LEE Liang Hye 李良海
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000548
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 19
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 09:02:39
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 19
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- 15 Apr 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:50
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Family history. Educational achievements. His tuberculosis condition affected job application. Joined Statistics Department. Given opportunity to join administrative service. Retired from civil service; joined insurance company. Became a Christian. After retirement, took up church work. His interest in Peranakan culture, his roots and Singapore history. Why British favoured Peranakans. His relationship with British.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 19
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- 15 Apr 1985
Recording Date
- 00:29:13
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Why local population felt safe under British rule. Events before outbreak of war. Students asked to join Air-raid Precaution (ARP). His views on ARP and Medical Auxiliary Service (MAS). Confidence in British ability to protect Singapore. Families started to build air-raid shelter. Description of their air-raid shelter. Problems encountered when families shared communal facilities during air raids.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 19
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- 15 Apr 1985
Recording Date
- 00:28:03
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Air Raid Precaution (ARP) activities. Family missed reporting to Arab Street mass screening centre. Informers hooded by paper bags. Family took shelter in temple, missed mass screening. First encountered with Korean soldiers. Japanese military unit took over his grandfather's house. Situation during early days of Japanese Occupation. Why family destroyed incriminating photographs and poured liquour away. Other precautions taken to protect family.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 19
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- 15 Apr 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:50
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Japanese ordered local people to return to their homes. Families buried documents and valuables. Looting of goods. Emergence of black market. Felt British had hoodwinked local population into believing they would hold on. Churchill's belief that Singapore should be saved. Hoarding of British currency. How Japanese Military Administration ruled Singapore. Introduction of Tokyo time and Japanese year. Incident regarding bread thrown to prisoners of war (POWs).
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Reel/Disc 5 of 19
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- 18 Apr 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:54
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Japanese Military Administration issued order asking people to report to work. Father issued with identification pass. His father's duties. Why he took up Japanese language course. Studied at Syonan Honganji Nippongo Juku. How Japanese language was taught in Syonan Honganji. School fees. Size of class.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 19
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- 18 Apr 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:46
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Students and Rev T Okamoto of Honganji. Duration of lessons. Joined Syonan Nippon Gakkuen later. Why he chose to join latter. Changes in name of school; various names given to school. Teachers and curriculum in school. How Japanese culture was imbibed. How lessons progressed; textbooks they used.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 19
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- 18 Apr 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:44
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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'Taiso' exercises. Assembly and speeches. Significance of graduation ceremonies. Military background of teachers. Discipline in school. Why he studied Mandarin; description of his tutor. Assisted tutor to compile Mandarin dictionary. Worked in Japanese bookshop, Sanseido Honya.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 19
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- 22 Apr 1985
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- 00:27:28
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Description of bookshop; its staff and boss. Advantages of working in bookshop; improved his Japanese language. Relationship among staff in bookshop. Local staff encouraged to improve knowledge of Japanese. Daily flag raising ceremony and exercises in bookshop. Staff participated in Grow More Food Campaign. Remuneration for staff; supplementary rations given.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 19
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- 22 Apr 1985
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- 00:27:44
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Rations from bookshop. Working hours. Nature of bookshop business. Why he left. Closure of bookshop. Became a student teacher in Shihan Gakko (Teachers Training School). Teaching staff of Shihan Gakko. Distinction between `Honka' students and `Yoseika' students. Comparison of `Honka' and `Yoseika' curriculum.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 19
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- 22 Apr 1985
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- 00:27:28
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Japanese culture: spirit of 'Busido', 'harakiri', 'kamikaze'. Reasons why there was no open discussion on 'Nippon Seishin' (Japanese Spirit). What was taught under military art. Advance students had more emphasis on military subjects. Extra-curricular activities in school: visits to war memorials and Sultan of Johor's Palace. Participated in growing food at Shihan Gakko. Singing of Japanese songs.
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