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50 years of the Chinese community in Singapore

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	50 years of the Chinese community in Singapore/ editor, Pang Cheng Lian.
remainder title:	Fifty years of the Chinese community in Singapore
other author:	Pang, Cheng Lian.
Published:	Singapore :World Scientific Publishing, : c2016.,
Description:	1 online resource (xxxvii, 271 p.) :chiefy col. ill. :
Notes:	Title from PDF file title page (viewed December 8, 2015)
Subject:	Chinese - Singapore. -
Online resource:	http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/9579#t=toc
ISBN:	9789814675413

50 years of the Chinese community in Singapore
50 years of the Chinese community in Singapore[electronic resource] /Fifty years of the Chinese community in Singaporeeditor, Pang Cheng Lian. - 1st ed. - Singapore :World Scientific Publishing,c2016. - 1 online resource (xxxvii, 271 p.) :chiefy col. ill. - World Scientific series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building. - World Scientific series on Singapore's 50 years of nation-building..

Title from PDF file title page (viewed December 8, 2015)

Includes bibliographical references.

"Singapore's success story is essentially a "people" story. Singaporeans have good reason to celebrate the nation's golden jubilee with pride. In the short space of five decades the country has moved from Third World to First, and its real GDP has grown by 40 times! For this phenomenal progress, credit must go to its people, the Republic's primary resource. Against all odds and amidst dire predictions, Singaporeans proved that a united and resourceful community could build a nation from scratch. This book is dedicated to one segment of these Singaporeans — the Chinese community. In particular, this collection of essays focuses on the Chinese speaking members of the community whose many contributions are less familiar to those brought up on a strict diet of the English language. This celebratory book is divided into four broad categories. The first section examines the major Chinese organisations and their contributions in the past five decades. These include the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations, the Chinese Development Assistance Council and the Chinese Heritage Centre. In addition, it looks at the history and work of some of the social clubs and charitable organisations in the Chinese community. The second section examines some community issues that have engaged the Chinese community in Singapore's first 50 years. Two senior journalists and two academics review the evolution of the Chinese language, the integration of new immigrants from China and the influence of Chinese religions. The five essays in the third section trace the development of Chinese visual and performing art in the Republic. The last section looks at the interactions between Singapore's Chinese community and China on the one hand, and with the regional Chinese communities on the other. The contributors of this salute to the Chinese community are/ have been directly involved or are passionate about the subjects of their essays."--

Electronic reproduction.
Singapore :
World Scientific,
2015.

In English, some text in Chinese characters.

ISBN: 9789814675413

LCCN: 2015030123Subjects--Topical Terms:

1212005
Chinese
--Singapore.

LC Class. No.: DS610.25.C5 / A14 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 959.57/004951009045

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