Malaysia and Singapore

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References

A Bibliography of Bibliographies on Malaysia Ding Choo Ming Hexagon Elite Publications (SS2/64 Selangor) pa price on request; there's a section on 'Language and Literature' 82-102.

Bibliografi Kritikan Sastera Melayu [A Bibliography of Literary Criticism of Malay Literature] Rohani A. Halim Department of Malay Studies University of Malaya (1980); see the 1980 Introduction (p. 97) for justification for including this (non-English) item.

Bibliografi Negara Malaysia Julai-Sept (1980), Januari-Mac and April-Jun Perpustakaan Negara Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur) pa M$55.00 full service (overseas) M$35.00 annual accumulation (overseas); in English and Malay.

Bibliografi Sastera Kreatif Melayu: jilid 1 [ A Bibliography of Malay Creative Writing: vol. 1]: Brunei, Malaysia & Singapore 1920-1980 Ding Choo Ming The Library National University of Malaysia (1980); see the 1980 Introduction (p. 97) for justification for including this (non-English) item.

Singapore Periodicals Index 1979 (published 1981) National Library (Singapore) pa S$20.00.

Federal Government Gazette Govt. Printing Office (Kuala Lumpur) contains quarterly lists of deposit publications.

Singapore Govt. Gazette Govt. Publications Bureau or National Library (Singapore) contains quarterly lists of deposit publications.

'A Select Checklist of Singapore and Malaysian Literature' Laurie Hergenhan Commonwealth Literature in the Curriculum ed K.L. Goodwin (SPACLALS, Queensland, Australia; 1980) 112-115.

Ibrahim, Mohammad The Marriage of the Rocks and Other Poems 58 Chopmen Publishers ( Singapore; 1980) pa S$6.00 csd S$15.00; 'To read him is sheer delight' (Introduction)?!

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Ong, Teong Hean The Purple Leaves 48 The Art Corner Private Ltd (Singapore ; 1980) S$9.00.

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Tay, Simon Prism? 36 Chopmen Publishers (Singapore) pa S$3.00.

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Baratham, Gopal figments of experience (and other stories) 116 Times Books International ( Singapore) pa M$6.50.

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Chua, Rebecca The Newspaper Editor and Other Stories 180 HEB (WIAS) pa M$6.00.

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Heah, Chwee Sian A Wisp of Bliss and Other Stories 91 HEB (WIAS) pa M$4.95.

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K.S., Maniam The Return 185 HEB (WIAS) pa M$7.00.

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Lee, Kok Liang flowers in the sky 161 HEB (WIAS) pa M$6.00.

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Soh, Michael Son of a Mother 117 HEB (WIAS) pa M$4.95.

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ASEAN Short Stories ed Robert Yeo xiv+246 HEB (WIAS) pa M$8.50; with (two-page) Introduction and Notes on the Authors; four stories each from Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand (the Malaysian stories being all originally in Malay).

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Malaysian Short Stories ed Lloyd Fernando xvii+302 HEB (WIAS) pa M$7.50; with Introduction.

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Glimpses of the Past: Stories from Singapore and Malaysia Wong Meng Voon trans from the Chinese by the author 126 HEB (WIAS) pa M$5.30.

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Lazy River A. Samad Said translated from the Malay by H. Aveling 121 HEB (WIAS) pa M$5.00; novel.

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Rope of Ash Shahnon Ahmad translated from the Malay (Rentong) by H. Aveling 106 OUP (1979) pa M$5.50; novel.

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Selection of Short Stories Yu Mo-Wo translated from the Chinese by H.H. Lee and S.S. Yeo 83 Green Abode (Singapore) pa S$4.00.

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'Asiaweek Literary Review' Asiaweek (Hongkong); featuring book review, author profile, 'Poem Corner', etc.

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Cultural Options and the Role of Tradition. Essays on Modern Indonesian and Malaysian Literature A.H. Johns vi + 241 Australian National UP (1979).

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'Directions for a Signpost' Commentary (see Journals) highlighted, Gretchen Mahbubani The Straits Times (Singapore) Dec. 21 1 (of its 'Section Two').

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'Drama - by Kee Thuan Chye'; as a more-or-less weekly column in the New Sunday Times (Kuala Lumpur) this was 'less' rather than 'more' in evidence and is itemized here for the last time.

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Images of Southeast Asia in Children's Fiction Lai Nam Chen 112 Singapore UP pa S$13.00; with References and Index.

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Imej dan Crta-Cita: Kertas Kerja Hari Sastera 1980 [ Image and Aspirations: Proceedings of the 1980 Literature/Literary Day (Conference)] ed Ismail Hussein et al 374 D.B.P. (Kuala Lumpur) pa M$10.00; in Malay.

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'Language and National Cohesion in Southeast Asia' Lee Yong Leng Contemporary Southeast Asia II 3 Singapore UP (1980) 226-239.

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Literature and Society in Southeast Asra: Political and Sociological Perspectives ed Tham Seong Chee xi + 360 Singapore UP csd S$30.00; pp. 160-186, 216-252, and 253-286 are of particular relevant interest.

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'Malaysia's Cultural Crossroads'

Kee Thuan Chye The Asia Magazine (Hong Kong) XX V15 13-16; on Malaysian drama and 'Malaysian identity'.

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' Malaysian/Singaporean Literature in English: Towards a Real Estimate' B.E. Ooi Pacific Quarterly Moana VI 2 (see the NEW ZEALAND bibliography) 157-168.

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' " Poetry Corner" or the "Have a Heart" School of Criticism' Devan Janadas Commentary V 2 61-65.

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'Singa: Behind Which Standard?' D. Janadas Commeratary V 2 66-69.

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'Singapore English in perspective' W.J. Crewe RELC Journal IX 2 (Singapore ; 1978) 97-104.

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' Singapore's Language Policies: Strategies for a Plural Society' S. Gopinathan Southeast Asian Affairs 1979 (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, Singapore) 280-295.

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'Singapore/Malaysian Poetry: At Least Something And Less and More (Part 2) ' B.E. Ooi Southeast Asian Review of English 2 44-60.

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'Some Good, Some Awful' Asean Short Stories (see Anthologies) reviewed, B.E. Ooi New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur) Oct. 17 18.

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'The Response of Modem Malaysian Poetry to English Literature'

Muhammad Hj. Salleh ACLALS Bulletin (Dec. 1980) 154-163; the 'Malaysian' is misleading as only Malay poets get a look in.

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'The Singapore Writer and the English Language' W.J. Crewe RELC Journal IX 1 (Singapore ; 1978) 77-86; with bibliography.

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Baratham, Gopal Figments of Experience reviewed, Geraldine Heng Commentary V 2 89-94.

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Chang, Queeny Memories of a Nonya (see Non-Fiction) reviewed, Rosemary Nuek New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur) Nov. 14 20; ends with a point worth making: '... a pity that more such first-person accounts of the earlier days of this region do not exist'.

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' Observer in Malaya: Sir Hugh Clifford as a Writer' Lee Tzu Pheng Commentary V 2 31-37.

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'Edwin Thumboo on his own Poetry: An Interview with Peter Nazareth'

Pacific Quarterly Moana VI 2 (see the NEW ZEALAND bibliography) 109-132.

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Heah, Nancy Chwee Sian 'Anyone for a Wisp of Bliss?' A Wisp of Bliss and Other Stories (see Fiction) reviewed, B.E. Ooi Business Times Aug. 7 19.

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K.S., Maniam The Return 'A Note in Preview', B.E. Ooi Southeast Asian Review of English 2 4-6.

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— The Return (see Fiction) reviewed, L. Camoens New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur) Oct. 17 18; a brief notice or two in some popular magazine or other apart, this was the only critical response - and pertunctory at that - to the appearance of a work of some substance.

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Lee, Kok Liang flowers in the sky (see Fiction) reviewed, B.E. Ooi Business Times (Kuala Lumpur) July 31 21.

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—— flowers in the sky (see Fiction) reviewed, Kirpal Singh Singapore Book World 'vol. 12' 46-47.

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— flowers in the sky (see Fiction) reviewed, Ong Choo Suat New Straits Times May 16 16: useful, informative.

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— 'Mutes and Mutilators in the Fiction of Lee Kok Liang' S.C. Harrex Individual and Community in Commonwealth Literature ed. Daniel Massa (Malta, The University Press 1979) 140-146.

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Lim, Catherine

'Beyond Irony'

Or Else , The Lightning God ( 1980) reviewed, Fadzilah Amin CRNLE Reviews Journal (see the Australia Journals section) 45-46.

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'Catherine Lim and the Singapore Short Story in English'

Robert Yeo Commentary V 2 38-44.

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Lim, Catherine Or Else the Lightning God (1980) reviewed, Singapore Book World 'Vol. 12' 51.

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— 'The Lady with a Winning Style' Aswweek ( Hongkong) July 17 42-3. Said, A. Samad Lazy River (see Translations) reviewed, B.E. Ooi New Straits Times (Kuala Lumpur) Dec. 12 22.

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Yeo, Robert 'robert yeo: seluruh dunia adalah masalahnya' ['the whole world his problem/concern'] S. Jaafar Husin Dewan Sastera ( Kuala Lumpur ) XI 3 36-39; appreciative, informative.

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Chang, Queeny Memories of a Nonya 180 Eastern Univ. Press ( Singapore & Petaling Java, Malaysia) pa M$7.65; set in the early 1900s, with 52 fascinating photographs, a splendidly readable autobiographical achievement.

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Commentary 'New Issue' V 1-2, Department of English Language and Literature, National University of Singapore. Annual subscription $4.00 overseas $15.00; V 1 is a 'Special Issue on Women'.

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Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society LIV Part 1-3, National Museum (Kuala Lumpur ) and Kegan Paul (London). Annual subscription £10.00 M$20.00 each.

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Singa n 2, Cultural Affairs Division, Ministry of Culture, Singapore 0617. Annual subscription S$4.00 overseas US$4.00; see Introduction.

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Singapore Book World 'Vol. 12 1981' ('Festival of Books Issue') c/o National Library or Chopmen Enterprises, Katong Shopping Centre, Singapore 1543. S$5.00.

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Southeast Asian Review of English 2 (August) MACLALS, Department of English, University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur). Annual subscription M$12.00 overseas US$7.50, institutions M$14.00 overseas US$8.50.