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禁吸鸦片协会; 新加坡振武善社; Zhen Wu Shan She
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The Singapore Anti-Opium Society was formally established in 1907, the Chinese name being Zhen Wu Shan She (振武善社). Its lineage can be traced to Zhen Wu Zong She in Shanghai, a major anti-opium smoking endeavor in China (Xin Guo Min Newspaper 1931). On 10 July 1907, the Singapore Anti-Opium Society held a grand inaugural meeting, attended by approximately five hundred Chinese individuals. The society was led by reformist and medical doctor Chen Su Lan (陳樹南), and consisted of leaders of the Chinese community, such as Lim Boon Keng (林文慶), Yin Suat Chuan (殷雪村), and Tan Boo Liat (陳武烈); the other was made up of Christian pastors, such as Tay Sek Tin (郑聘廷), W. D. Ashdown, J. A. B. Cook, and K. E. Pease.
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Zhu, Qing, and Yuanlin Wang. “Chinese Christian Community in Modern Singapore: The Case of the Jubilee Church, 1883–1942.” Religions 15, no. 10 (2024): 1284.
Huang, Ziming. 2019. 优影振天声：牛车水百年文化历程 Youying Zhen Tian Sheng: Niucheshui bainian wenhua licheng [Chinese opera troupe Zhen Tian Sheng: One-hundred-year history of Singapore’s Chinatown]. Singapore: Bafang Wenhua.
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2025. “Singapore Anti-Opium Society“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
