{"id":6,"date":"2023-01-01T21:11:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-01T21:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/2023\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2025-09-08T11:24:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T11:24:40","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/theperanakanmagazine\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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THE PERANAKAN <\/strong>is an award-winning non-profit magazine by The Peranakan Association Singapore (TPAS). Its aim is to document, promote and disseminate information on the unique Peranakan culture of Singapore in particular, and Southeast Asia in general.

The magazine is the only regular publication dedicated to providing insights into the rich cultural heritage of the Peranakans. Besides feature articles on material culture such as clothes, jewelry, beadwork and porcelain ware, it also has writers contributing articles on the history, traditions, food and lifestyle of the Babas and Nyonya.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The first issue of THE PERANAKAN appeared as a xeroxed 4-page newsletter in June 1994. Through the years, it has evolved to become a full-fledged magazine and since 2023, into an e-publication with a visually attractive, full-colour format in an easy-to-read style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE PERANAKAN is a must-have resource for all things Peranakan. It is read by a wide range of people including antique collectors, museum curators and docents, media professionals, foodies, expatriates, tourists and researchers. In 2018, THE PERANAKAN clinched the Special Interest Media of the Year Award at the Media Publishers Association Singapore Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE PERANAKAN is the only magazine within the Federation of Peranakan Associations (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia).<\/p>\n<\/div>

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Editorial Committee<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Editor <\/strong>Emeric Lau<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editorial Secretariat<\/strong> Eunice Yap<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Creative Adviser <\/strong>John Lee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Designer<\/strong> Joanne Low<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Editorial Members<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Colin Chee, Ngiam May Ling, Bryan Tan,
Ronney Tan Koon Siang<\/p>\n\n\n\n

TPAS Webmaster<\/strong> Noel Ng<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Advertise with us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you would like to advertise with us, please email us at advertising@peranakan.org.sg<\/a>. We can also craft custom marketing and advertising campaigns to suit your needs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Work with us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We’re always looking for contributors to the THE PERANAKAN. If you’re a writer, photographer, designer, editor or have any queries, we would love to hear from you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kindly email us at editor@peranakan.org.sg<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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THE PERANAKAN Magazine is published by
The Peranakan Association Singapore<\/strong>, 109A East Coast Road Singapore 428801
Email:\u00a0secretariat@peranakan.org.sg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE PERANAKAN is an award-winning non-profit magazine by The Peranakan Association Singapore (TPAS). Its aim is to document, promote and disseminate information on the unique Peranakan culture of Singapore in particular, and Southeast Asia in general.

The magazine is the only regular publication dedicated to providing insights into the rich cultural heritage of the Peranakans. Besides feature articles on material culture such as clothes, jewelry, beadwork and porcelain ware, it also has writers contributing articles on the history, traditions, food and lifestyle of the Babas and Nyonya.
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The first issue of THE PERANAKAN appeared as a xeroxed 4-page newsletter in June 1994. Through the years, it has evolved to become a full-fledged magazine with a visually attractive, full-colour format in an easy-to-read style.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


THE PERANAKAN is a must-have resource for all things Peranakan. It is read by a wide range of people including antique collectors, museum curators and docents, media professionals, foodies, expatriates, tourists and researchers.
In 2018, THE PERANAKAN clinched the Special Interest Media of the Year Award at the Media Publishers Association Singapore Awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


THE PERANAKAN is the only magazine within the Federation of Peranakan Associations (Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and Australia).<\/p>\n\n\n\n


For advertising enquiries, please email:\u00a0advertising@peranakan.org.sg<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


THE PERANAKAN Magazine is published by
The Peranakan Association Singapore<\/strong>, Raffles City PO Box 1640, Singapore 911755
Email:\u00a0secretariat@peranakan.org.sg<\/a><\/p>\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/theperanakanmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/theperanakanmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/theperanakanmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/theperanakanmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/theperanakanmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":60,"href":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/theperanakanmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3216,"href":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/theperanakanmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/3216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peranakan.org.sg\/theperanakanmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}