BOGAARS, George Edwin
The Public Service,
Accession Number 000032
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 30
Total Reels
- Robert Chew Yew Hock
Interviewer
- 15:00:10
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 30
Metadata
- 3 Jul 1980
Recording Date
- 00:30:56
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*Reasons for joining Civil Service in 1952. Local senior officers in Administrative Service who joined Joint Council of Action (JCA). His involvement in JCA. Main issue discussed. Other agitated groups before JCA. His responsibilities in Administrative Service in Secretariat for Economic Affairs, Department of Commerce and Industry, Financial Secretary's office. Political activities of Kenny Byrne and Goh Keng Swee.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 30
Metadata
- 3 Jul 1980
Recording Date
- 00:30:59
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- For background information only
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*His involvement with Dr Goh in People's Kitchen, which was organised by Department of Social Welfare. His impressions of Dr Goh Keng Swee. His working relationship with Kenny Byrne. Formation of Administrative Service Study Group (ASSG) by Bogaars, Leembrugen and Thiruchelvam. Dissolution after eight months. Its membership. Extent of government's awareness of activities of ASSG. His assessment of People's Action Party (PAP) as leftwing radical party.
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