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This painting shows the swearing-in of Mr Lee Kuan Yew as Singapore's 1st prime minister during the afternoon of June 5, 1959, where there were no photographic records of this event. On the right, in yellow, is Sir William Goode, the last British governor of Singapore. Foto: Low Wei Xin
The late Mr Lee Kuan Yew may never have publicly declared his Peranakan roots, but Singapore’s 1st Prime Minister, who was of Hakka and Chinese Peranakan descent, will be one of the 50 Babas and Nyonyas lauded at a new exhibition at the Peranakan Museum.
Great Peranakans: Fifty Remarkable Lives, which will open on Saturday (May 23), shines the spotlight on individuals who have been influential in Singapore’s development.
Divided into 3 historical periods, spanning from 1819 to 1965, the exhibition includes early pioneers such as businessman Cheang Hong Lim, who dealt in opium, but was responsible for what would become Hong Lim Park; philanthropist Tan Tock Seng, who founded the 1st hospital for poor Chinese; and See Tiong Wah, founder of Bukit Brown Cemetery.
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S’porean man creates Peranakan Rhapsody music video, viral parody of Bohemian Rhapsody
A local Peranakan named Alvin Oon, has produced a parody of the song called Peranakan Rhapsody.
Oon set up Peranakan Sayang as a platform for him to showcase the Peranakan culture, and this video was created for the same purpose. According to Oon, the idea for the parody had been sitting in his head for “quite some time” and the recent release of the Queen biopic pushed him to produce it.
He also said that the toughest part of the parody were the vocals, for which he enlisted the help of his friends.
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A local Peranakan named Alvin Oon, has produced a parody of the song called Peranakan Rhapsody.
Oon set up Peranakan Sayang as a platform for him to showcase the Peranakan culture, and this video was created for the same purpose. According to Oon, the idea for the parody had been sitting in his head for “quite some time” and the recent release of the Queen biopic pushed him to produce it.
He also said that the toughest part of the parody were the vocals, for which he enlisted the help of his friends.
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