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吳以湘與《潮州鄉訊》
生長在「五四運動」時期的吳以湘，在「新文化運動」的熏陶下，少年時期就已經喜愛閱讀書報，對文學有濃厚的興趣也奠下深厚的文史根基。他南來新加坡後，曾到中正中學總校當老師教導國文（即華文）和史地等科目。吳以湘秉着一種讓僑胞通過家鄉事物，維繫鄉情的熱忱，用課餘時間辦起《潮州鄉訊》雙週刊。一九四七年八月，由他領導的編委會在新加坡小坡美芝路一七三號成立了「馬來亞潮州鄉訊社」，並交由當年的南洋印刷社承印，以每冊叻幣四角錢的售價，在南洋各埠的書局以及報社出售。
Brief Review – Primary Lessons in Swatow Grammar (Colloquial)
The Teochew Store recommends: An Introduction to the History and Culture of the Teochews in Singapore
An Introduction to the History and Culture of the Teochews in Singapore - a rare English language book on Teochew culture. Available for purchase on Amazon.
"Penned in three sections covering a wide range of topics from history and architecture to customs and the performing arts, the 164-page book published by World Scientific is one of the few of its kind in English." - The Straits Times
A review of the book can be read here.
The First Teochews in Singapore: Part 3 - The First Captain China & Oldest Temple in Singapore
In this concluding part of "The First Teochews in Singapore" series, we find out about the leader of Singapore's pioneer Chinese settlers, whom the Singapore government later appointed as the settlement's first Captain China, as well as the historical links of Wak Hai Cheng Bio (粵海清廟, a.k.a. Yueh Hai Ching Temple) - the oldest Teochew (possibly Chinese) temple here - to two temples in Riau (Bintan) and Bangkok's Chinatown.
The First Teochews in Singapore: Part 2 - Proof of Teochew Settlement in Singapore Before Raffles
2019 is officially the bicentennial year of Singapore. In part two of "The First Teochews in Singapore", we look into the evidences proving a Teochew oral tradition identifying a group of Chinese settled in Singapore before British establishment, as Teochew sojourners from Siam (Thailand), and how an old map of Singapore rediscovered in Scotland pinpoints where they lived by the Singapore River.
The First Teochews in Singapore: Part 1 - An Old Teochew Account on the 1819 Founding of Singapore
2019 is officially the bicentennial year of Singapore, a former British colony and today one of Asia's wealthiest cities.
The island-state is also home to the second largest Teochew overseas diaspora, after Thailand, and up till the mid-20th century a critical node on a trading and migratory network that connected the principal Teochew port of Swatow with key trading centres such as Hong Kong, Saigon and Bangkok. Teochews from Singapore were responsible for the early economic development of Johor, Malaysia's southernmost state whose capital Johor Bahru was once known as "Little Swatow". 
What has long been forgotten is that more than half a century ago, the Teochews in Singapore held to an oral tradition claiming that their forerunners were settled in Singapore before Sir Stamford Raffles, the Englishman hailed as Singapore's modern founder, even arrived. If true, this assertion will demand a change in the written history of Singapore.
Starting from this week, The Teochew Store will publish in three parts an in-depth research that sheds light into what this oral tradition says and seeks to verify its authenticity and accuracy.
Origins of the Teochew People - Archaeological Evidences (Part 4): The Question of Where From?
The fourth and last instalment of our "Origins of the Teochew People - Archaeological Evidences" explores the question of where did the prehistoric people in Teochew came from? And we turn to geography to help us find an answer.
