LEEMBRUGGEN, Harold Francis Geoffrey
The Public Service,
Accession Number 001544
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 2
Total Reels
- Elisabeth Eber-Chan (Mrs)
Interviewer
- 00:54:53
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 2
Metadata
- 25 Jul 1994
Recording Date
- 00:31:01
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
(0:00:25) Family and personal background.
(0:04:29) Studied at Raffles College. Why he chose to work in the Singapore Civil Service.
(0:10:27) Brief stint at the Land Office. Attended Devonshire course at Cambridge University.
(0:13:34) Appointed Third Assistant Secretary (Internal Security). Had access to files of university contemporaries who were detainees.
(0:19:50) Selected for a Foreign Service course at the University of London.
(0:22:15) Malayanisation led to locals replacing expatriates. His view on the Senior Government Officers' Association.
(0:27:57) Posted to Canberra during his secondment to the Malayan Foreign Service.
Family and personal background. Studied at Raffles College (later University of Malaya). Reasons for choosing to work in the Singapore Civil Service. Attended a Devonshire course at Cambridge University. Appointed Third Assistant Secretary (Internal Security). Access to personal files of university contemporaries who were detained. Selected for a Foreign Service course at University of London. Belief in using public funds to train permanent officers and not politicians. Malayanisation resulted in locals doing the work of expatriates, but they were not paid accordingly. Role of Senior Government Officers' Association. Posted to Canberra when he was seconded to Malayan Foreign Service.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 2
Metadata
- 25 Jul 1994
Recording Date
- 00:23:52
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
(0:00:04) Posted to review Education scheme of service. His opinion of David Marshall.
(0:03:23) Involved in All-Party independence talks. Saw Lim Yew Hock government as weak.
(0:08:42) Polarisation of civil service after the People's Action Party (PAP) took power. PAP blacklisted some civil servants.
(0:12:46) His views on the perception that the PAP was hostile to English-education Civil Servants.
(0:16:05) Re-drafted Local Government Integration Ordinance. Memories of various British civil servants.
(0:21:55) Transfer of Ralph Hoffman from the Establishments Office.
Posted to review Education scheme of service. His opinion of David Marshall. His involvement in the All-Party Merdeka Talks in London. Believed that the Lim Yew Hock government was very weak. Polarisation of the civil service after the People's Action Party (PAP) came into power. Knew K M Byrne and Dr. Goh Keng Swee personally. Heard the PAP blacklisted several civil servants. Re-drafted Local Government Integration Ordinance. Recollection of several British civil servants. Transfer of Ralph Hoffman from the Establishments Office.
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