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Selected list of Press Interviews
Interviews with the Press/media on Peranakan culture and heritage :
- The Politics of Food, New Sunday Times, 4 Oct 2009
- Boost for Baba Nyonya culture, The Star Metro, 6 Nov 2009
- Push for National Heritage Status, New Sunday Times, 1 Nov 2009
- Can Peranakan culture survive? New Sunday Times, 15 Nov 2009
- Homage to heritage, Life and Times, New Straits Times 11 Feb 2010
- Songs of love with Martin Vengadesan, The Star, March 21, 2010
‘Words Amidst Beauty’, Ubud Writers Festival, 18 Oct 2009, The Star.
Personality profiles
- Personality Profile, Sunday People, New Sunday Times, Nov 18 2007
- Found in Malaysia, The Nut Graph 26 Aug 2010
- Personality Profile, Interview with Mingguan Malaysia, Dec 2010
TV/radio appearances
- Author’s books and What it means to be a Malaysian, Live on NTV 7, 31 August 2007.
- Invited Guest speaker, Live on NTV 7, VENUS, 21 Feb 2008
- The Babas and Nyonyas, Galeri Mandarin, TV2, RTM, oct 2009.
- The Nyonya Kebaya, Arte TV, a Franco-German channel , 9 Nov 2009
- Celebrating Chinese New Year, Live on NTV 7, 15 Feb 2010, with Daphne Iking
- Peranakan heritage, Interview with Reuters Malaysia, May 2010
- Story of the Peranakans in Malaysia, Asia Calling, Jakarta, August 2010
Interviews with the Press/media on "Kebaya Tales" :
Interviews with the Press/media on "A Nyonya in Texas" :
- An innocent abroad, New Sunday Times Nov 11 2006
- Crosscultural Encounters, Guang Ming Daily 2007
Book Launch of Malaysian Flavours: Second Edition:
- Metro, The Star, 19 March 2004
Interviews with the Press/media on Malaysian English/Manglish in :
The Star May 29 1998, The Sun June 12 1998
- With Susan Long, The Straits Times, Singapore, June 16 1998
- With Tan Gim Ean, New Sunday Times, June 1998
Invited Guest Speaker Select List
- Manglish: Malaysian English at Its Whackiest with Constance Haslam, Radio 4 , RTM Malaysia, May 98.
- Malaysian Flavours by Malaysia America Society, American University, Washington D.C., 25 Sept 98.
- Manglish, on Passion 99.5 FM Radio Singapore, Caldecott Broadcasting Centre, Singapore, 20 Sept 99.
- Malaysian English for the Rotary Club, KL, 30 November 2000.
- ‘Malaysianisms Revisited’ by The Perak Academy, Ipoh, Sept, 2002.
- CrossCultural Communication/Orientation: Living in Malaysia to District English Language Coordinators from Britain, USA, New Zealand and Australia, Centre for British Teachers, March, 2003.
- Invited Speaker, LimKokWing University College, Cyberjaya, Malaysia, 11 March, 2005.
- A Nyonya in Texas, MPH Bookstores, One Utama, 11 Nov 2006 & MidValley Mall, 12 Nov 2006.
- Featured Writer, Breakfast Club for LitBloggers, MP, Bangsar Village II, K.L, 26 May 2007.
- Reflections : Journey of a Woman Writer, UCSI International Women’s Day, 5 March 2008
- It’s Rojak ! Malaysian Flavours of the Crosscultural Kind, Malaysian Cultural Group, KL Pac, Kuala Lumpur, 9 April 2008
- CrossCultural Encounters : East and West, Malaysian Institute on Women’s Management, 10 May 2008.
- Celebrating being Malaysian: A Peranakan Woman Writer’s Perspective, Sunway University College, 25 August 2008
- ‘An Evening with Preeta Samarasan & Friends, November 7, 2008.
- Panel sessions – ‘Dangerous Women’, ‘Travelling Stories’ and ‘Across Genres: Identity, Family and Place, Long Table Lunch Readings at John Hardy’s, UBUD Writers and Readers Festival, Bali, 7-11 October 2009
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