YANG Wee Chyun 杨伟群
Education in Singapore (Part 2: Chinese),
Accession Number 001280
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 11
Total Reels
- Ang Siew Ghim
Interviewer
- 05:19:39
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 11
Metadata
- 19 Apr 1994
Recording Date
- 00:30:36
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Interviewee's personal and family background. His grandfather, Yeo Chan Boon's business and community work. Why grandfather was well respected. His grandfather and Tuan Mong High School. Grandfather's hobby. Tuan Mong School's directors and financial problems. Teachers volunteered for a pay cut. Maternal grandfather Chen Ruo Yu helped school finacially. Family members were all sent to Tuan Mong School and Ngee Ann Primary School.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 11
Metadata
- 19 Apr 1994
Recording Date
- 00:30:14
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Interviewee's experience in learning Chinese etiquette. His first impression of Tuan Mong High School. Description of the school uniform. Teacher's pay and welfare. Standard of students. Method of teaching, Important school subjects. Activities after school. Relationship between teachers and students. Corporal punishment. Memory of a teacher who impressed him most.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 11
Metadata
- 5 May 1994
Recording Date
- 00:31:03
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Pre-war Tuan Mong High School facilities. Teachers ate together with students. Studied in Chung Cheng High School. Teachers included Chuang Uming and Liu Kang. Students held an arts and calligraphy exhibition in 1948 at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce. Their class used the money collected from the exhibition to tour Malaya. Talked about Chung Cheng High School's discipline master.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 11
Metadata
- 5 May 1994
Recording Date
- 00:31:09
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Some leftist teachers went back to China. Interviewee was always political neutral. Decided to teach in Tuan Mong High School upon graduation. His salary. Some teachers needed to teach extra classes to supplement their income. Interviewee represented teachers to meet school director for salary increment negotiations. Students' family background. Subjects that he taught. School accepted government grant in 1957. Teachers' reaction towards the acceptance.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 11
Metadata
- 5 May 1994
Recording Date
- 00:30:54
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Tuan Mong High School delayed in accepting government's grant. Many teachers sent their own children to English schools. Interviewee's views on Tuan Mong High School's ex-principal who was there for 17 years. Why ex-principal should be responsible for the decline of Tuan Mong High School. Students seldom involved in strikes. Future of these students. Interviewee's duties as a vice-principal.
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