LIM Cheng Song 林清爽
Education in Singapore (Part 2: Chinese),
Accession Number 001256
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 11
Total Reels
- Ho Yuen Keng
Interviewer
- 05:15:52
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 11
Metadata
- 25 Mar 1991
Recording Date
- 00:30:01
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Interviewee's personal background. Description of private school education in China. Continued his private school education in Singapore. Enrolled in teacher-training course. Reason for family's migration to Singapore. His reason for being a teacher. Circumstances leading to his setting up of Puay Kee School. Migrants from China preferred private school education.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 11
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- 27 Mar 1991
Recording Date
- 00:30:00
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Community history of Paya Lebar. Funds for running school depended on school fees. Assessment of students' standards. Difficulties in teaching classics. Discussions with villagers regarding changes in school systems. Fined for having too many students in a class. Reasons for changing to public school.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 11
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- 27 Mar 1991
Recording Date
- 00:26:09
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Interviewee proposed co-education system. Changes in building layout. Consulted other schools before converting to modern education. Source of textbooks. Subjects interviewee taught. Assessment of students through examinations.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 11
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- 12 Apr 1991
Recording Date
- 00:28:51
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
More on the assessment of students through examinations. Over-age students were allowed to study in school. Frequency and content of assembly. Organisation of Puay Kee School, teachers' salary, selection of Board of Directors.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 11
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- 12 Apr 1991
Recording Date
- 00:30:45
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
The responsibilities of Board of Directors. Principal recruited teachers. Criteria for recruitment. Difference in teaching hours between lower and upper primary school teachers. Interviewee's relationship with directors and parents. Interviewee's career after resigning from Puay Kee School.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 11
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- 12 Apr 1991
Recording Date
- 00:31:21
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
His career development. Teachers' salary was higher once government started subsidising of Chinese schools. Difference in retirement benefits between Chinese and English school teachers.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 11
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- 12 Apr 1991
Recording Date
- 00:28:05
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Gradual loss of respect for Chinese school teachers. Salary increment depended on teacher's performance. Set up night school in Yio Chu Kang at Kong Hwa School. Interviewee stayed in hostel while teaching in Kong Hwa School. Chinese schools in those days were under the supervision of the Chinese Superintendent of Education.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 11
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- 19 Apr 1991
Recording Date
- 00:29:47
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Older generation preferred private school education. Comparison of modern and private school education. Puay Kee School's students helped to sell flowers during the anti-Japanese campaign. Teachers and businessmen were targets of the Japanese during the war. Description of life during the Japanese Occupation.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 11
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- 19 Apr 1991
Recording Date
- 00:30:23
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Building of air-raid shelters in school and village. Board of Directors' reasons for not closing down Puay Kee School during the air-raid period. Description of an air-raid dugout. Incident where interviewee escaped capture by Japanese soldiers. Earned money during the later part of the Japanese Occupation.
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