lover’s Solliloquyby Singapore’s National Arts Council].
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Tay, Jean‘Hard to Say Goodbye’ Edward Choy Straits Times 24 June [preview of the musical The Admiral’s Odyssey, whose script was written by Tay].
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Tay, Jean‘Personalising Zheng He’ Aaron Lye Business Times 8 July [on The Admiral’s Odyssey].
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Tay, Jean‘So Who Was Zheng He?’ Clara Chow Straits Times 12 July [review of The Admiral’s Odyssey].
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Tay, Jean‘Stroke of Genius’ Clara Chow Straits Times 1 Feb [review of the joint performance of Tay’s Everything but the Brain and Pek Siok Lan’s Between Chinas].
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Tay, Jean‘Thoughtful Essay and Compelling Theatre’ Parvathi Nayar Business Times 4 Feb [review of the joint performance of Tay’s Everything but the Brain and Pek Siok Lan’s Between Chinas].
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Tay, Jean‘Why I Dread Chinese New Year’ Cheong Suk-wai Straits Times 6 Feb [review of Everything but the Brain].
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Tay, Verena‘Women on Women’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 1 July [interview on Tay’s play 3 Women].
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Thumboo, Edwin‘Searching for the soul of Singapore’ David Chew Today 28 Dec p 34-34 .
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Thumboo, Edwin‘Writing About Public Matters’ Felix Cheong Quarterly Literary Review Singapore5(1) <http://www.qlrs.com/interview.asp?id=484> [interview].
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Wong, Cyril‘Confessions of a Poet’ Kristina Tom Straits Times 7 Aug [interview].
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Wong, Cyril‘New Flight Plan Flies’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 1 Nov [review of performance of Wong’s monologue, Still Flight].
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Wong, Cyril‘Rising from the Living Dead’ Hong Xinyi Straits Times 30 June [review of Still Flight].
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Yeo, RobertInterlogue: Studies in Singapore Literature, vol 5: Robert Yeo George Watt 282-282pp Ethos (Singapore ) $22.81.
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Yeo, Robert‘Robert Yeo Resurfaces’ Jeanine Tan Today 24 Feb p 38-38 [on the reception to Yeo’s works and the publication of Watt’s book on him].
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Yeo, Robert‘Warp and Weft’ Tamara S.Wagner Quarterly Literary Review Singapore5(5) <http://www.qlrs.com/critique.asp?id=488> [review of Watt’s book above].
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Yeo, Robert‘Yeo, He’s Back’ Kok Tse Wei Straits Times 24 Feb [on Watt’s book on him and Yeo’s writing of his autobiography].
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Yeow Kai Chai‘Writers from China’s Diaspora: Yeow Kai Chai’ Yong Shu Hoong South China Morning Post 30 Oct p 7-7 .
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Yew, Chay‘Alaska Is in the Heart’ Randy Gener American Theatre22(6) pp 24-27, 84-86 .
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Also available online: <http://tcg.org/publications/at/JulAug05/alaska.cfm> [on Yew’s musical about Filipino immigrants in Alaska].
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Yew, Chay‘As Fragile as Porcelain’ Clara Chow Straits Times 31 Mar [staging of Yew’s Porcelain in Singapore].
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Yew, Chay‘Beyond Identity Politics: National and Transnational Dialogues in Anna Deavere Smith’s Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 and Chay Yew’s A Beautiful Country’ Nancy Cho Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism20(1) pp 65-81 .
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Yew, Chay‘Crowded Fire Can”t Quite Crack “Porcelain”’ Chad Jones Oakland Tribune 8 Nov [review of staging of Porcelain at San Francisco].
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Yew, Chay‘A Distant Shore: Chay Yew’s New Drama Is Absorbing, Thought-Provoking Entertainment’ Joel Hirschhorn Daily Variety 3 May [prémiere of Yew’s A Distant Shore at Los Angeles].
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Yew, Chay‘Keep Your Distance from “Shore”’ Evan Henerson Los Angeles Daily News 20 May p U15-U15 [review of A Distant Shore].
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Yew, Chay‘Like a Weird Game of Jenga’ Clara Chow Straits Times 12 Apr [review of staging of Porcelain].
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Yew, Chay‘Lurid Pictures and Sharp Contrasts’ Parvathi Nayar Business Times 15 Apr [review of Porcelain].
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Noor, Farish A.From Majapahit to Putrajaya: Searching for Another Malaysia333-333pp Silverfish (Kuala Lumpur ) RM40.00.
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Abishegenaden, PaulNotes across the Years: Anecdotes from a Musical Lifexiv+302-xiv+302pp Unipress (Singapore ) S $25.00.
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Chan Kwee SungOne More Story to Tell: Memories of Singapore, 1930s-1980s209-209pp Landmark (Singapore ) S $10.52.
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Kraal, DavidThe Devil in MeAngsana (Singapore ) 256-256pp S $10.00.
