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This Web Page is about
the Victoria Institution and the Victorians who have passed through it,
remembering its traditions,
honouring the past, and keeping in touch.
Dedicated to all true blue Victorians around the globe. The opinions expressed in
the articles, interviews and memoirs are not necessarily those of the pagekeepers.
Please inform us of any inaccuracies or errors.
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2010 REUNION DINNER IN MELBOURNE |
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![]() (1) Echoes of Silence by Chuah Guat Eng (1994, republished 2009). The novel is being sold at USD30 on Amazon (where more information, including excerpts from reviews, can be found). The local selling price is RM45, and the novel should be available in major bookshops (e.g. MPH, Kinokuniya, Borders) in KL.Those living in Malaysia who are unable to find the book can contact Guat Eng directly at guat@hologramspublishing.com, guateng7@gmail.com, or through Facebook. Arrangements will be made to post the book to buyers at the local price postage-free. Those living abroad are encouraged to order through Amazon. (2) The Old House and Other Stories by Chuah Guat Eng. ![]() The book is not available on Amazon because current stocks are very limited. The local selling price is RM28, and the book should be available in major bookshops (e.g. MPH, Kinokuniya, Borders) in KL. Arrangements will be made to post the book to buyers at the local price--postage-free for destinations within Malaysia, plus postage to destinations outside Malaysia. Chuah Guat Eng was born in Rembau, Negeri Sembilan in 1943. She received her early education at Methodist Girls’ School, Klang and Victoria Institution, Kuala Lumpur. She read English
Literature at University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur and German
Literature at Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich. Most of her
working life has been spent in the corporate world.
Echoes of Silence, first published in 1994, is her first novel.
Other published literary works are Tales from the Baram River
(2001), a collection of Sarawak folk tales retold for children, and
The Old House and Other Stories (2008), a collection of short
stories written and published in various publications and anthologies
between 1992 and 2002. In 2008, she received her PhD from the
National University of Malaysia (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia),
Bangi for her thesis, From Conflict to Insight: A Zen-based Reading
Procedure for the Analysis of Fiction. She works part-time as a
corporate communications consultant and occasionally runs lecture
courses at universities. She is currently working on her second novel.
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