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Lim Chor Pee
Lim Chor Pee (1936 - 5 December 2006) was a lawyer and playwright. He was a pioneer of English-language theatre in Singapore, and is considered to be Singapore's first English-language playwright. Early life and education Lim was born in Penang in 1936. He attended the Penang Free School in 1940s. He studied at St. John's College, Cambridge in the 1950s. He was called to the Bar at the Inner Temple in June 1959. In September 1962, he was admitted to the Malayan Bar in Singapore. Career He founded the Experimental Theatre Club (Singapore), Experimental Theatre Club in the 1960s to encourage English-educated playwrights by staging their plays. He also served as the company's artistic director 1961 to 1967. He wrote his first play, ''Mimi Fan'', in 1962. The play featured characters that did not speak The Queen's English, Queen's English. His second play, ''A White Rose at Midnight'', was written by 1964. Both plays were staged at the Cultural Centre Theatre by Experimental Theatre Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established on 15 July 1845 as ''The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce''. ''The Straits Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Singapore. The print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. Myanmar and Brunei editions are published, with newsprint circulations of 5,000 and 2,500 respectively. History The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The'' ''Singapore Free Press'', founded by William Napier in 1835. Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
