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The first Popular Bookstore was set up in 1936 by Chou Sing Chu in North Bridge Road, Singapore, initially focusing on retailing Chinese books and stationery.In March 2006, Popular Holdings was the main organiser of BookFest@Singapore, the first Chinese-language book fair ever held outside of China.
The Great Reclamation is a 2023 novel by Singaporean novelist Rachel Heng, published by Riverhead Books.Heng's second novel, it follows the life of a family in Singapore during the turbulence of World War II and amid nation building efforts through the fifties and sixties.
Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (Chinese: 鄭成功; pinyin: Zhèng Chénggōng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīⁿ Sêng-kong; 27 August 1624 – 23 June 1662), better known internationally as Koxinga (Chinese: 國姓爺; pinyin: Guóxìngyé; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-sèng-iâ), was a Southern Ming general who resisted the Qing conquest of China in the 17th century, fighting them on China's southeastern coast.
The sale was the brainchild of BookXcess founders Andrew Yap and Jacqueline Ng. It was first held on 13–18 May 2009 for 5 days at Dataran Hamodal, Petaling Jaya . The book fair sells all kind of books genres, for example fiction , non-fiction , novels , literature , children's literature and young adult fiction .
Kong Rong (pronunciation ⓘ) (151 [1] /153 – 26 September 208 [2]), courtesy name Wenju, was a Chinese poet, politician, and minor warlord who lived during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China. He was a 20th generation descendant of Confucius . [ 3 ]
Kwong On Bank Limited (KOB) (former stock code: SEHK: 1115) (Chinese: 廣安銀行有限公司) was a Hong Kong–based bank.It was established in 1935 by Mr Leung Kwai-Yee and later run by his son, Dr. Leung Ding Bong, the President of the former Urban Council of Hong Kong, and Japan-based Fuji Bank, and his family. [1]
The Eight Immortals Restaurant was a Chinese restaurant in the Iao Hon section of Nossa Senhora de Fátima parish in Macau, then a Portuguese colony. [1] [2] The modest dining establishment, connected to the Eight Immortals Hotel, was owned and operated by Zheng Lin (鄭林), a former street hawker who had moved his business from a stand into a formal restaurant in the 1960s.
The Thirty Million Dollar Rush (Chinese: 橫財三千萬) is a 1987 Hong Kong action comedy film written, produced, directed by and starring Karl Maka.The film co-stars Brigitte Lin, Paula Tsui, Eric Tsang, Lau Kar-leung, Angile Leung and Mark Cheng.