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Jaffee Yee Yeow-Fei Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Jaffee Yee is a veteran, award-winning publishe art consultant, and curator with more than 25 years experience in Asia. Yee was formerly base in Hong Kong as a regional manager of McGra Hill and CBS International Publishing, CBS In New York. He founded Myer Publishing Limi Hong Kong, in 1982, launched Asian Jewelry, Asia’s rst international jewelry trade magazine and published many titles in the eld of art, photography, jewelry and design. Among them the Hong Kong Graphic Annual was awarded the best designed and printed publication in its category by the Hong Kong Government.the best of Moving his base to Bangkok in 1984, Yee published his rst book, Thailand from the Air with over 100 aerial photographs commissioned and taken by celebrated photographer, LucaMYANMARTettoni Invernizzi, with text by William Warren. The high quality of this book set a new benchmark and trend for future coffee-tabl book publishing in Thailand for years to follow and helped to promote some of Thailand’s most beautiful and scenic spots, including Phi Phi Island, relatively unknown at that time.Land of Golden Pagodas



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