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The Laws of Our Land: Exploring Singapore’s Legal History ⚖ Have you ever thought of the different laws that govern our land and how they came to be? 🤔 Find out more about how laws like the Singapore Citizenship Ordinance, Women’s Charter and The Employment Act laid the foundations of Singapore as a new nation in our latest episode of The Library Report! 🔍💫 ➡️ Watch here: https://bit.ly/3Wi02H2

Thanks to restoration, classic films like The Teenage Textbook Movie (1998) can still be shown on a big screen 20 years after its cinema run. On a mission to preserve Singapore's film heritage, film archivist Chew Tee Pao saves important movies and gives them a second life. Listen to the episode on BiblioAsia+: https://spoti.fi/3VlHYtO

Learn more about noteworthy developments in the print and publishing industry, including our expert panel's perspectives on the future of print and publishing in Singapore. Join our expert panel, featuring: 🔹 Kah Gay (Moderator): Publisher of Ethos Books 🔹 Christine Chong: Head of Tusitala 🔹 Pang Xue Qiang: Editor of Meantime magazine 🔹 Mindy Pang: Senior editor and marketing manager at Marshall Cavendish ➡️ Register now via https://bit.ly/3RImxCc Press & Print: Printing Matters – Panel Discussion 🗓️ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 ⏰ 7 pm – 8:30 pm 📍 Online This programme is part of "Press & Print: Early Imprints of Singapore", tracing the history of early presses and printing in 19th-century Singapore through the oldest local titles from the National Library’s Rare Materials Collection. #NationalLibrarySG

Join Goh Sin Teck, Editor of Lianhe Zaobao, as he shares about local Chinese news publishing over the decades. This talk will be conducted in English. ➡️ Register now via https://bit.ly/3xnRTqZ Press & Print: Texts that Connected Singapore and the World 🗓️ Wed, 10 Jul 2024 ⏰ 7 pm – 8 pm 📍 Level 5, Possibility Room, National Library Building This programme is part of "Press & Print: Early Imprints of Singapore", tracing the history of early presses and printing in 19th-century Singapore through the oldest local titles from the National Library’s Rare Materials Collection. #NationalLibrarySG

A young German girl met an untimely end on Pulau Ubin in 1914. A shrine set up in her honour becomes Internet-famous. Following a deep search into the historical records, writer and researcher William Gibson discovers some inconvenient truths behind one of Singapore’s best-known shrines. Listen to the episode on BiblioAsia+: https://spoti.fi/3XpI5Hh

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The Causeway is an important transportation link between Singapore and Malaysia. In commemoration of its 100th year, join archivists Hamizah and Jing Jing as they explore the functions of the Causeway over the years. 👉Register now via https://bit.ly/446AM8V The Causeway: The Line That Ties 📅 Thu, 4 Jul 2024 ⏰ 7 pm – 8 pm 📍 Zoom #Causeway100

Letterpress printing was the main printing method in Singapore until the late 20th century. Typesettingsg founder Sun Yao Yu shares more about this printing technique, the activities of type foundries in Singapore during its heyday, and his collection of printing type, presses and other equipment. ➡️ Watch here: https://youtu.be/GYvONtxJFeo