Malaysia and Singapore

Bibliografi Negara Malaysia 1972, xviii + 249 pp. Perpustakaan NegaraMalaysia, Bangunan UMBC, Tingkat 7, Kuala Lumpur, M$5.00.

Singapore Book World, I, 2 (1970) (see Journals); contains 'A Select List of Current Singapore Serials', p. 69.

Singapore Government Gazette. Govt. Pblns. Bureau, or Director, National Lib., Singapore 6; quarterly lists of deposit pblns. (see issues 8 Mar., pp. 792-831; I4 June, pp. 2159-83; 23 Aug., pp. 3997-4027).

Singapore Periodicals Index, 1969-1970. Director, National Lib., Singapore 6; 'the first issue', Singapore periodicals being 'previously indexed in Index to Current Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei Periodicals, 1967-1968; includes reviews of books about Asia and Southeast Asia.

Warta Kerajaan Persekutuan [Federal Government Gazette]. Govt. Printing Office, Kuala Lumpur, price varies; for quarterly listings, see issues II Apr., pp. 973-94; 23 May, pp. 1329-55; 26 Sep., pp. 2901-22.

Ong Teong Hean. The Blue Leaves of Poetry, 41 pp. Pbld. at 393A, Block 72, Commonwealth Drive, Singapore, 1973, S$2.00.

Thumboo, Edwin. Child's Delight I and Child's Delight 2. Federal Publns ., Singapore, 1972 and 1973, S$I.20 and $I.40.

Chia Hearn Chek. The Red Hill, 28 pp. Anak of the Longhouse, 28 pp. The Master Chess Player, 36 pp. Taro and His Grandmother, 36 pp. Alpha Press (Folktales from the Orient Series), 242 Bedok Rd., Singapore, S$3.75 each.

Lee, Paul , Tenderly Tolls the Bell, 308 pp. Pbld. at 7A Fair Drive, Singapore, 1973, S$I5.00.

Lim Meng Me. The Kampong Is Green, 77 pp. Modern Education Pblrs., 62-4 Jln. Klang, Kuala Lumpur, M$I.40.

Soh, Michael. A Son of a Mother, 72 pp. Oriental U. Press, Toa Payoh Central, P.O. Box 238, Singapore, 1973, S$2.50.

Tan Kheng Yeang. Sauce of Life, 211 pp. Sun Printers, 78 Church St., Penang, Malaysia, M$5.00.

Images of Youths, ed. Peter Koh , 90 pp. Chopmen Enterprises, 47 The Arcade, Raffles Pl., Singapore, 1973; csd., S$9.00; pa., S$5.00; 'poems, short stories and plays'.

The Strand Book of Poetry for I972; contains Tan Guat Bee, 'The Lights of Penang Hill', 4th prize winning poem in Strand Literary Edn. Poetry Contest, 1972, and 4 other poems of hers.

Abullah, b. S.A. Bakar. Ponder. I4 Jln. Jelutong, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur, M$I7.00; collection of newspaper column pieces, with additional essays and some modifications.

Tan, S. H. Saya Yang Tau [literally, 'I Who Know']. I75 Jln. 5/45, Petaling Jaya, M$I4.00; social-comment pieces (in English, selected from regular column in The Malay Mail, Kuala Lumpur) on facts-and-follies-and-frustrations of Malaysian life, in mode of avuncular humour.

Dorall, E. N. 'A Dull Patch for Local Plays in English', 'Talking Drama by Utih' (The New Sunday Times, I Sep., p. 20; see GENERAL STUDIES, item 3); also has references to S. Kon, Lee Joo For, Kanan Menon, Patrick Yeoh.

— 'Where the Critic Erred', E.N. Dorall , The New Sunday Times, I5 Sep., p. 16.

Fernando, L. (ed.) Twenty-Two Malaysian Stories . Reviewed Singapore Book World, I, 1 (1970), p. 54 (see Journals).

Soh, Michael. Review of A Son of a Mother, T.P. Lee , Focus, 7 (see Journals).

Thumboo, E. (ed.) The Flowering Tree. Reviewed Singapore Book World, I, 2 (1970), p. 98.

— Seven Poets: Singapore and Malaysia. Reviewed Singapore Book World, IV (1973), p. 31.

'Poetry in English in Singapore and Asia', R. Yeo , Singapore Book Wlorld, I, 1 (1970), p. 14 (see Journals).

'Professional Malay Story Telling: Part One: Some Question of Style and Presentation' , A. Sweeney , Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the R.A.S. , XLVI, Part II, pp. 1-29 (see Journals ).

'Talking Drama by Utih', regular column in The New Sunday Times (N.S.T.P. (M). Bhd., Jln. Riong, Kuala Lumpur); there is also a 'Talking Drama' by D. Lazarus in 'Entertainment' page of The Sunday Mail (address as above).

The Modernization of Languages in Asia, S. Takdir. Malaysian Soc. of Asian Studies, U. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, I973.

'The Writer in the Local Context', S. Chandra , Focus, 7 (see Journals). ' "This Crippled, Colourful Dialect": The Language of Malaysian Plays', A. Price, JCL, XI, 1, pp. 3-9.

Focus, n.s. 7. Literary Society, Dept. of English, U. of Singapore, Singapore 10.

Geiger, VI, I-2. 939A, Jln. I7/38, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, M$0.I0.

Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, XLVI, Part II (Dec. 1973), and XLVII, Part I (July 1974). National Museum , Kuala Lumpur and Singapore ; and Kegan Paul, London; M$I5.00 and £2.50 to non-members.

Mahasiswa Negara, XIII, 1-4. Union House, U. of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, M$0.I0; in English and Malay; some verse, mostly in Malay.

Malaysian Digest, VI, 1-16. Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kuala Lumpur, gratis.

New Nation. Times House, River Valley Rd., Singapore 9; 'afternoon daily newspaper', with a 'Saturday Review' (book-reviews, verse, etc.).

Ouarterly Journal of Instituit Teknoloji Mara, IV, 4. Mara, Batu Tiga, Malaysia, M$2.00; nothing of literary interest in this issue.

Singapore Book World, I, 1-2 (1970), 11, 1-2 (1971), 111 (1972), IV (1973), V (1974). National Book Development Council of Singapore, c/o National Lib., Singapore 6, gratis; in English and Chinese; includes 'booklists and book reviews'.

The Stamford Journal, VI, 1-12. P.O. Box 28I, Singapore. Annual sub., M$3.60; runs a 'Write a Poem Contest' .

The Straits Times Annual (for 1975). Straits Times Press, Kuala Lumpur, M$5.00; 'Sri Delima Selects 6' (of her newspaper column pieces, pp. 33-40, may be of literary and cultural interest as journalistic-anecdotal prose that is not merely journalistic and gossipy.