Citizen Historian posts a review of the book, Guardians of the South Seas: Thian Hock Keng and Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, which talks about the history of the Hokkien Huay Guan in Singapore.
Guardians of the South Seas is the English translation of Bojing nanming: Tianfugong yu fujian huiguan 波靖南溟: 天福宮与福建会馆 (2005), a commemorative book published by the Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan to celebrate their 165 years of operation in Singapore. According to Wee Cho Yaw, the President of Singapore Hokkien Huay Kuan, this book is the first time that they have come together to compile the official history of the association. This books hopes to record “the Huay Kuan’s contributions towards the development of Singapore” and “reinforce the important role played by the clan associations in [the] Chinese communirty” (p. 4).
Read the full review on Citizen Historian.
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