JAMES, George T
Communities of Singapore (Part 2),
Accession Number 000352
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 18
Total Reels
- Daniel Chew (Dr)
Interviewer
- 08:16:11
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 18
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- 20 Oct 1983
Recording Date
- 00:24:39
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Father's reasons for coming to Malaya. Working conditions in Malayan Railways. How father became a Christian. Other family members in Malaya. Father transferred to various towns. Early schooling. Early family life. Home discipline. Means of transportation. Forms of entertainment.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 18
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- 20 Oct 1983
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- 00:26:01
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Their quarters in Nibong Tebal for 4 years. Type of food they had for different meals. Father reared cows. His father's friends. Church activities they attended. Their neighbourhood. Games and amusement at Nibong Tebal. His early schooling at various places. Routine in Penang Convent; life as a boarder. Subjects he studied; teachers in Convent.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 18
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- 20 Oct 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:45
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Attended Anglo-Chinese School in Nibong Tebal for 4 years. His teachers. Church service on Sundays. Mother had domestic help to do housework. Visits to mother's friends. Reasons for leaving Nibong Tebal. Father went on long leave to Ceylon. They left for Kuala Lumpur to stay with mother's cousin. He continued schooling at Methodist Boys' School. Impressions of his teachers.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 18
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- 20 Oct 1983
Recording Date
- 00:25:32
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His life at Methodist Boys' School. His interest in photography. On father's return from leave, he was posted to Port Dickson. Studied at St Paul's Institution School in Seremban. His friends at St Paul's. After father's retirement, then migrated to Malacca. He passed School Certificate at Malacca High School. Took up temporary jobs. Admitted to Royal Society of Health Course for Public Health Inspectors in Singapore in March 1936.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 18
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- 27 Oct 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:24
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Joined High School Cadet Corps. Activities of Corps. Subjects he studied at High School. Impressions of his teachers. Description of High School. His classmates Tan Siew Sin and others. His temporary work. Job prospects in Malacca. Reasons for father to select course on Public Health Inspectors for him. How he felt about course. Stayed in Lanka Hotel in Singapore. Type of students in course.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 18
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- 27 Oct 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:50
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Bencoolen Street in those days. Transportation - tram cars. Contents of Royal Society of Health course. Emphasis on public health education. Students and teachers in course. Problem of house sanitation, especially in Chinatown. Another problem - mosquito control, especially in Bukit Panjang and Bukit Timah areas. Background of students in course. Recreational activities. He did not have time to attend Ceylon Tamils Association activities.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 18
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- 27 Oct 1983
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- 00:28:09
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He was one of top three students in examination. Recruited into Rural Health Department in Pulau Tekong. Nature of work in Pulau Tekong in 1936. His remuneration. Sanitation problems on island. Daily routine on island. Recreational activities. Industries on island. His visit to Singapore once a month. Reports he had to submit. Returned to work in Bukit Timah.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 18
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- 27 Oct 1983
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- 00:28:00
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Worked on mosquito control in 1937. Bukit Timah in 1937. In charge of anti-mosquito work; how oiling work was carried out. Transferred as Assistant at Public Health Museum in Medical College in 1937. Background of Public Heatlh Museum. Worked there right through Japanese Occupation and even post-war. Given scholarship to train as museum curator in England. Opted to return to work as Public Health Inspector at Ministry of Health in 1955. Retired in 1967; then returned to Public Health Museum as honorary curator. Exhibits in Museum.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 18
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- 9 Nov 1983
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- 00:27:39
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Exhibits he set up in Public Health Museum on wartime health procedure. Other models for Public Health Museum to tackle malaria. His daily routine at Public Health Museum and recreational activities. Stayed at Sophia Road. Description of his neighbourhood. Only his father maintained contacts with other Ceylon Tamils in community. Concentration of Ceylon Tamils in Haig Road. Ceylon Tamils Association.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 18
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- 9 Nov 1983
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- 00:27:03
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Prominent Ceylon Tamils in community. Hindu funeral ceremony. Relationships between Ceylon Tamil Christians and Ceylon Tamil Hindus. Relationships between Sinhalese and Ceylon Tamils communities. How he knew war was coming to the east. Selected to work as a naval health inspector in Nicobar Islands in 1941. Work they did on the island.
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