Kee Thuan Chye
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Kee Thuan Chye is a prominent Malaysian actor, drama
tist, poet
and journalist
. Acting in theatre, films, and on television for more than 30 years, he continues to do so. In 1981, Kee co-founded the theatre group, KAMI, in Kuala Lumpur
. A noted civil rights activist, he would express in his plays whatever he could not express through the newspapers under Malaysia's repressive Printing Presses and Publications Act
(PPPA). For speaking out without fear or favor, Kee was among the first recipients of The Annexe Heroes Freedom of Expression Awards when it was launched in 2008. In 2010, he was also voted the 34th Most Trusted Malaysian in a poll conducted by Reader's Digest
.
, Malaysia, Kee Thuan Chye joined the now-defunct National Echo newspaper as a literary editor after graduating from Universiti Sains Malaysia
(Science University of Malaysia) in 1976. In 1979, he moved from Penang
to Kuala Lumpur
to join the New Straits Times
(NST), serving various positions including news sub-editor, entertainment editor, leader writer and for 10 years, its literary editor. A theatre columnist for the New Sunday Times (1980–1981), he also wrote a weekly film review column for the New Straits Times (1980–1984) and a weekly column on the arts for Business Times (1986–1987).
Although social reengineering under the New Economic Policy
had already begun after the May 13 Incident
of 1969, it became more pronounced after Mahathir bin Mohamad
became Prime Minister
in 1981. At the New Straits Times, Kee Thuan Chye received numerous memos from his editor-in-chief for trying to push the parameters and opening up public discourse on what was deemed 'sensitive' issues. Firmly believing that the responsibility of a journalist to the public is to inform them of the truth, he had to battle with his superiors and as a consequence, he was often punished, marginalized, and shut out. In 1988, Kee received his Master's degree in drama from the University of Essex
, after being awarded a British Council
Fellowship for postgraduate studies in England
.
In 2001, Kee Thuan Chye became the Associate Editor of The Star
in Kuala Lumpur
, creating and editing the English column, Mind Our English, until retirement in May 2009. His Sunday Star
column, Playing The Fool, which he began in April 2001, ran for only two installments before it was cancelled. In his inaugural article, Kee had written that he would be speaking out frankly on social and political issues, without fear or favor. His second article, hitting out at racial discrimination in Malaysia, was published but when it came to his third article, the editors got jittery and suppressed it. The Star finally decided to terminate the column after Kee submitted his fourth article.
Other publications featuring his articles and reviews include Asiaweek
, Far Eastern Economic Review
, and Asia Magazine.
and 1957 Hati Malaya, in which he played independence fighter Tan Cheng Lock
, but also international productions such as Entrapment
, Anna and the King
, the Hallmark TV-movie Marco Polo
, and Secrets of the Forbidden City for the BBC
and the History Channel.
On Malaysian TV, Kee Thuan Chye was the regular character Han Lee in the long-running series City of the Rich as well as the villain in the TV series 10 (Sepuluh), apart from numerous guest appearances. In 2008, he played the lead role in the Mediacorp
TV-movie Sense of Home: Kampung Kid, shot in Cambodia
. Kee was among the main cast in the Singapore drama series Perceptions and the TV-movie Love Matters. He also guested in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
and Singapore Shakes! On stage, he has acted in countless productions since 1977 but the one role he is proudest of is that of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller
's Death of a Salesman
. Also a voice talent, Kee has done voice-overs for countless radio and TV commercials. He is the voice of Ludwig von Drake
for the Malay
version of Walt Disney
's TV series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
and House of Mouse.
Kee has had poetry published in various Malaysian national newspapers, and in local and international journals such as Masakini, Pacific Quarterly Moana, Southeast Asian Review of English, Sands and Coral, Solidarity, Ideya, Ariel, Kunapipi, and Focus. Two of his plays have been featured at UK Festivals. The Big Purge was read at the International East Asian Playreading Festival as part of Typhoon 4 at the Soho Theatre
in 2005. The Swordfish, Then the Concubine was placed among the Top 5 at the Warehouse Theatre
's 21st International Playwrighting Festival in 2006. Of his other plays, 1984 Here and Now is included in an international anthology
called Postcolonial Plays, published by Routledge
, United Kingdom
, and We Could **** You, Mr Birch has been adopted as a text in numerous Malaysian universities since the mid-1990s. Kee's short story, A Sense of Home, is included in New Writing 10, published by Picador
, United Kingdom. He has also written numerous radio plays and directed 10 stage productions.
In 1998, Kee Thuan Chye was invited as a guest writer to the Melbourne Writers Festival
, the Brisbane Writers Festival, and Spring Writing in Sydney
. And in 2001, he was invited to the inaugural Standard Chartered International Literary Festival in Hong Kong
. Kee was invited in 2011 to join Turkish
, Egyptian
, Iraqi
, Ethiopian
, and Malaysian writers as part of the Writers Unlimited Tour held in Kuala Lumpur
.
and Jamaica
respectively. In 2010, Kee was recalled to be a judge for the Southeast Asia
and South Pacific
region.
, his alma mater, and although he was the top student in his class, the job was given to someone else. Kee then joined the now-defunct National Echo as a literary editor where he wrote scathingly about political matters. Moving from Penang
to Kuala Lumpur
to join the New Straits Times
in the late 1970s, he saw more clearly how race had been politicized to divide the people. Mahathir bin Mohamad
who had become the Prime Minister
in 1981 was becoming increasingly dictatorial and would tolerate no criticism of him and his government in the media.
What Kee Thuan Chye could not express through the newspaper, he eventually expressed in his plays. 1984 Here and Now which spoke out frankly against Big Brother and institutionalized racial discrimination, played to full houses in 1985, followed, amongst others, by The Big Purge which brazenly satirizes Mahathir and Operation Lalang
.
In the aftermath of the 2008 general elections
, Kee Thuan Chye rushed out his book March 8: The Day Malaysia Woke Up in a record three months, due to the topicality of the subject matter. This was followed by March 8: Time for Real Change in 2010. For speaking out without fear or favor, Kee was among the first recipients of The Annexe Heroes Freedom of Expression Awards when it was launched by The Annexe Gallery at Central Market in Kuala Lumpur
in 2008 to recognize Malaysians who have done outstanding work in championing freedom of expression in the previous year. In 2010, he was also voted the 34th Most Trusted Malaysian in a poll conducted by Reader's Digest
.
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
tist, poet
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
and journalist
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
. Acting in theatre, films, and on television for more than 30 years, he continues to do so. In 1981, Kee co-founded the theatre group, KAMI, in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
. A noted civil rights activist, he would express in his plays whatever he could not express through the newspapers under Malaysia's repressive Printing Presses and Publications Act
Printing Presses and Publications Act
The Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 is a Malaysian statute governing publishing and the usage of printing presses in Malaysia. It replaced the Printing Presses Act 1948 and the Control of Imported Publications Act 1958...
(PPPA). For speaking out without fear or favor, Kee was among the first recipients of The Annexe Heroes Freedom of Expression Awards when it was launched in 2008. In 2010, he was also voted the 34th Most Trusted Malaysian in a poll conducted by Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
.
As journalist
Born in PenangPenang
Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...
, Malaysia, Kee Thuan Chye joined the now-defunct National Echo newspaper as a literary editor after graduating from Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia is a public university with its main campus in Penang, Malaysia. There are three branch campuses: one in mainland Penang , one in Kelantan on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, and a offshore collaboration with a university in India...
(Science University of Malaysia) in 1976. In 1979, he moved from Penang
Penang
Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...
to Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
to join the New Straits Times
New Straits Times
The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print , having been founded as The Straits Times in 1845, and was reestablished as the "New Straits Times" in 1965. The paper served as Malaysia's only broadsheet format English...
(NST), serving various positions including news sub-editor, entertainment editor, leader writer and for 10 years, its literary editor. A theatre columnist for the New Sunday Times (1980–1981), he also wrote a weekly film review column for the New Straits Times (1980–1984) and a weekly column on the arts for Business Times (1986–1987).
Although social reengineering under the New Economic Policy
New Economic Policy
The New Economic Policy was an economic policy proposed by Vladimir Lenin, who called it state capitalism. Allowing some private ventures, the NEP allowed small animal businesses or smoke shops, for instance, to reopen for private profit while the state continued to control banks, foreign trade,...
had already begun after the May 13 Incident
May 13 Incident
The 13 May Incident is a term for the Sino-Malay sectarian violences in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia, which began on 13 May 1969...
of 1969, it became more pronounced after Mahathir bin Mohamad
Mahathir bin Mohamad
Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad . is a Malaysian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest serving Prime Minister. His political career spanned almost 40 years.Born and raised in Alor Setar, Kedah, Mahathir...
became Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Malaysia
The Prime Minister of Malaysia is the indirectly elected head of government of Malaysia. He is officially appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the head of state, who in HM's judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of that House of Representatives , the...
in 1981. At the New Straits Times, Kee Thuan Chye received numerous memos from his editor-in-chief for trying to push the parameters and opening up public discourse on what was deemed 'sensitive' issues. Firmly believing that the responsibility of a journalist to the public is to inform them of the truth, he had to battle with his superiors and as a consequence, he was often punished, marginalized, and shut out. In 1988, Kee received his Master's degree in drama from the University of Essex
University of Essex
The University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965...
, after being awarded a British Council
British Council
The British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
Fellowship for postgraduate studies in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
.
In 2001, Kee Thuan Chye became the Associate Editor of The Star
The Star (Malaysia)
The Star is an English-language, tabloid-format newspaper in Malaysia. It is the largest in terms of circulation in Malaysia, according to the . It has a daily circulation of between 290,000 to 300,000...
in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
, creating and editing the English column, Mind Our English, until retirement in May 2009. His Sunday Star
The Star (Malaysia)
The Star is an English-language, tabloid-format newspaper in Malaysia. It is the largest in terms of circulation in Malaysia, according to the . It has a daily circulation of between 290,000 to 300,000...
column, Playing The Fool, which he began in April 2001, ran for only two installments before it was cancelled. In his inaugural article, Kee had written that he would be speaking out frankly on social and political issues, without fear or favor. His second article, hitting out at racial discrimination in Malaysia, was published but when it came to his third article, the editors got jittery and suppressed it. The Star finally decided to terminate the column after Kee submitted his fourth article.
Other publications featuring his articles and reviews include Asiaweek
Asiaweek
Asiaweek, the English edition, was a news magazine focusing on Asia, published weekly by Asiaweek Limited, a subsidiary of Time Inc. Based in Hong Kong, it was established in 1975, and ceased publication with its December 7, 2001 issue due to a "downturn in the advertising market," according to...
, Far Eastern Economic Review
Far Eastern Economic Review
The Far Eastern Economic Review was an English language Asian news magazine started in 1946. It printed its final issue in December 2009. The Hong Kong-based business magazine was originally published weekly...
, and Asia Magazine.
As actor, poet and dramatist
Kee Thuan Chye has appeared in numerous films and television series over the last 30 years, including acting in commercials and corporate videos. Film roles include not only the internationally acclaimed Malaysian film Sell Out!Sell Out!
Sell Out! is a 2008 comedy film set in Malaysia which premiered at the 65th Venice International Film Festival where it also won the Young Cinema Award for Alternative Vision. It was written, edited and directed by Yeo Joon Han who is a graduate of the London Film Academy...
and 1957 Hati Malaya, in which he played independence fighter Tan Cheng Lock
Tan Cheng Lock
Tun Dato Sri Sir Cheng-lock Tan, DPMJ, KBE was a Malaysian Chinese businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of the Chinese community in Malaya...
, but also international productions such as Entrapment
Entrapment (film)
Entrapment is a 1999 American caper film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones.-Plot:Virginia "Gin" Baker is an investigator for Waverly Insurance. Robert "Mac" MacDougal is an international art thief. A priceless Rembrandt painting is stolen from an office one...
, Anna and the King
Anna and the King
Anna and the King is a 1999 biographical drama film loosely based on Anna and the King of Siam, the story of Anna Leonowens, who was an English schoolteacher in Siam, now Thailand, in the 19th century...
, the Hallmark TV-movie Marco Polo
Marco Polo (TV film)
Marco Polo is a 2007 TV mini series directed by Kevin Connor, starring Ian Somerhalder, B.D. Wong and Brian Dennehy. In the 13th Century, imprisoned in Genoa, Marco Polo, a Venetian trader, recounts his days as a young man in China to a fellow prisoner who is dying...
, and Secrets of the Forbidden City for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and the History Channel.
On Malaysian TV, Kee Thuan Chye was the regular character Han Lee in the long-running series City of the Rich as well as the villain in the TV series 10 (Sepuluh), apart from numerous guest appearances. In 2008, he played the lead role in the Mediacorp
MediaCorp
Media Corporation of Singapore, better known as MediaCorp, is a group of commercial media companies in Singapore, with business interests in television and radio broadcasting, interactive media, and, to a lesser extent, print publishing and film-making....
TV-movie Sense of Home: Kampung Kid, shot in Cambodia
Cambodia
Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia...
. Kee was among the main cast in the Singapore drama series Perceptions and the TV-movie Love Matters. He also guested in Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd
Phua Chu Kang
Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd, also known as PCK Pte Ltd or Phua Chu Kang for short , was a Singaporean sitcom on MediaCorp TV Channel 5. The show debuted in Singapore in 1997. A sequel, Phua Chu Kang Sdn...
and Singapore Shakes! On stage, he has acted in countless productions since 1977 but the one role he is proudest of is that of Willy Loman in Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,...
's Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. Premiered at the Morosco Theatre in February 1949, the original production ran for a total of 742 performances.-Plot :Willy Loman...
. Also a voice talent, Kee has done voice-overs for countless radio and TV commercials. He is the voice of Ludwig von Drake
Ludwig Von Drake
Professor Ludwig von Drake is one of Walt Disney's cartoon and comic book characters. He was first introduced on September 24, 1961, as the presenter in the cartoon An Adventure in Color, part of the first show of Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color on NBC...
for the Malay
Malay language
Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family. It is the official language of Malaysia , Indonesia , Brunei and Singapore...
version of Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...
's TV series Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is a children's television series, that premiered in prime time on Disney Channel on May 5, 2006. The program was originally part of the Playhouse Disney daily block intended for preschoolers...
and House of Mouse.
Kee has had poetry published in various Malaysian national newspapers, and in local and international journals such as Masakini, Pacific Quarterly Moana, Southeast Asian Review of English, Sands and Coral, Solidarity, Ideya, Ariel, Kunapipi, and Focus. Two of his plays have been featured at UK Festivals. The Big Purge was read at the International East Asian Playreading Festival as part of Typhoon 4 at the Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre
Soho Theatre is a theatre in the eponymous Soho district of the City of Westminster. It presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret....
in 2005. The Swordfish, Then the Concubine was placed among the Top 5 at the Warehouse Theatre
Warehouse Theatre
The Warehouse Theatre is a professional producing theatre with one hundred seats in the centre of the London Borough of Croydon, south London, England based in an oak-beamed former cement Victorian warehouse...
's 21st International Playwrighting Festival in 2006. Of his other plays, 1984 Here and Now is included in an international anthology
Anthology
An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
called Postcolonial Plays, published by Routledge
Routledge
Routledge is a British publishing house which has operated under a succession of company names and latterly as an academic imprint. Its origins may be traced back to the 19th-century London bookseller George Routledge...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, and We Could **** You, Mr Birch has been adopted as a text in numerous Malaysian universities since the mid-1990s. Kee's short story, A Sense of Home, is included in New Writing 10, published by Picador
Picador (imprint)
Picador is an imprint of Pan Macmillan in the United Kingdom and Australia and of Macmillan Publishing in the United States. Both companies are owned by Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group....
, United Kingdom. He has also written numerous radio plays and directed 10 stage productions.
In 1998, Kee Thuan Chye was invited as a guest writer to the Melbourne Writers Festival
Melbourne Writers Festival
The Melbourne Writers Festival is an annual literary festival held in the Australian city of Melbourne.- History :The festival was founded in 1986 as a joint initiative between the Melbourne International Festival of the Arts and the City of Melbourne...
, the Brisbane Writers Festival, and Spring Writing in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
. And in 2001, he was invited to the inaugural Standard Chartered International Literary Festival in Hong Kong
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
. Kee was invited in 2011 to join Turkish
Turkish people
Turkish people, also known as the "Turks" , are an ethnic group primarily living in Turkey and in the former lands of the Ottoman Empire where Turkish minorities had been established in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Greece, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Romania...
, Egyptian
Egyptians
Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...
, Iraqi
Iraqi people
The Iraqi people or Mesopotamian people are natives or inhabitants of the country of Iraq, known since antiquity as Mesopotamia , with a large diaspora throughout the Arab World, Europe, the Americas, and...
, Ethiopian
People of Ethiopia
Ethiopia's population is highly diverse. Most of its people speak a Semitic or Cushitic language. The Oromo, Amhara, and Tigreans make up more than three-fourths of the population, but there are more than 80 different ethnic groups within Ethiopia. Some of these have as few as 10,000 members....
, and Malaysian writers as part of the Writers Unlimited Tour held in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
.
As literary judge
Kee Thuan Chye has been a judge and regional chairperson of the prestigious Commonwealth Writers Prize. He was on the panel in 1997 and 1998 when the final judging was done in LondonLondon
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
and Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
respectively. In 2010, Kee was recalled to be a judge for the Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia, South-East Asia, South East Asia or Southeastern Asia is a subregion of Asia, consisting of the countries that are geographically south of China, east of India, west of New Guinea and north of Australia. The region lies on the intersection of geological plates, with heavy seismic...
and South Pacific
Oceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
region.
Civil rights advocacy
Kee Thuan Chye's political awakening began when he could not afford to pursue his Masters degree unless he had a tutor's position. He applied for the post at Universiti Sains MalaysiaUniversiti Sains Malaysia
Universiti Sains Malaysia is a public university with its main campus in Penang, Malaysia. There are three branch campuses: one in mainland Penang , one in Kelantan on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, and a offshore collaboration with a university in India...
, his alma mater, and although he was the top student in his class, the job was given to someone else. Kee then joined the now-defunct National Echo as a literary editor where he wrote scathingly about political matters. Moving from Penang
Penang
Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...
to Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
to join the New Straits Times
New Straits Times
The New Straits Times is an English-language newspaper published in Malaysia. It is Malaysia's oldest newspaper still in print , having been founded as The Straits Times in 1845, and was reestablished as the "New Straits Times" in 1965. The paper served as Malaysia's only broadsheet format English...
in the late 1970s, he saw more clearly how race had been politicized to divide the people. Mahathir bin Mohamad
Mahathir bin Mohamad
Tun Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad . is a Malaysian politician who was the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the post for 22 years from 1981 to 2003, making him Malaysia's longest serving Prime Minister. His political career spanned almost 40 years.Born and raised in Alor Setar, Kedah, Mahathir...
who had become the Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Malaysia
The Prime Minister of Malaysia is the indirectly elected head of government of Malaysia. He is officially appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the head of state, who in HM's judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of that House of Representatives , the...
in 1981 was becoming increasingly dictatorial and would tolerate no criticism of him and his government in the media.
What Kee Thuan Chye could not express through the newspaper, he eventually expressed in his plays. 1984 Here and Now which spoke out frankly against Big Brother and institutionalized racial discrimination, played to full houses in 1985, followed, amongst others, by The Big Purge which brazenly satirizes Mahathir and Operation Lalang
Operation Lalang
Operation Lalang was carried out on October 27, 1987 by the Malaysian police to crack down on opposition leaders and social activists...
.
In the aftermath of the 2008 general elections
Malaysian general election, 2008
The 12th Malaysian general election was held on March 8, 2008, in accordance with Malaysian laws for national elections, which states that a general election must be held no later than five years subsequent to the previous elections; the previous general election was held in 2004...
, Kee Thuan Chye rushed out his book March 8: The Day Malaysia Woke Up in a record three months, due to the topicality of the subject matter. This was followed by March 8: Time for Real Change in 2010. For speaking out without fear or favor, Kee was among the first recipients of The Annexe Heroes Freedom of Expression Awards when it was launched by The Annexe Gallery at Central Market in Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...
in 2008 to recognize Malaysians who have done outstanding work in championing freedom of expression in the previous year. In 2010, he was also voted the 34th Most Trusted Malaysian in a poll conducted by Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest
Reader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
.
Films
| Year | Title | Role | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 2008 in film This is a list of all major films made in 2008.-Highest-grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2008... |
Sell Out! Sell Out! Sell Out! is a 2008 comedy film set in Malaysia which premiered at the 65th Venice International Film Festival where it also won the Young Cinema Award for Alternative Vision. It was written, edited and directed by Yeo Joon Han who is a graduate of the London Film Academy... |
CEO 1 | Directed by Yeo Joon Han (Amok Films) |
| 2007 2007 in film This is a list of major films released in 2007.-Top grossing films:Please note that following the tradition of the English-language film industry, these are the top grossing films that were first released in the USA in 2007... |
1957 Hati Malaya | Tan Cheng Lock Tan Cheng Lock Tun Dato Sri Sir Cheng-lock Tan, DPMJ, KBE was a Malaysian Chinese businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of the Chinese community in Malaya... |
Directed by Shuhaimi Baba Shuhaimi Baba Shuhaimi Baba is a Malaysian film director. She was born in Negeri Sembilan. She directed critically acclaimed films such as Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam and 1957: Hati Malaya.-Filmography:*2007**1957: Hati Malaya... (Pesona Pictures) |
| 2004 2004 in film The year 2004 in film involved some significant events. Major releases of sequels took place. It included blockbuster films like Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Passion of the Christ, Meet the Fockers, Blade: Trinity, Spider-Man 2, Alien vs. Predator, Kill Bill Vol... |
Ah Lok Kafe: The Movie | Char Koay Teow | Directed by Anwardi Jamil |
| 2001 2001 in film The year 2001 in film involved some significant events, including the first of the Harry Potter series and also the first of The Lord of the Rings trilogy... |
Snipers | Mr. Tan | Written and directed by James Lee James Lee (writer) James Lee is a Singaporean author.-Biography:Aitchison is a Singapore Permanent Resident, and the Australian has been living in Singapore since 1983. Before he became a full-time writer, Aitchison was a voice actor, and creative director of an advertising agency... |
| 2000 2000 in film The year 2000 in film involved some significant events.The top grosser worldwide was Mission: Impossible II. Domestically in North America, Gladiator won the Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Actor .... |
Lips to Lips Lips to Lips "Lips to Lips" is a short story written in Russian by Vladimir Nabokov in Berlin in or about 1931. It was first published in 1956 as part of the collection Vesna v Fialte... |
Scrabble Man | Written and directed by Amir Muhammad Amir Muhammad (director) Amir Muhammad is a writer and independent filmmaker based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was born on December 5, 1972 in Kuala Lumpur and was educated at the University of East Anglia. He has been writing for Malaysian print media since the age of 14, notably the New Straits Times.In 2000, he wrote... |
| 1999 1999 in film The year 1999 in film involved several noteworthy events and has been called "The Year That Changed Movies". Several significant feature films, including Stanley Kubrick's final film Eyes Wide Shut, Pedro Almodóvar's first Oscar-winning film All About My Mother, science fiction The Matrix, Deep... |
Anna and the King Anna and the King Anna and the King is a 1999 biographical drama film loosely based on Anna and the King of Siam, the story of Anna Leonowens, who was an English schoolteacher in Siam, now Thailand, in the 19th century... |
Second Judge | Directed by Andy Tennant Andy Tennant Andy Tennant is an American screenwriter, film and television director, and dancer.-Life and career:Born in Chicago, Illinois, Tennant was raised in Flossmoor, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. His father was Don Tennant, a legendary creative advertising talent with Leo Burnett Agency in Chicago... , starring Jodie Foster Jodie Foster Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster is an American actress, film director, producer as well as a former child actress.... (Twentieth Century Fox) |
| Entrapment Entrapment (film) Entrapment is a 1999 American caper film directed by Jon Amiel and starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones.-Plot:Virginia "Gin" Baker is an investigator for Waverly Insurance. Robert "Mac" MacDougal is an international art thief. A priceless Rembrandt painting is stolen from an office one... |
Trader #1 | Directed by Jon Amiel Jon Amiel Jon Amiel is an English film director who has since the early 1980s worked in film and television in both the UK and the US.-Early life:... , starring Sean Connery Sean Connery Sir Thomas Sean Connery , better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy Award, two BAFTA Awards and three Golden Globes Sir Thomas Sean Connery (born 25 August 1930), better known as Sean Connery, is a Scottish actor and producer who has won an Academy... (Twentieth Century Fox) |
Television
Kee Thuan Chye has appeared in more than 20 television dramas, including but not limited to:| Year | Title | Role | Remarks |
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| 2009 | 10 (Sepuluh) | Liew | 8-episode TV drama series |
| Mr Siao's Mandarin Class | Robert Toh | TV sitcom | |
| 2008 | Marcus Owyang | Lead role in the TV-movie, shot in Siem Reap Siem Reap Siem Reap is the capital city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia, and is the gateway to Angkor region.Siem Reap has colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter, and around the Old Market... , Cambodia Cambodia Cambodia , officially known as the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia... |
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| Secrets of the Forbidden City | Xia Yuanji | Playing the role of Minister of Revenue to the Emperor Yongle in the dramatized documentary for the BBC BBC The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... and the History Channel |
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| 2007 | Marco Polo: Discovery of the World | Hallmark TV-movie | |
| 2006 | Realiti | David Yeoh | A TV series |
| 2004 | Singapore Shakes! | David Setoh | 'Seventh Month' episode of the Singapore series |
| Perceptions | Victor Wong | Main-cast member in the 13-episode Singapore series | |
| 2003 | Each Other | Ronnie Ng | Semi-regular role in the 13-episode drama series |
| 2002 | Kopitiam | Kok Hui | Guest role in one episode of the 3rd season |
| Love Matters: The Marriage Factor | Daddy | A Singapore telemovie | |
| 2001 | Phua Chu Kang Pte Ltd | Lim Pek Kong | Guest role of one episode of the Singapore sitcom |
| 2000 | Teh Tarik Dot Com | Vince | Main cast member of the 13-episode sitcom |
| 1999 | Kopitiam Kopitiam (TV series) Kopitiam is a long-running Malaysian situation comedy shown on ntv7 in 1998. It ran for seven seasons. Its cast members were Joanna Bessey, Lina Teoh, Douglas Lim and Mano Maniam. The show was the runner up for Best Sitcom at the 1998 Asian Television Awards... |
Major Lim | Guest role of in one episode of sitcom (2nd season) |
| City of the Rich | Han Lee | Main cast member in the 200-episode series | |
| 1984 | Maria | Peter | A Malay TV drama |
| 1977 | Bailey's Bird | Ming Ho | Guest role in German-Australian TV series |
Plays
Kee Thuan Chye has written, directed, and acted in numerous plays, including but not limited to:| Year | Title | Role | Remarks |
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| 2011 | The Fall of Singapura |
Writer | Directed by Jonathan Lim, Young 'n' Wild, Singapore |
| The Baling Talks | Actor (as Chin Peng Chin Peng Chin Peng, former OBE , was born Ong Boon Hua in Sitiawan, and was a long-time leader of the Malayan Communist Party... ) |
Played at the Singapore Arts Festival Singapore Arts Festival The Singapore Arts Festival is an annual arts festival held in Singapore. Organised by the National Arts Council, it is one of the most significant events in the regional arts scene. The festival, usually held in mid-year for a stretch of one month, incorporates theatre arts, dance, music and... for Five Arts Centre |
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| 2008 | The Swordfish, Then the Concubine | Writer | Directed by Ivan Heng Ivan Heng Ivan Heng is a Peranakan- -Hokkien-Chinese-Singaporean stage actor and director. He is the founding artistic director of W!LD RICE, a theatre company in Singapore.... , premiered as the opening play of the Singapore Theatre Festival 2008, organized by Wild Rice Productions W!LD RICE W!LD RICE was founded in 2000 by Ivan Heng and is recognised as one of Singapore’s leading professional theatre companies.-Description:The company takes its inspiration from the multicultural societies that make up Singapore and modern Asia, celebrating their diverse cultures and performance... . |
| 2006 | The Swordfish, Then the Concubine | Writer | The play made it to the Top 5 out of over 600 entries to the International Playwriting Festival International Playwriting Festival The International Playwriting Festival was founded in 1986 by Steve Gooch and Ted Craig and is hosted by the new playwriting theatre, Warehouse Theatre, South London. It is held in two parts: the first is a competition with entries accepted from all over the world, which are judged by a panel of... , organized by the Warehouse Theatre Warehouse Theatre The Warehouse Theatre is a professional producing theatre with one hundred seats in the centre of the London Borough of Croydon, south London, England based in an oak-beamed former cement Victorian warehouse... in Croydon Croydon Croydon is a town in South London, England, located within the London Borough of Croydon to which it gives its name. It is situated south of Charing Cross... , United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... , with excerpts presented at the festival in November 2006 |
| 2005 | The Big Purge | Writer | Selected for Typhoon 4, a playreading festival organized by the Yellow Earth Theatre, held in Soho Theatre Soho Theatre Soho Theatre is a theatre in the eponymous Soho district of the City of Westminster. It presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret.... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
| 2002 | Beautifully Read | Actor | A performance sponsored by the U.S. Embassy, directed by Karin delaPena, Artistic Director of Speaking of Stories, based in Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara, California Santa Barbara is the county seat of Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Situated on an east-west trending section of coastline, the longest such section on the West Coast of the United States, the city lies between the steeply-rising Santa Ynez Mountains and the Pacific Ocean... |
| 1994 | We Could **** You Mr. Birch | Writer-cum-director | Performed for two seasons in June and December 1994. The play was invited to the Festival of Asian Performing Arts in Singapore in 1995 (performances on 5–6 June at the World Trade Centre Auditorium). |
| 1993 | The Birch and the Rod | Director | A play written by K.S. Maniam, premiering at the Australasian Drama Studies Association Conference in Perth Perth, Western Australia Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000.... , Western Australia Western Australia Western Australia is a state of Australia, occupying the entire western third of the Australian continent. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Great Australian Bight and Indian Ocean to the south, the Northern Territory to the north-east and South Australia to the south-east... |
| 1992 | Macbeth Macbeth The Tragedy of Macbeth is a play by William Shakespeare about a regicide and its aftermath. It is Shakespeare's shortest tragedy and is believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607... |
Director | A Shakespearean play |
| 1990 | Gulls | Lead actor | Directed by Robert Hewett |
| The Proposal | Actor (as Chubukhov) |
Play written by Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhov Anton Pavlovich Chekhov was a Russian physician, dramatist and author who is considered to be among the greatest writers of short stories in history. His career as a dramatist produced four classics and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics... |
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| 1989 | Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman Death of a Salesman is a 1949 play written by American playwright Arthur Miller. It was the recipient of the 1949 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and Tony Award for Best Play. Premiered at the Morosco Theatre in February 1949, the original production ran for a total of 742 performances.-Plot :Willy Loman... |
Actor (as Willy Loman) | Play written by American playwright Arthur Miller Arthur Miller Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include plays such as All My Sons , Death of a Salesman , The Crucible , and A View from the Bridge .Miller was often in the public eye,... |
| 1988 | The Big Purge | Writer | Selected for Typhoon 4, a playreading festival organized by Yellow Earth Theatre and held in Soho Theatre Soho Theatre Soho Theatre is a theatre in the eponymous Soho district of the City of Westminster. It presents new works of theatre, together with comedy and cabaret.... , London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its... |
| 1987 | Anak Tanjung | Actor (as Ah Heng) |
A Malay play written by Noordin Hassan |
| 1986 | The Coffin Is Too Big for the Hole | Actor (one-man performance) | Play written by Kuo Pao Kun Kuo Pao Kun Kuo Pao Kun was a playwright, theatre director, and arts activist in Singapore who wrote and directed both Mandarin and English plays. He founded three arts and drama centres in Singapore, conducted and organised a number of drama seminars and workshops, and mentored Singaporean and foreign... |
| 1985 | 1984 Here and Now | Writer | Staged in 1985 by Five Arts Centre, directed by Krishen Jit |
| Yap Ah Loy - The Play | Actor (various roles) |
Play written by Chin San Sooi | |
| 1984 | Long Day's Journey Into Night Long Day's Journey Into Night Long Day's Journey Into Night is a 1956 drama in four acts written by American playwright Eugene O'Neill. The play is widely considered to be his masterwork... |
Actor (as Jamie Tyrone) |
Play written by Eugene O'Neill Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in Literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into American drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish... |
| 1981 | Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead | Actor (as Claudius) |
Play written by Tom Stoppard Tom Stoppard Sir Tom Stoppard OM, CBE, FRSL is a British playwright, knighted in 1997. He has written prolifically for TV, radio, film and stage, finding prominence with plays such as Arcadia, The Coast of Utopia, Every Good Boy Deserves Favour, Professional Foul, The Real Thing, and Rosencrantz and... |
| 1977 | Eyeballs, Leper, and a Very Dead Spider | Writer-cum-director | - |
| Antigone | Actor (as Creon) |
Play written by Jean Anouilh | |
| 1974 | Oh, But I Don't Want To Go, Oh, But I Have To... | Writer-cum-director | - |
| The Situation of the Man who Stabbed a Dummy or a Woman and was Disarmed by the Members of the Club for a Reason Yet Obscure, If There Was One | - | ||
| 1973 | An Old Man Died Today | Writer-cum-director | - |
Scriptwriting for television
- 2009: Writing storylines for Auntie English, produced by AstroAstro (Malaysian satellite television)Astro is the brand name of the Malaysian direct broadcast satellite pay television service. It transmits digital satellite television and radio to households in Malaysia & Brunei...
- 2004: Co-writing the script for one episode of Singapore Shakes! with Remesh Panicker, followed by another episode, singly
- 1998–1999: Writing storylines for the 150-episode Idaman II
- 1997-1998: Writing storylines for the 150-episode Idaman
Major book publications
Apart from publishing numerous articles, Kee Thuan Chye has authored several books, including:- March 8: Time for Real Change (Marshall CavendishMarshall CavendishMarshall Cavendish is a subsidiary company of Times Publishing Group, the printing and publishing subsidiary of Singapore-based conglomerate Fraser and Neave and at present is a publisher of books, directories and magazines. Marshall Cavendish was established in the United Kingdom in 1968 by Norman...
, 2010) - March 8: The Day Malaysia Woke Up (Marshall Cavendish, 2008)
- 1984 Here and Now (Marshall Cavendish, 2004)
- The Big Purge (Marshall Cavendish, 2004)
- We Could **** You, Mr Birch (Marshall Cavendish, 2004)
- Old Doctors Never Fade Away, a biography (Teks Publishing, 1988)
- Just In So Many Words, a collection of selected writings in the press (Heinemann, 1992, reprinted 1993)
- Haunting the Tiger and Other Stories, edited (Berita Publishing, 1991)
Fellowships/Grants/Awards/Prizes
- 2010: Voted 34th Most Trusted Malaysian in poll conducted by Reader's DigestReader's DigestReader's Digest is a general interest family magazine, published ten times annually. Formerly based in Chappaqua, New York, its headquarters is now in New York City. It was founded in 1922, by DeWitt Wallace and Lila Bell Wallace...
- 2009: Won the 3rd Prize in the Popular-The Star Readers' Choice Awards for his book, March 8: The Day Malaysia Woke Up
- 2009: Awarded The Annexe Hero together with four others, including Irene FernandezIrene FernandezIrene Fernandez is the director and co-founder of the non-governmental organization Tenaganita, which promotes the rights of migrant workers and other oppressed and poor people in Malaysia....
and Shanon ShahShanon ShahShanon Shah , is a singer-songwriter from Malaysia. He has released an album Dilanda Cinta on the InterGlobal Music Malaysia independent label...
, for speaking up without fear in the previous year (2008) - 2007: Won the Consolation Prize in the inaugural Kakiscript Playwriting Competition, organised by kakiseni.com
- 2001: Received the Fulbright AwardFulbright AwardThe Fulbright Award is a scholarship awarded as part of the Fulbright Program to foster international research and collaboration. The program also awards a fellowship to Ph.D.'s to lecture and teach in foreign universities...
to be first Scholar-in-Residence at University of West VirginiaUniversity of West VirginiaThe University of West Virginia was an educational authority formed by the West Virginia Legislature on July 1, 1989, to oversee the operation of the state's graduate and doctoral degree-granting institutions. It was abolished on June 30, 2000...
in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, but was unable to accept, due to work commitments - 1994: Received the Australian Cultural Award for a 3-week cultural tour of AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
- 1987: Received the British CouncilBritish CouncilThe British Council is a United Kingdom-based organisation specialising in international educational and cultural opportunities. It is registered as a charity both in England and Wales, and in Scotland...
Fellowship for postgraduate studies in EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - 1986: Received the Harry BrittainHarry BrittainSir Henry Ernest Brittain, KBE was a British journalist and Conservative politician.Harry Brittain, as he was known, was born at Ranmoor, Sheffield, and was the son of W. H. Brittain...
Fellowship for CommonwealthCommonwealth of NationsThe Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and formerly known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states...
journalists for a 3-month study tour of Great BritainGreat BritainGreat Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... - 1984: Received the United States Information ServiceUnited States Information AgencyThe United States Information Agency , which existed from 1953 to 1999, was a United States agency devoted to "public diplomacy". In 1999, USIA's broadcasting functions were moved to the newly created Broadcasting Board of Governors, and its exchange and non-broadcasting information functions were...
grant for a month-long cultural visit to AmericaUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... - 1976: Received a Fellowship to participate in a 3-week creative writers' workshop at Silliman UniversitySilliman UniversitySilliman University is a private research university located in Dumaguete, Philippines. Established in 1901 as Silliman Institute by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, it was the first American private school to be founded in the country. The University is named after Dr...
, PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
External links
- Interview in The Sun
- Part 1 of interview with MalaysiakiniMalaysiakiniMalaysiakini is a political news website published in English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil. Since its launch on November 20, 1999, it has been widely considered to be one of the leading non-government owned paid-news agencies in Malaysia. Compete.com estimates that Malaysiakini now attracts over...
columnist Helen Ang - Part 2 of Malaysiakini interview
- Lim Kit Siang.com: Kee Thuan Chye unmasked