Posted in General, Resources on 02/07/2011 09:34 am by athena_aziz
Related to programme Choi!Touchwood! happening on 26 Feb 2011.
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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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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Posted in Resources on 01/21/2011 12:15 pm by athena_aziz
1. Singapore’s 100 historic places / [writers/researchers, G. Uma Devi ... et al.].
Call No.: English 959.57 SIN -[HIS]
2. Discover Singapore : the city’s history & culture redefined / text by Susan Tsang ; photography by Edward Hendricks.
Call No.: English 959.57 TSA
3. Singapore’s heritage : through places of historical interest / Dhoraisingam S. Samuel.
Call No.: English 959.57 SAM
4. Ray Tyers’ Singapore : then & now / [Ray Tyers] ; revised and updated by Siow Jin Hua.
Call No.: English 959.57 TYE -[HIS]
5. Singapore : the encyclopedia / [editor-in-chief, Tommy Koh ; general editors, Timothy Auger, Jimmy Yap, Ng Wei Chian].
Call No.: English 959.57003 SIN -[HIS]
Resources accessed and provided by ASK! services of the public
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Posted in Resources on 08/16/2010 12:53 pm by athena_aziz
Check out these recommended resources!
List of works/resources for Xi Ni Er (Chia Hwee Pheng):
Fiction:
《生命里难以承受的重》 （微型小说，1992)
《认真面具》（微型小说，1999）
《希尼尔微型小说》（微型小说，2005）
《希尼尔小说选 : 新加坡当代作家作品选》 （2007）
Poetry:
《绑架岁月》（新诗，19 89)
《轻信莫疑》（新诗，2001）
《希尼尔短诗选》（新诗，2002）
| Source: |
http://www.nac.gov.sg/Data/news/374/(CD)
PR
Arts
Awards
2008_Annex
2.doc |
| Title: |
Annex 2 |
| Link: |
http://www.nac.gov.sg/Data/news/374/(CD)
PR
Arts
Awards
2008_Annex
2.doc |
| Description: |
CHIA HWEE PHENG 谢惠平 (笔名：希尼尔), 51. LITERARY ARTS. Writing in Chinese under the pseudonym Xi Ni Er (希尼尔), Hwee Pheng is an accomplished poet and … |
| Last accessed date: |
30 Jul 2010 |
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| Source: |
http://www.library.sh.cn/jiang/list/list.aspx?id=1
752 |
| Title: |
上海与新加坡城市回忆的书写–上海图书馆讲座 |
| Link: |
http://www.library.sh.cn/jiang/list/list.aspx?id=1
752 |
| Description: |
希尼尔，原名谢惠平，1957年生于新加坡。现为新加坡作家协会会长，世界华文微型小说 研究会副会长。主要出版：《绑架岁月》（新诗，1989），《生命里难以承受的 … |
| Last accessed date: |
30 Jul 2010 |
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| Name: |
Factiva |
| Source: |
LianHe ZaoBao |
| Title: |
艺苑 希尼尔：写诗的工程师 |
| Author: |
吴启基 周文龙 胡文雁刘庆成（摄影） |
| Issue Information: |
18 October 2008 |
| Description: |
。。。至今出版8本书 阅读带来改变，70年代中，这里学生阅读的补给线，主要来自台湾和香港，又以台湾文学为最大宗。 当时，希尼尔一头栽进白先勇、王尚义、林怀民、黄 春明、黄凡、张大春的小说世界，也大量阅读著名诗人余 光中、郑愁予、杨牧、痖痃的诗。看得多了，也有了强烈 的发表欲望，写的是年轻人都“心向往之”的现代诗和散 文，如此日月耕耘，他至今已出版8本个人创作集，其中 诗集有《绑架岁月》《轻信莫疑》《希尼尔短诗选》等； 微型小说有《生命中难以承受的重》《认真面具》和《希尼尔微型小说》等。。。。 |
| Last accessed date: |
30 Jul 2010 |
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| Source: |
http://www.bookcouncil.sg/_writers/pdf/SLP08_Autho
rsbiosShortlistsynopsis.pdf |
| Title: |
The Singapore Literature Prize 2008 |
| Link: |
http://www.bookcouncil.sg/_writers/pdf/SLP08_Autho
rsbiosShortlistsynopsis.pdf |
| Description: |
Author: Chia Hwee Pheng (谢惠平). Title: 《希尼尔小说选》. (The Collection of Xi Ni Er Mini-Fiction). The collection consists of 79 mini-fictions written in … |
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Resources accessed and provided by ASK! services of the public
libraries on 30 July 2010. For more, check our catalogue at
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Posted in Resources on 08/16/2010 12:50 pm by athena_aziz
| Title: |
A brief introduction to the Orang Seletar of the Johor coast with special reference to Kampung Simpang Arang / by Ariffin bin Nopiah ; edited by Anthony R. Walker. |
| Author: |
Ariffin bin Nopiah |
| Publisher: |
[Minden], Pulau Pinang : Social Anthropology Section, School of Comparative Social Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 1979. |
| Call No.: |
RCLOS English 301.209595142 ARI |
| Availability: |
Repository Used Book Collection-Reference Closed Access |
| Last accessed date: |
04 May 2010 |
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| Title: |
Singapore’s Orang Seletar, Orang Kallang, and Orang Selat : the last settlements IN Tribal communities in the Malay World : historical, cultural and social perspectives / edited by Geoffrey Benjamin and Cynthia Chou. |
| Author: |
Mariam Ali |
| Publisher: |
Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2002. |
| Page No.: |
273-292 |
| Total no of pgs: |
20 |
| Call No.: |
RSING English 305.8959 TRI |
| Description: |
Papers presented originally to a Conference on Tribal Communities in the Malay World : Historical, Cultural and Social Perspectives, Singapore, 24-27 March 1997, organized by the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies … [et al.] |
| Availability: |
Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Singapore; also availale for loan from several Public Libraries |
| Last accessed date: |
04 May 2010 |
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| Title: |
The Grounded Sea Gypsies: A General Ethnography of the Orang Seletar |
| Author: |
Asiah Harun & Suradi Sarmadi |
| Publisher: |
1978 |
| Description: |
Academic exercise |
| Availability: |
Unknown. Possibly available from NUS Central Library or NUS Department of Sociology |
| Last accessed date: |
04 May 2010 |
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| Source: |
Purba |
| Title: |
Gerak kehidupan Orang Seletar |
| Author: |
Zainal Abidin Borhan |
| Publisher: |
Kuala Lumpur : Persatuan Muzium Malaysia, [1982- |
| Issue Information: |
1996, issue 15 |
| Page No.: |
107-114 |
| Total no of pgs: |
8 |
| Availability: |
NUS Central Library |
| Last accessed date: |
04 May 2010 |
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| Title: |
The Orang Laut / Clifford Sather. |
| Author: |
Sather, Clifford |
| Publisher: |
[S.l] : Academy of Social Sciences (AKASS) in cooperation with Universiti Sains Malaysia, Royal Netherlands Government, 1999. |
| Call No.: |
RSEA English 306.08095951 SAT |
| Description: |
Section on the Orang Seletar on pp. 14-21. Also has references to other works on the subject. |
| Availability: |
Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Southeast Asia; also Woodlands and Jurong Regional Libraries |
| Last accessed date: |
04 May 2010 |
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| Title: |
The sea nomads : a study of the maritime boat people of Southeast Asia / David E. Sopher. |
| Author: |
Sopher, David E. (David Edward), 1933- |
| Publisher: |
Singapore : National Museum, c1977. |
| Call No.: |
RSING English 959 SOP |
| Description: |
“Reprinted 1977 with postscript”–T.p. verso. |
| Availability: |
Lee Kong Chian Reference Library-Reference Singapore |
| Last accessed date: |
04 May 2010 |
| Librarian’s notes: |
There are a few scattered references to the Orang Seletar in this well-known ethnography on the Orang Laut, particularly on p. 107. However, most of it is cited information and not original work. |
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| Source: |
Journal of the Indian Archipelago and Eastern Asia |
| Title: |
Remarks on the Sletar and Sabimba tribes |
| Author: |
Thomson, J T T |
| Issue Information: |
1847, vol. 1 |
| Page No.: |
341-352 |
| Total no of pgs: |
14 |
| Call No.: |
Microfilm NL1889 |
| Last accessed date: |
05 May 2010 |
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| Source: |
Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| Title: |
Some ethnological notes |
| Author: |
C Boden Kloss |
| Issue Information: |
Sept 1908, iss. 50 |
| Page No.: |
73-77 |
| Total no of pgs: |
5 |
| Call No.: |
Microfilm NL1572 |
| Last accessed date: |
05 May 2010 |
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| Source: |
Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society |
| Title: |
The Orang Laut of Singapore |
| Author: |
Ridley, H N |
| Issue Information: |
Jan 1900, vol. 33 |
| Page No.: |
247-250 |
| Total no of pgs: |
4 |
| Call No.: |
Microfilm NL1571 |
| Last accessed date: |
05 May 2010 |
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Resources accessed and provided by Reference Point @ National Library
Singapore. For more, check our catalogue at
http://catalogue.nlb.gov.sg or email ref@nlb.gov.sg.
Singapore women re-presented / Audrey Chin, Constance Singam.
Successful women in Singapore : issues, problems and challenges / Low Guat Tin.
Half the sky : turning oppression into opportunity for women worldwide / Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn.
Resources accessed and provided by ASK! services of the public
libraries on 31 March 2010. For more, check our catalogue at
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