by Noel Ng | Jul 31, 2021 | Announcements
Tickets for the 33rd Baba Nyonya International Convention, 20 November 2021 Last month, we announced that the sale of our tickets for the convention would be launched in August. We are hoping to launch it after National Day and the scheduled update by Singapore’s...
by Noel Ng | Jul 19, 2021 | Announcements
HAPPY NEWS On 16th June, I received a happy and excited announcement from Professor Roger Foo, Senior Group Leader with the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS). “Hi Colin, this is a good news email. The paper is finally accepted for publication.” And no less than in...
by Noel Ng | Jun 30, 2021 | Announcements
33RD BABA NYONYA INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON SATURDAY, 20 NOVEMBER 2021 Five Months to Go We have only five months to November before The Peranakan Association Singapore’s (TPAS) long-awaited convention hits the runway! And we are especially delighted to announce that...
by Noel Ng | Jun 11, 2021 | Announcements
The Perfect Penang Baba A Tribute to the late Dato’ Seri Khoo Keat Siew by Baba Chan Eng Thai When I met the late Dato’ Seri Khoo Keat Siew (“KKS”) during one of his many visits to Singapore, I asked him if he had read the book “The Patriarch” by Yeap Joo Kim. The...
by Noel Ng | May 31, 2021 | Announcements
Missing the Physical “You know what we miss most, Colin? We would just love to be able to get together again,” said Baba Francis Chia during one of our catch-up chats on the phone a week ago. Francis is the choir master of The Peranakan Voices, the 22-strong choir of...