Eddie Chan

Chinatown Unspoken (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Think you know Singapore's Chinatown?

Let veteran architect, Eddie Chan Fook Pong, take you on a journey back in time through a Chinatown as you have never imagined it. Chinatown Unspoken is a historical story of Singapore set against a wonderfully colourful landscape. Eddie's account roars through two decades of turmoil, with characters ranging from gangsters and soldiers to prostitutes and clans, samsui women and even government officials.

A tribute to the beloved neighbourhood where he grew up, Eddie takes an affectionate look at the bustling part of town that has bewitched him ever since he was a child. By interweaving his own personal experiences in his storytelling, he beautifully captures its vivid stories, giving readers a deeper look into what "Chinatown" meant to its inhabitants-and to Singapore at large.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Candid Creation Publishing
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. September 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789811480102
• Artikelnr.: 60312616

Autorenporträt

Eddie Chan Fook Pong was born in 1939 and migrated to Singapore with his parents from Hong Kong in 1942. He lived in Chinatown for 23 years, beginning from the outbreak of the Second World War to 1963 when Singapore became part of Malaysia.

His parents were teachers from Guangzhou, who founded a private school in Chinatown. He was educated in his parents' school and later, Yeong Cheng Chinese Primary School, Beatty Secondary School and Singapore Polytechnic where he read architecture.

He co-founded Archinamics in 1967 and later his own practice, Regional Development Consortium Pte Ltd (RDC) in 1974. He retired in 2001 after 34 years in the industry, during which he designed many landmark buildings both locally and abroad. He was elected a valued alumnus by the National University of Singapore.

His interest in art and music led him to establish the Thomson Jazz Club and

Jazz@Southbridge. The former, a non-profit community organisation in its 25th year, is still in service. He was given the award for supporting jazz by Compass, an association of composers and writers, in 2004.

From 1984 to 2001, he served as Chairman of the management committee of Thomson Community Club and was awarded the Public Service Star BBM by the President of Singapore in 1997.

He is also the co-author of the book, In Their Own Words: Pioneer Architects of Singapore Polytechnic, which was published in 2019. Chinatown Unspoken is his second book.