by Noel Ng | Jan 24, 2022 | Announcements, Magazine
Dear members We usher in the Year of the Water Tiger with this special Convention Issue of THE PERANAKAN magazine which is on its way in the mail to you. Read about the dream performance by theatre doyens GT Lye and Ivan Heng. Sense the optimism for an evolving...
by Noel Ng | Jan 4, 2022 | Announcements
Introduction The Peranakan Association Singapore (TPAS) had received 65 questions from the audience (both in-person and virtual) during the Symposium held in conjunction with our 33rd Baba Nyonya International Convention on 20 November 2021. We are responding to each...
by Noel Ng | Dec 31, 2021 | Announcements
Dear Nyonyas and Babas, Kamsiah Manyak Manyak for supporting our hybrid 33rd Baba Nyonya International Convention on 20 November 2021. Memory of the last scene in our convention’s play, The Matriarchs, lingers. Played to perfection by Baba Ivan Heng, Emily...
by Noel Ng | Nov 29, 2021 | Announcements
Dear Nyonyas and Babas, LETTING GO I was driving home after our 33rd Baba Nyonya International Convention on 20 November 2021. Baba Alvin Tan of The Necessary Stage was in the car. It was cloudy outside and threatening to rain. But we talked excitedly about keeping...
by Noel Ng | Nov 18, 2021 | Announcements
Dear Nyonyas and Babas, The Making of The Matriarchs: The Untold Story A Serendipitous Moment My story begins ten years ago in March 2011 when I was captivated, for the second time, by the dramatic flourishes of Ivan Heng’s hip-swivelling Emily of Emerald Hill. We...
by Noel Ng | Oct 30, 2021 | Announcements
Dear Nyonyas and Babas, CONVENTION ROUND THE CORNER It is hard to believe that in just under four weeks the experience we have been preparing for three years for you will be upon us. Finally. The 33rd Baba Nyonya International Convention will be held on Saturday 20...
