by Tony Tan | Aug 31, 2020 | Announcements
(This is a monthly letter from Baba Colin Chee to members and friends of the Association.) Dear Babas and Nyonyas, A MUSICAL CELEBRATION On 16 August 2020, we celebrated the Association’s 120th anniversary, our choir, The Peranakan Voices, 20th anniversary, and...
by Tony Tan | Aug 21, 2020 | Events
Sunday, 23 August 2020 from 9am The Association collaborated with The Arts House to produce this video talk for their LumiNation festival. Held alongside with National Day from 1-30 August, the festival explores our Singaporean identity through performances, talks and...
by Tony Tan | Aug 11, 2020 | Events
Don’t miss this special screening this weekend! You can watch the live stream here: The Association’s YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/theperanakanassociationsingapore The Association’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/theperanakanassociationsingapore...
by Victoria C L | Jul 31, 2020 | Announcements
(This is a monthly letter from Baba Colin Chee to members and friends of the Association.) Dear Babas and Nyonyas, CELEBRATING A SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY How does one celebrate a 120th Anniversary in a pandemic year? On 17 August 1900, our forebears, the Straits Chinese...
by Victoria C L | Jul 16, 2020 | Announcements
UPDATE: 23 July 2020 All the books are SOLD OUT. Thank you for your support. We will not be accepting any more orders. The Persatuan Peranakan Baba Nyonya Kuala Lumpur & Selangor (PPBNKLS) has published a cookbook to commemorate its 10th Anniversary. “Our...
by Victoria C L | Jul 15, 2020 | Announcements
Dear Babas and Nyonyas, On 12 July, we held our 120-year-old association’s first-ever virtual Annual General Meeting. It was a success. There were no technical glitches. We owe this to two of our new and young General Committee (GC) members – Nyonya Theresa Tan...
by Victoria C L | Jun 30, 2020 | Announcements
(This is a monthly letter from Baba Colin Chee to members and friends of the Association.) Dear Babas and Nyonyas, Recognising Our Heroes It was a dream come true! In October, last year, Nyonya Dawn Marie Lee gushed on the General Committee’s (GC) group chat: “Hooray!...
by Victoria C L | Jun 17, 2020 | Announcements
Dear Life Members, ADJOURNED ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF TPAS TO BE HELD ON 12 JULY 2020 AT 2.00 P.M. I hope you are well. On 29 May 2020 (“29 May Announcement”) we announced that because of the COVID-19 situation the Annual General Meeting (AGM) would be adjourned to...
by Victoria C L | Jun 4, 2020 | Announcements
The Peranakan Association Singapore congratulates wayang Peranakan doyen, Baba GT Lye, on being honoured as a Steward Of Singapore’s Intangible Cultural Heritage by the National Heritage Board. The Award aims to recognise practitioners of intangible cultural heritage...
by Victoria C L | May 29, 2020 | Announcements
(This is a letter to Association members about our AGM) Dear Babas and Nyonyas, The 2020 Annual General Meeting In my 30 March letter to you, I wrote that we would very likely have to postpone our Annual General Meeting (AGM) of 26 April to 28 June 2020. I had also...
