HO Kum Wah 何金华
Education in Singapore (Part 2: Chinese),
Accession Number 000564
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 34
Total Reels
- Pitt Kuan Wah
Interviewer
- 15:38:39
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 34
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- 22 May 1985
Recording Date
- 00:29:15
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Interviewee's family background. His grandfather's migration to Indonesia and his job there. Grandfather later opened a timber mill in Sumatra. Interviewee's father later left his father's shop and set up a laundry business at High Street. Their main customers, ways of washing laundry and number of workers. Comments on a worker who was in charge of ironing clothes. Starching technicque. His grandfather's timber business.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 34
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- 22 May 1985
Recording Date
- 00:28:00
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Reasons for the decline in father's laundry business. Laundry shop later moved back to Hock Lam Street. Interviewee studied in Yeung Ching School. Traditional Cantonese custom for a child's first day in school. Closure of their laundry shop. School fees then. Family's living standards improved through uncle's help. Interviewee switched to Anglo-Chinese School. Reason for returning to Yeung Ching School subsequently.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 34
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- 5 Jun 1985
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- 00:29:15
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- Open Access
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Students played football in school on Sundays. Principal Lin Yaoxiang took over in 1918. Changes Lin made in Yeung Ching School. Art and crafts lessons were taught in class. School later moved to Club Street. Teachers seldom use Mandarin to conduct lessons. Lin Yaoxiang resigned in 1921and returned to Lingnan University together with some students from Yeung Ching School.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 34
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- 12 Jun 1985
Recording Date
- 00:28:05
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- MP3
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Students from Yeung Ching School sent Lin Yaoxiang off at the ferry. Matron in school and her responsibilities. Dramas and debates staged in school. Yeung Ching School became a co-education school and then an all boys' school. An incident when a male teacher brought a female student to the movies. Interviewee's family had their own jinrickshaw. He was always late for school.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 34
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- 12 Jun 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:21
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Attended Teachers' Training College (TTC) in 1924. Courses taught in college. His reasons for enrolling in TTC. Teachers in TTC. Poor students could opt for the work-study programme. Talked about his time management while attending college. Interviewee taught in night schools and also taught extra-curricular activities (ECA).
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Reel/Disc 7 of 34
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- 12 Jun 1985
Recording Date
- 00:29:31
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Interviewee joined the brass band. Musical instruments used by the band then were mainly made from brass. The way overseas Chinese in Singapore celebrated Duke of Windor's visit to Singapore. He also learned to perform Cantonese opera. Taught at Yeung Ching School after graduating from Teachers' Training College (TTC). All schools were full day schools. Attended extra-curricular activities (ECA) in school every day. School's martial arts lessons.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 34
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- 19 Jun 1985
Recording Date
- 00:28:24
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Commemorative activities in Yeung Ching School to mark the Huanghuagang incident. The celebration of Double Tenth Festival in Yeung Ching School. Relationship between Singapore Chin Woo (Athletic) Association and Yeung Ching School.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 34
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- 19 Jun 1985
Recording Date
- 00:29:01
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People boycotted trams in the late 1920s. Description of the clash between the people and the police. Interviewee learned photography. Left Singapore to study in Jinan University. Travelled to Hongkong and Guangzhou by sea. His humorous encounters when he enrolled in Jinan University.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 34
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- 19 Jun 1985
Recording Date
- 00:29:51
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Overseas Chinese made up 80-90% of Jinan University's student population. Entrance examination overseas Chinese students had to take. Relationship between overseas Chinese and local students. Most of the overseas Chinese student population came from Indonesia. There were only a few female students in Jinan.
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