Archive for February, 2011

Resources – Choi! Touchwood!

Related to programme Choi!Touchwood! happening on 26 Feb 2011.

1.   Book
Title: Choi! Touchwood! : a walk through Singapore’s Chinatown : a journey in Chinese traditions, superstitions, myths and taboos / [editor, Liew Jie Ni & Jesvin Yeo].
Publisher: Singapore : Basheer Graphic Books, 2010.
Call No.: SING English 398.41089951 CHO
Last accessed date: 11 Jan 2011
2.   Book
Title: Don’t sit on this book : a collection of Chinese taboos / by Philip Cheong ; co-written by S.L. Ang ; illustration by Tham Yoo Yee.
Author: Cheong, Philip
Publisher: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia : Academy of Feng Shui, [2003?]
Call No.: ____ English 390.089951 CHE -[CUS]
Description: Includes index.
Last accessed date: 11 Jan 2011
3.   Book
Title: Exploring traditional Chinese festivals in China / Gai Guoliang ; translated by Cao Ying & Wang Shanjiang ; revised by Wang Rongpei.
Author: Gai, Guoliang
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : McGraw Hill, c2009.
Call No.: ____ English 394.26951 GAI
Description: Orignally published in Chinese by Shanghai Chinese Classics Pub. House.
Last accessed date: 11 Jan 2011
4.   Book
Title: A new beginning : customs of the Lunar New Year.
Publisher: Singapore : Times Editions-Marshall Cavendish, c2005.
Call No.: ____ English 394.261 NEW -[CUS]
Description: “This book was originally published in simplified Chinese in 2004 and is published by arrangement with The People‘s Fine Arts Publishing House”–T.p. verso.
Last accessed date: 11 Jan 2011
5.   Book
Title: Chinatown memories / Geraldene Lowe-Ismail ; illustrations by Derek Corke.
Author: Lowe-Ismail, Geraldene
Publisher: Singapore : Tailsman Pub., c2011.
Call No.: SING English 959.57 LOW
Last accessed date: 11 Jan 2011
6.   Book
Title: Kreta Ayer : Singapore Chinatown’s hidden scars : as seen from the eyes of a young Chinese immigrant / Andrew Yip ; photography by Yip Cheong-Fun.
Author: Yip, Andrew
Publisher: Singapore : ServiceWorld Centre, [2010?]
Call No.: SING English 959.57 YIP
Description: Non-fiction.
Last accessed date: 11 Jan 2011
7.   Book
Title: Hua shuo Niu che shui : Xun gen = Singapore Chinatown in picture / Ye wen zhu ; she ying ye chang fen. 话说牛车水 : 寻根 = Singapore Chinatown in picture / 叶文著 ; 摄影叶畅芬.
Author: Yip, Andrew 叶文
Publisher: Xinjiapo : ServiceWorld Centre, 2006. 新加坡 : ServiceWorld Centre, 2006.
Call No.: SING Chinese 959.57 YA
Last accessed date: 11 Jan 2011
8.   Book
Title: Tan hua jing ying : Niucheshui de gu shi : Zhuang Yongkang bi ji xiao shuo / [she ying, Ye Changfen]. 昙花镜影 : 牛车水的故事 : 庄永康笔记小说 / [摄影, 叶畅芬].
Author: Zhuang, Yongkang 庄永康
Publisher: [xinjiapo] : Guang chu mei, 2006. [新加坡] : 光触媒, 2006.
Call No.: SING Chinese 959.57 ZYK
Last accessed date: 11 Jan 2011
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