Yap Keng Vui
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The Hakka Association in Kota Kinabalu
Yap Keng Vui and Chua Chun Kiong brought me to meet curator Allen Lin at the newly-built Hakka Association building in Kota Kinabalu. “The Hakka Association has 13 districts in Sabah,” Allen said. “Penampang, Putatan, Kota Belud, Ranau, Labuan, Lahad… Continue reading
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Sabah holiday 2015. Inside the Sabah Art Gallery
My friend Yap took me to the relatively new Sabah Art Gallery. It’s an ecologically friendly building, powered by solar panels. Responsive lights turn on as you approach a painting. It’s a little freaky, but you get used to it… Continue reading
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Book Launch Speeches — Video and Transcripts
Video and transcripts of the speeches at the book launch of SabahSongs: Contemporary Music in Sabah, at the Jesselton Hotel, Kota Kinabalu on December 20, 2012. Speech by Datuk CL Chan (the publisher) First of all I would like to… Continue reading
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Book launch media coverage
Here is some media coverage about the book launch of SabahSongs: Contemporary Music in Sabah. Most of it is out of Malaysia, in English, Chinese and Malay, but some websites from elsewhere took the story from newsfeeds. Click on them… Continue reading
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Ready for the book launch!
With less than a week to go to the book launch, we are down to press packs and other publicity. Two days after the launch, we move to Brisbane, Australia. I’m now writing in my new blog, for thIs Australian… Continue reading
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Hot Off The Press
I will courier fifty books from Taiwan to Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia to fit in a book launch before we move. The books will arrive December 18th 2012. The book launch is Dec 20th. Miles and I fly at 6.00… Continue reading
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The book which came from a blog
In my first blog SabahSongs I wrote about musicians and other people working in the music industry in Sabah. The blog became a book, and it will be launched in a few weeks’ time. Here’s a post about it. I’m… Continue reading
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