Congratulations to my good friend, Chinese writer, Chen Lu Ting on the occasion of her newly minted book, published in Miri.
Chen Lu or Ting Mee Sieng was born in a little Chinese village called Lung Ngan, near Durin, which is surrounded by Iban longhouses.
Her childhood was full of events involving the river Rajang and the sturuggles of the Chinese for economic and social progress. The times of her childhood also saw the political struggle of Chinese youths who had to choose between left and right ideologies. Rubber prices plunged in the 60's and it was a struggle for many even to put food on the table.
Nevertheless her parents struggled to send her and her siblings to school to get out of the poverty the people were experiencing.
In time she completed her form five in Chung Hua School, Sibu and went on to write and publish.
She is a very enthusiastic and inspiring woman of substance.
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