Executed in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mrs Wee was an artistic woman well known for her Nonya Peranakan culinary skill. This artwork shows another artistic side of Mrs Wee.
Culinary grinding stone (also known as batu giling) belonging to Mrs Wee.
Collection includes Mrs Wee's kasot manek (Peranakan beaded slippers).
Medals and ribbons belonging to Dr Wee.
Figurines, including three of Bugs Bunny (one protruding out of a cologne canister; one popping out of a bunch of rambutan-like flexible spikes; one carved on wood).
Photos of:
• Dr Wee as NUS Chancellor in full robe
• Dr Wee, as NUS Chancellor, conferring BA (Hons) degree on Lily Kong in 1986 (President of Singapore Management University, 2019 to present)
• Dr Wee conferring a degree as NTU Chancellor
• Dr Wee being conferred the degree of Doctor of Letters by President Ong Teng Cheong, as NUS Chancellor, in 1994
Photo collage of a typical wooden house dimly lit by a kerosene lamp, with reared chickens and ducks and a well used for cooking, drinking and bathing – like the house at Cornwall Gardens rented by Wee Kim Wee's parents in 1920s.
Farewell gift to High Commissioner Wee from Malaysian Prime Minister Dato Hussein Onn (1979).
Dr Wee’s autobiographical book published by Landmark Books (2004).
Photo of High Commissioner Wee presenting his credentials to Malaysia’s Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdul Halim Mu’adzam (Kedah), with Raja Permaisuri Agong Sultanah Bahiyah (23 September 1973).
