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THE BOAT AND THE CITY: CHINESE DIASPORA AND THE ARCHITECTURE OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN COASTAL CITIES ( Singapore : Marshall Cavendish, 2004)

Johannes Widodo

Dr Johannes Widodo is a registered architect and currently a fellow in the Department of Architecture at the National University of Singapore. His extensive survey of the morphology of coastal urban cities in Southeast Asia has contributed to the development of an interdisciplinary and multi-perspective approach in the studies of the history of the region. A special emphasis has been placed on the role of the Chinese diaspora in this process of evolution. The author has shown that through tracing the process of Southeast Asian urban morphology, a story of the Chinese diaspora can be told.

Retail price: SGD$ 30.45

A HISTORICAL SURVEY OF CHINESE-SCHOOL TEXTBOOK IN SINGAPORE, MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA (WITH PICTORIAL MATERIAL) (2005)

Editors: Yeap Chong Leng, Wee Tong Bao

The publication stems from an exhibition of Chinese teaching materials in Southeast Asia title d “ Grooming the future generations through education: Chinese-school textbooks in Singapore , Malaysia and Indonesia before 1965 ” held in the Chinese Heritage Centr e in 2003. Apart from a section of pictorial material from the exhibition, the book contains essays that critically analyze the state of Chinese education and Chinese-language textbooks as used in Southeast Asia .

Retail price: SGD$ 25.00

A HISTORY OF FOON YEW HIGH SCHOOL VOL.1
(CHINESE) (MALAYSIA: SOUTHERN COLLEGE PRESS, 2005)

Tay Lian Soo and Onn Huann Jan

A pioneering effort in documenting the history of prominent Chinese high schools in Southeast Asia, A History of Foon Yew High School aims to capture the founding spirit in educational institutions amongst the Chinese societies in Southeast Asia.

Retail price: SGD$ 25.00

DUTCH COLONIAL EDUCATION: THE CHINESE EXPERIENCE IN INDONESIA, 1900-1942 (2005)

M. T. N. Govaars Tjia

The book describes “the controversial, small but relatively important Chinese community from the viewpoint of its experience with education during the last decades of Dutch rule in the East Indies.”

Retail price: Hardcover SGD$70.00

Paperback: SGD$50.00