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This volume focuses on the theatre history of Asian countries, and discusses the specific context of theatre modernization in Asia. While Asian theatre is one of the primary interests within theatre scholarship in the world today, knowledge of Asian theatre history is very limited and often surprisingly incorrect. Therefore, this volume addresses a major gap in contemporary theatre studies. The volume discusses the conflict between tradition and modernity in theatre, suggesting that the problems of modernity are closely related to the idea of tradition. Although Asian countries preserved the traditional form and values of their respective theatres, they had to also confront the newly introdu...
Singapore’s Malay (Muslim) community, constituting about 15 per cent of the total population and constitutionally enshrined as the indigenous people of Singapore, have had its fair share of progress and problems in the history of this country. While different aspects of the vicissitudes of life of the community have been written over the years, there has not been a singularly substantive published compendium specifically about the community – in the form of a Bibliography – available. This academic initiative fills this obvious literature gap. The scope and coverage of this Bibliography is manifestly comprehensive, encompassing the different sources of information (print or non-print) ...
Buku ini membentangkan kearifan tempatan masyarakat Nusantara, khususnya orang Melayu yang terbentuk dan berkembang hari demi hari sehingga akhirnya menjadi suatu ilmu yang membudaya dalam kehidupan mereka. Pengalaman, tuntutan hidup dan latar geografi ketika meniti kehidupan itulah yang telah membentuk dan menumbuhkan pelbagai ilmu yang sesuai dengan suasasa kehidupan masyarakat di Nusantara ini. Ilmu yang berfokuskan kearifan tempatan masyarakat Nusantara ini boleh ditekuni melalui pelbagai disiplin yang dikelompokkan sebagai alam sejarah, alam sastera, alam pendidikan, alam masyarakat desa, alam perubatan tradisional, alam rohaniah, alam seni, alam pembinaan, alam perkapalan dan perniagaan, alam pengurusan/adat tradisional Melayu, alam air, alam belantara dan alam pertanian. Oleh sebab disiplin kajian tentang kearifan tempatan ini begitu luas, maka buku ini dikhususkan hanya kepada kearifan tempatan masyarakat Nusantara yang meliputi bidang sastera, bahasa dan perkembangan ilmu yang berkaitan dengan bidang ini sahaja. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia
MALAYA 16th. June 1948. Early in the morning, 3 murders of Rubber Planters took place. All within the area of Taiping Perak North Malaya. The names of the Planters were: - Mr. Arthur Walker. Manager of the Elphin Rubber Estate. and Mr J.M. Allison, along with Mr. I.D. Christian of the Phin Soon Rubber Estate. The two gangs of Murderers all Chinese, were Members of the Malaya Communist Party, under the then Party Chairman Chin Peng. Chin Peng had been trained and fought alongside the British Special Operations Executive Force 136. During the Japanese Occupation of Malaya from 1942 until 1945. Chin Peng’s objective was, to create a Communist Dictatorship in Malaya, after the cessation of hos...
This book explains 'how to do' research on the early Malay doctors. a detailed account of the meaning of the word 'Malay' is given, in due recognition of the high status accorded to Malay Civilization in the Malay annals and Chinese chronicles. Forty-three early Malay doctors were traced over nine years in Malaya and Singapore. the techniques deployed to trace them are explained. the sources of their biographies are described, which include interviews, narratives, family accounts, newspapers, publications, and contacting their former institutions, friends and associations. Only a brief one-page biography for each doctor is included in this book. There are 30 appendices that contain tabulated information about these doctors, information about the early schools, medical institutions and hospitals at the time. This book is a resource guide on the early Malay doctors based on present research findings. More research efforts need to be channeled to find the remaining 12 early Malay doctors.