"It was a matter of interest to me that many Australian academics seemed to think the only creative works of any consequence in South-East Asia were novels set in villages or kampongs, presented mostly in a simplistic way by decent but essentially parochial storytellers about deprivations referable to callous European rule"
GEORGE TOWN: In the old days, a Nyonya girl who desired to get married had to possess not only the skills of cooking, cleaning and sewing, but also the abilities to crochet, knit and do embroidery.
In a somber announcement, Lim Kean Chye, a stalwart advocate for Malaysian independence, had breathed his final breath on Wednesday night, his family conveyed. Lim's daughter, Lim Miao Yiong, disclosed that he peacefully breathed his last at his residence during the late hours of Wednesday. She emphasized that her father's…
KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 Many remember the legendary Rose Chan as a striptease queen but they forget that she was also a feminist who fought her way to the top in the 1950s.