Can Mak Yong survive another decade? April 14, 2021 – Posted in: In The News

A. Kathirasen “But we Malaysians are different. We want the name and the prestige, but when it comes to action we turn into stone. The only thing left for Mak Yong, it appears, is to die out.” Mak Yong was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in 2005. The recognition followed the submission of a paper on the traditional Malay…

‘Sutan Puasa yang buka KL, bukan Yap Ah Loy’ March 10, 2021 – Posted in: In The News

Sutan Puasa merupakan orang yang layak dianggap sebagai pembuka Kuala Lumpur, dan bukannya Yap Ah Loy mahu pun Raja Abdullah, demikian menurut pakar sejarah, Prof. Emeritus Tan Sri Dr. Khoo Kay Kim. “Ramai yang tidak mengetahui tentang peranan Sutan Puasa dalam membuka Kuala Lumpur kerana tidak banyak cerita mengenai beliau diketahui umum. “Dahulu orang Melayu tidak suka menyimpan rekod dan ia juga antara faktor menyebabkan pedagang dari Sumatera, Indonesia itu kedengaran asing dalam sejarah Kuala…

Through the wheels of time January 29, 2021 – Posted in: In The News, Reviews

Arnold Loh, The Star THE nostalgia hits many locals on busy Penang Road. From the Chulia Street-Penang Road junction towards Komtar, commuters will come across parallel steel tramlines, built sometime between 1880 and 1906. Road builders dug them up by accident in 2004 while replacing underground utility cables. To make them invulnerable to the grinding wheel of time, the road running along the tramlines is encased not in normal asphalt but solid concrete. This preserved…

Penang trams – Posted in: In The News

This page is about Penang Trams. George Town was one of the first cities in the region to introduce trams, ahead of even Calcutta and Singapore. A steam tramway with a single metre gauge line commenced operation in the 1880s linking Weld Quay in the town centre with Ayer Itam, four miles away across picturesque scenery and coconut plantations. It was used both as a passenger service and to transport farm produce to the docks…

Kenali Chitty–masyarakat India Peranakan di Malaysia yang semakin pupus January 6, 2021 – Posted in: In The News

Osman Affandi29 Nov 2018 Perkataan Baba itu merujuk kepada lelaki sementara Nyonya pula bermaksud wanita. Peranakan pula bermaksud keturunan dimana mereka adalah keturunan nenek moyang mereka yang telah berhijrah ke sini. Dari segi bahasa pula, mereka bertutur dalam bahasa Melayu dan kebiasaannya hanya golongan-golongan berumur sahaja yang pandai bertutur dalam bahasa Hokkien. Masyarakat Baba Nyonya ini begitu sinonim dengan negeri Melaka dan di Melaka, terdapat sebuah muzium khas Baba dan Nyonya yang memaparkan sejarah, latarbelakang…

This book explores Loke Chow Kit’s vast history and his contributions to Malaysia October 28, 2020 – Posted in: In The News

Ann Marie Chandy Heritage is time’s inheritance, what the past has relinquished to the present, and what value the present bestows upon the future… Architect Junn Ng was thrilled when her 16-year-old daughter Ch’ng Symn coined the above phrase while they collaborated on their first book together, The Legacy And Heritage Of Loke Chow Kit. The mother-daughter duo had a practical system in place, with mum handling all the research and technicalities, and daughter fine-tuning the…

Book Review: TIN MAN September 4, 2020 – Posted in: Reviews

I see Tin Man by Yin, as a local Malaysian story with a ‘wake-up’ call to fellow citizens irrespective of race, to not take lightly the racial discourse faced in the country. In what is viewed as growing intolerance amongst Malaysians, Yin, a Malaysian Chinese, makes a timely and conscious attempt in Tin Man to historically reflect upon the struggles of the early Chinese migrants and their current state of welfare. Spanned across three generations,…

The book, Living Art, is a survey of living, creative practices September 2, 2020 – Posted in: In The News, Reviews

By Shalini Ganendra NUMEROUS romanticised notions surround the field of creativity, including divine talent and magical product delivery. What the recently-released Living Art publication deftly reflects, through the careful and very readable case studies of 14 established local artists, is that sustainable and successful creative careers also require clear method, diligence, reflection and challenge. Living Art is a survey of living, creative practices. Discussion and writing revolve around questions, posed to each artist, covering: (1) Growing up; (2) Learning Process;…

‘Living Art’: The inspired lives of 14 Malaysian artists and their creative practice – Posted in: In The News, Reviews

BY SHALINI GANENDRA , The Malay Mail KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — Numerous romanticised notions surround the field of creativity, including divine talent and magical product delivery. What the recently released Living Art by Emelia Ong adeptly reflects, through the careful and very readable case studies of 14 established local artists is that sustainable and successful creative careers also require clear method, diligence, reflection and challenge. Living Art is a survey of living art practices. Thus, the import of the publication goes…

How do Malaysian artists make art? ‘Living Art’ tells their stories – Posted in: In The News, Reviews

By TERENCE TOH , The Star Whenever veteran sculptor Mad Anuar Ismail approaches material for a new piece of work, he needs to “negotiate” with it first. Some artists begin with a preconceived idea of what they want to make, and then look for the right medium to craft it. Mad Anuar, in his late 60s, will listen to the “will” of the wood he works with. The resulting artwork he creates will reflect the conversation…

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