Singai Nesan (, English: Singapore Friend, also transliterated as Cinkai Necan) was a Tamil language weekly newspaper published from Singapore from 1887 to 1890.Amrith, Sunil S. Crossing the Bay of Bengal: The Furies of Nature and the Fortunes of Migrants. 2013. pp. 166–167Feener, R. Michael, and Terenjit Sevea. Islamic Connections: Muslim Societies in South and Southeast Asia. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2009. p. 60Lim, Patricia Pui Huen. Newspapers Published in the Malaysian Area, with a Union List of Local Holdings. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 1970. p. 190Heng, Derek Thiam Soon, and Syed Muhd. Khairudin Aljunied. Singapore in Global History. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2011. pp. 24, 74National Library of Singapore. Lee Kong Chian Reference LibrarySinha, Vineeta. Religion-State Encounters in Hindu Domains: From the Straits Settlements to Singapore. Dordrecht [etc.]: Springer, 2011. p. 63 The newspaper also carried material in English and Malay. It is the oldest Tamil newspaper in Singapore of which a substantial number of issues has been saved in archives. The issues of Singai Nesan contains historical material on the religious life of Hindu and Muslim communities of Singapore.Sinha, Vineeta. Religion-State Encounters in Hindu Domains: From the Straits Settlements to Singapore. Dordrecht [etc.]: Springer, 2011. p. 84 S.K. Makadoom Saiboo was the editor of Singai Nesan.Thumboo, Edwin. The Fiction of Singapore. Singapore: Mentor Printers, n.d. p. 618Abdul Hakim Hj Mohd Yassin, Haji. Traditional Literature of ASEAN. [Quezon City]: ASEAN Committee on Culture and Information, 2000. p. 209
