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An Unusual Intimacy

September 28 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm

Free

Join us for the highly anticipated book launch of Tapping Words, Bridging Cultures: Memoir of Yang Quee Yee! 📚✨

The late Yang Quee Yee was a renowned expert in compiling Malay-Chinese-English dictionaries. This memoir pays tribute to his lifelong intimacy with language and his remarkable partnership with his wife, Mdm Chan Maw Woh. Together, they co-authored 17 dictionaries and were conferred the SBC Achievement Award in 2021 for their contributions to lexicography and translation.

🎤 Speakers: Chan Maw Woh & Michael Lim Sze How
🎙 Moderator: Chan Wai Han

📆 Sat, 28 Sept
⏰ 3:30pm – 5:00pm
📍The Arts House
🎟 FREE with Registration

This programme is co-presented with Pagesetters Services (@pagesetters)

We would like to thank Arts House Limited for being our venue sponsor for this programme.

Details

Date:
September 28
Time:
3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Cost:
Free
Event Category:
Website:
https://bit.ly/4gqeq8d

Organizer

Singapore Book Council
Phone:
6342 5119
Email:
info@bookcouncil.sg
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Venue

The Arts House 1 Old Parliament Ln, Singapore 179429
1 Old Parliament Ln, Singapore 179429
Singapore, Singapore 179429 Singapore
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