The Singapore Book Council’s Malay literature awards, the Anugerah Persuratan, announces a new biennial round of winners, yielding six honors, one of them posthumous.
On Orchard Road in Singapore, light traffic amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Image – iStockphoto: Yeo Shao Jie
Hamed Ismail, 73, Becomes Oldest Laureate
The Malay Language Council Singapore has been organizing the biennial “Anugerah Persuratan“ a Malay literature award since 1993. In that time, more than 150 writers have been honored with recognition in the program. In addition to recognizing strong literature, the program also is devised to encourage new writings in Bahasa Malaysia.
While English is prevalent in Singapore, Malay is actually a constitutionally designated national language and one of four officially appointed languages, the other three being Mandarin Chinese, Tamil, and English.
Al Sadd extended their lead on top from 11 to 13 points over second-placed reigning champions Al Duhail after they beat Al Khor 7-0 at the end of the 2020-21 season QNB Stars League’s Week 15 action, held on Tuesday and Wednesday (January 19 and 20, 2021).
Rodrigo Tabata led the scoring with a hat-trick and Baghdad Bounedjah netted a double. Santiago Cazorla and Ali Asad were the other scorers as Al Sadd notched up their 13th victory to be on 41 points.
In all, a total of 15 goals were scored across all fixtures. Three matches produced drawn results, and red cards were shown to three players – Ibrahim Nasser Kalla of Al Arabi, Saeed Al Hajj of Al Gharafa and Mohanad Ali (Mimi) of Al Sailiya.
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Poet Marylyn Tan blazes the trail with Singapore Literature Prize win
Ms Marylyn Tan was also the first female poet to score a solo win in the prize s 28 years.PHOTO: ST FILE
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10 Dec 2020 - 9:13
Al Gharafa players celebrate after defeating Al Ahli yesterday.
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Doha: Al Gharafa leapfrogged Al Ahli to the second position of the QNB Stars League (QSL) standings with a crushing 4-0 win while Umm Salal and Qatar SC won their respective Round 8 matches yesterday.
Al Ahli Stadium yesterday, a double from Jonathan Kodjia (14th and 25th minutes), and a goal from Othman Al Yahri (35th) powered Al Gharafa to their sixth win of the season. Al Ahli’s Shane Lowry scored an own goal in the 52nd minute to add to The Cheetahs’ tally.
Al Gharafa now have 18 points as the latter remained on 16 points after suffering their second defeat.