BiblioAsia Jan–Mar 2013

Director’s Column

Singapore: A City of Campaigns
(PDF)

Edwin Thumboo – Time-travelling: A Poetry Exhibition
(PDF)

Life in Death: The Case of Keramats in Singapore
Keramats (or shrines) have endured the fast-paced changes characteristic of Singapore’s urban progress and development. Over the centuries, keramats have obtained a symbolic significance that transcends the vibrant social fabric of multiple religions and cultures.(PDF)

Grave Matters: The Burial Registers in Singapore
(PDF)

Digging Bidadari’s Past: From Palace to First Muslim State Cemetery
(PDF)

Sago Lane: “Street of the Dead”
Among the older generation of Singaporeans who have lived, grown up in or worked in Chinatown during the 1930s to 1960s, death houses bestir grim and depressing memories of the old two- to three- storey red-tiled roof houses that used to line Sago Lane, scattered intermittently among residential dwellings.(PDF)

Some Thoughts on the Theme of Death
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Overseas Chinese Nationalism and Relief Efforts for China in the 1930s
Dr Jason Lim reviews the content of the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry 80th Anniversary Souvenir, found in the National Library’s rare books collection.(PDF)