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Southeast Asian personalities of Chinese descent : a biographical dictionary, volume II: glossary and index 9789814345224, 9814345229, 9789814414135, 9814414131, 9789814414142, 981441414X
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Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent A Biographical Dictionary Volume I
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The Chinese Heritage Centre was established in May 1995 to promote knowledge and understanding of people of Chinese descent outside China and their heritage through research, publications, conferences and exhibitions. It also houses the Wang Gungwu Library which has a specialized focus on the Chinese overseas and their heritage. As the first organization to specialize in the study of Chinese communities outside China, it is most appropriate that the Centre be housed in the former Nanyang University’s historic Administration Block, which itself is a relic of the landmark establishment of the first and only Chinese-medium university outside China founded by the ethnic Chinese.
The Institute of Southeast Asian Studies (ISEAS) was established as an autonomous organization in 1968. It is a regional centre dedicated to the study of socio-political, security and economic trends and developments in Southeast Asia and its wider geo
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Storytelling with Sari Yap
For the last 12 years, I’ve been hearing the same stories from Sari Yap and the beginnings of MEGA Magazine over and over again. By now, I know the story by heart. She won’t be around to tell her inspiring stories anymore, so perhaps I should add some more.
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Just like some of today’s finest journalists and professionals, Ma. Sarita Rosa V. Yap was educated at the exclusive all-girls school of Maryknoll College in Quezon City. She moved to the state university in Diliman to major in Broadcast Communication and it is in UP where she learned how to write, edit, and produce content for television, her first love. Sari graduated cum laude. Later, she became an educator there and was a self-confessed terror because of the high standard that she already espoused. With her passion for knowledge, Sari wanted to learn more. She applied at Universidad de Navarra in Spain where Sari studied her masters in Periodismo. Sari loved books and magazines and even told me that she never puts out a book in her home or office that she has never read. Clearly, she was very responsible.
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