Chan Kong Choy donates literary collection to Universiti Malaya


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 01 Jul 2017

Liow signing a plaque at the launch of the centre at Universiti Malaya with Chan (right) looking on. Others are (from left) Chinese Embassy representative Zhang Jiexin and Ng.

KUALA LUMPUR: Former transport minister Tan Sri Chan Kong Choy has donated his Dream of the Red Chamber collection to the library of his alma mater Universiti Malaya.

The collection will be displayed in a special room on the fourth floor of the central library to showcase some 6,000 items of literary works which Chan had collected over 40 years.

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