Download or read book Sisters Senang written by Jean Tay and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sisters Islands and Pulau Senang: two satellite islands off the coast of Singapore, small but rich in story. This volume brings together two remarkable plays by Jean Tay, Sisters and Senang, which explore these two islands through turbulent events in the 1960s. Sisters: The Untold Stories of the Sisters Islands blends a real-life murder with creation myth. The play alternates between two stories: one of Mina and Lina, the two sisters upon which the myth of the Sisters Islands is supposedly based; and the other of the shocking case in 1965 of Jenny Cheok, killed by her boyfriend Sunny Ang, which also involved her half-sister Irene. Senang covers the prison riots on Pulau Senang in 1963. The island was used for a bold experiment, led by Superintendent Daniel Dutton, an Irishman who believed he could reform the inmates through labour, and abolished the use of arms to police them. This is one man’s attempt to create a utopian penal colony, which tragically led to his violent end. “Jean Tay is one of the most gifted playwrights I have come across in years.” —Gaurav Kripalani, Artistic Director, Singapore Repertory Theatre
Download or read book Sisters Senang written by Jean Tay and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dragonflies written by Stephanie Street and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dragonflies is the story of a family fighting for survival in a hostile world, looking for somewhere to call home, and something that might look like hope. The year is 2021 and climate change is wreaking havoc across the globe. Donald Trump has been re-elected US President for a second term. Brexit is in full effect and causing chaos all over Europe. In the wake of escalating wars in the Middle East, famine in West Africa, and relentless terrorist attacks by radical extremists, the UK—and many nations around the world—has enforced a ban on all immigration. With the coastline around him and life as he knows it crumbling to dust, Leslie Chen is forced to abandon his home in England and move his family back to his birthplace, Singapore. Confronting a country that is a world apart from the one he knew as a child, he is now made to question the meaning of home. As the crises and conflicts escalate, one thing is certain, come hell or high water, and possibly both, he must protect his family. While dragonflies migrate halfway across the world, we, the human race, struggle to embrace our nomadic heritage, our need to move to greener pastures in order to survive. And as global warming, the resurgence of far-right politics and worldwide paranoia make us burn bridges and build walls between communities, families and individuals, we have to ask ourselves: Where do we go from here? Reader Reviews: “Compassionate, hopeful and exquisitely acted.” –Best of 2017, The Straits Times “Watching Dragonflies is like reading an issue of The Economist from cover to cover: it is chock-full of urgent issues from immigration to xenophobia to climate change. Excellent script, evocative staging, brilliantly played!” –The Business Times “A dynamic and fresh look on current affairs that aims to enrich, surprise and stimulate its audience. But overall, the message of Dragonflies is simple: build bridges, not walls.” –Pride Kindness “The play’s success lies in how realistic and possible it all is, and the genuine threats feel like they have the potential to seep into our own reality, with very real stakes for characters we’ve come to know and relate to, and evoking intense sympathy as we watch a family completely come apart, helpless in the face of circumstance.” –Bakchormeeboy “A gripping tale of displacement that is, at once, epic and intimate.” –Naeem Kapadia, Crystalwords “A play that ambitiously tackles multiple issues—from climate change to human migration, from racism and xenophobia to openness and generosity, from ambivalence to empathy, from impassioned implementation of laws and policies (when “I’m sorry” really doesn’t mean “I’m sorry”) to the touching gentle connection of human relationships across lines that traditionally do not cross—and somehow successfully stitches it all together into deep, stirring storytelling.” –Sticky Rice “Street's writing is effectual in capturing the pain brewed by grief, as well as the resignation in a person from a marginalised community.” –Buro247
Download or read book Southeast Asian Plays written by Alfian Sa'at and published by Aurora Metro Publications Ltd.. This book was released on 2017-01-25 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first ever comprehensive collection of plays in English from Southeast Asia. Features work by eight playwrights from seven countries in Southeast Asia, a region which is experiencing profound change: Singapore, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Cambodia. Southeast Asian Plays explores the rich variety of dramatic work that is only beginning to be translated into English. Theatre scripts are merely blueprints for productions, especially in this region. As elsewhere, second productions and revivals are rare, so publication is key to allowing play texts to find a wider international readership. Topics include the global financial crisis, sex workers, traditional v modern values, the role of faith in society, corruption in high places and journalistic ethics. The plays have been selected for performance. Plays: The Plunge by Jean Tay (Singapore) about the efects of a financial crisis An Evening At the Opera by Floy Quintos (Philippines) about a dictator and his wife Night of the Minotaur by Tew Bunnag (Thailand) about a man misused as a monster Tarap Man by Ann Lee (Malaysia) about a man wrongly imprisoned under the justice system Dark Race by Dang Chuong (Vietnam) about corruption in high places Frangipani by Chhon Sina (Cambodia) about the sex trade in Cambodia Piknic by Joned Suryatmoko (Indonesia) about the need to get rich quick in Bali Nadirah by Alfian Saat (Singapore) about the conflict between faith and morality "The editors have done an excellent job of opening up our chances of reading and learning about plays from all over Southeast Asia. ...editorial choices are significant for opening up spaces to voices which are otherwise heard less often. All in all the plays are interesting for the ways in which they grapple with key concerns in their respective societies." --The Asiatic
Download or read book Women Workers Migration and Family in Sarawak written by Cheng Sim Hew and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-08-27 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on research among the women of the Bidayuh people in Sarawak, all of them first generation migrant wage workers, this book explores the changes in women's lifestyles from traditional rural lifestyles to modern urban ones.
Download or read book The Singapore Trilogy written by Robert Yeo and published by Epigram Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patriotism: do you have it? How does one express it? Is it worth it? The Singapore Trilogy—consisting of Are You There, Singapore?, One Year Back Home and Changi—has raised questions since the seventies about nationhood that we are still asking today. Influential in steering early English-language theatre in Singapore away from its colonial roots, Robert Yeo conceived of characters that are believably local in speech, thought and behaviour, and provided a dramatic platform for the dialogue of politically sensitive issues. Yeo’s trilogy continues to link to an exciting time of sociopolitical flux in Singapore’s history, and engages by provoking us to explore the meaning of being Singaporean. This edition of these three landmark playscripts is accompanied by a new introduction from the playwright, as well as a reappraisal by Nah Dominic and Adeeb Fazah, who restaged the entire trilogy in one single condensed adaptation in March 2021.
Download or read book Singapore Street Names 4th edition A Study of Toponymics written by Victor R. Savage and published by Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. This book was released on 2022-10-15 with total page 1180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Place names tell us much about a country — its history, its landscape, its people, its aspirations, its self-image, The study of place names called toponymics unlocks the stories that are in every street name and landmark. In Singapore, the existence of various races, cultures and languages, as well as its history of colonization, immigration and nationalism has given rise to a complex history of place names. But how did these places get their names? This revised and expanded 4th edition of the book incorporates additional information, from archival research as well as interviews that have come to light since the last edition. Also included are many new entries that have presented themselves as Singapore’s built environment undergoes redevelopment. Expanded by over 100 pages.
Download or read book Sustainability Matters Environmental Management In The Anthropocene written by Lin Heng Lye and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2017-08-11 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sustainability Matters is a compilation of some of the best research papers submitted by students from the National University of Singapore's multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary graduate programme in environmental studies, as their MSc dissertations in Environmental Management [MEM]. This collection is for the period 2014/2015 to 2015/2016. Entitled Sustainability Matters: Environmental Management in the Anthropocene, this is the sixth volume in the series, and comprises 15 of the best research papers completed during this period. The papers have been edited for brevity. They analyse the many challenges to effective environmental management covering countries including China, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the EU, and USA. Issues examined include biodiversity conservation, environmental science, environmental governance and management, energy, and urban studies.The first compilation, Sustainability Matters: Environmental Management in Asia was published in 2010 and comprised the best papers from 2001/2002 to 2006/2007. The second, Sustainability Matters: Challenges and Opportunities in Environmental Management in Asia, was published in 2011, and comprised the best papers from 2007/2008 and 2008/2009. The third and fourth compilations, Sustainability Matters: Asia's Green Challenges, and Sustainability Matters: Asia's Energy Concerns, Green Policies and Environmental Advocacy, comprised the best papers from the periods 2009/2010 and 2011/2012 respectively. The fifth compilation, Sustainability Matters: Environmental and Climate Changes in the Asia-Pacific, was published in 2015 and comprised the best papers for the periods 2012/2013 and 2013/2014.The papers are edited by five staff members from different disciplines in the MEM programme: Lye Lin-Heng, Harvey Neo, Sekhar Kondepudi, Yew Wen-Shan, Judy Sng Gek-Khim.
Download or read book Emotions in Crosslinguistic Perspective written by Jean Harkins and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2010-12-14 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume aims to enrich the current interdisciplinary theoretical discussion of human emo-tions by presenting studies based on extensive linguistic data from a wide range of languages of the world. Each language-specific study gives detailed semantic descriptions of the meanings of culturally salient emotion words and expressions, offering fascinating insights into people's emotional lives in diverse cultures including Amharic, Chinese, German, Japanese, Lao, Malay, Mbula, Polish and Russian. The book is unique in its emphasis on empirical language data, analyzed in a framework free of ethnocentrism and not dependent upon English emotion terms, but relying instead on independently established conceptual universals. Students of languages and cultures, psychology and cognition will find this volume a rich resource of description and analysis of emotional meanings in cultural context.
Download or read book Sejujur Hatimu written by Umi Azrini and published by Alaf 21. This book was released on 2006 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: REEN sebak setiap kali teringatkan dia. Sudah tiga hari dia menangis. Cukuplah. Air matanya kini sudah kering untuk lelaki itu. Muka macam hero, tetapi hati macam binatang! Dasar manusia tidak berhati perut! Bencinya bukan dibuat-buat. Marahnya meluap-luap. Dia telah diperbodohkan oleh sepupu sendiri. Jadikan saudara sendiri seperti barang permainan dan bahan ketawa. Maruahnya dipertaruhkan. Dia berasa cukup terhina. Hinaan paling besar kerana saudara sendiri yang melakukannya. “Tak guna!” Reen menyumpah. Hanya beberapa orang sahaja yang tahu hakikat permainan ini. Keluarganya langsung tidak tahu-menahu. Tetapi dia pasti, suatu hari nanti akan heboh jua. Biarlah anak ini melihat dunia dulu. Dia tidak akan sesekali membenarkan lelaki itu mendekatinya lagi. Dia akan pergi jauh dari sini. Biarlah kenangan pahit itu kekal di sini. Cameron Highlands sekali lagi menyaksikan kesedihan Nik Nazrini. Lara hatinya dibawa ke tanah dingin ini dengan harapan akan sedikit sebanyak menyejukkan hati yang luka. Bila agaknya darah yang mengalir dari hati luka ini akan berhenti? Dia kurang pasti. Yang pasti, parut yang tinggal nanti tentu hodoh sekali. Dia bencikan parut yang bakal melekat dalam hatinya. Ia pasti akan menjadi dendam kesumat. Dendam pada manusia yang tidak berhati perut. Tergamak membakar impian orang lain semata-mata untuk menjaga ego sendiri.
Download or read book Urban Coastal Area Management written by Lin Sien Chia and published by WorldFish. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore written by Thum Ping Tjin and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-09-29 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nationalism and Decolonisation in Singapore analyses Singapore’s decolonisation movement between 1953 and 1963 and provides a framework to understand the deepest and most important unresolved conflicts in Singaporean society. This book demonstrates how these conflicts stem from four unresolved schisms dating from the decolonisation period: race, class, language, and the meaning of self-determination. The author argues that these schisms drove the events of decolonisation, the creation of Malaysia, and Singapore’s separation and continue to actively shape Singapore today. Using contemporary English- and Chinese-language sources from a wide array of perspectives, as well as numerous declassified official documents, this book provides a new approach to the most formative period of Singapore history. It explains in detail the different ideologies, institutions, and conflicts which shaped Singaporean politics and society during decolonisation. In particular, the book focuses on the leaders of the main groups which most heavily influenced Singapore’s anti-colonial nationalism – the Chinesespeaking, the working class, and left-wing intellectuals. It looks at Singapore in the context of global movements of nationalism, socialism, and decolonisation and provides a framework which can offer insight into similar attempts by postcolonial governments to construct new nation-states from plural societies. A novel study of Singapore’s independence struggle that incorporates and analyses multiple linguistic, socioeconomic, and political viewpoints, the book will be of interest to researchers of Southeast Asian history and politics and those interested in decolonisation, nationalism, identity, and the politics of race, class, and language.
Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 1480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Twin Sister with Different Personality written by Cals Thania and published by Zahira Media Publisher. This book was released on 2021-06-16 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chayra and Cyra were twins, but having completely different personalities. Chayra became a popular kid at school, while Cyra was not the case. Their relationship was very intimate, until Nissa's presence grabbed Chayra's attention from Cyra. Actually Nissa just wanted to ride Chayra's popularity, but Cyra felt neglected and hurt. There was a heated argument, and Cyra chose not to live in the same house anymore. Cyra's assumption was not proven, as Chayra showed concern when Cyra was hospitalized for attempted murder. Finally Cyra forgave Nissa).
Download or read book Nian Di Hati written by Elin Nadia and published by Alaf 21. This book was released on 2011 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amy atau Nur Amelia Sherina bagaikan layang-layang yang terputus tali apabila ayahnya dibunuh dan rumahnya dibakar. Ibunya yang terpisah sejak kecil pula tidak ditemui. Mujur ada sahabat yang baik hati. Hani dan abangnya, Arif mengajak Amy tinggal bersama di rumah keluarga mereka. Namun ibu Hani, Datin Mastura tidak boleh menerima kehadiran Amy. Amy menjadi kuli tidak bergaji di rumah itu. Malah, dia dicemuh adik-beradik Hani dan Arif yang lain. Arif yang sepatutnya berkahwin dengan Shafiza melamar Amy sebagai isteri apabila Shafiza membatalkan perkahwinan mereka. Amy menerima Arif kerana lelaki itu bersungguh-sungguh mahu melindunginya daripada berterusan dibuli. Perkahwinan yang dibina sentiasa dipukul ombak. Datin Mastura dan Shafiza tidak puas-puas mahu melihat Arif dan Amy menderita dan berpisah. Amy yang sarat mengandung keguguran akibat perbuatan ibu mertua sendiri. Air mata sentiasa menemaninya sepanjang masa. Entah bila deritanya akan berakhir. Doanya moga ada sinar kasih yang mencelah walau sedikit. Dia benar-benar ingin menikmati erti bahagia.
Download or read book Lessons 16 25 written by John U. Wolff and published by SEAP Publications. This book was released on 1992 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
