LEE Chee Hian 李志贤
Education in Singapore (Part 2: Chinese),
Accession Number 001607
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 19
Total Reels
- Ang Siew Ghim
Interviewer
- 09:06:36
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 19
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- 6 Mar 1995
Recording Date
- 00:31:32
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Interviewee's family background. Grandmother's influence on him. Father worked in Malacca. Interviewee's education in Taiping Primary School in China. Villagers were victimised by bandits who kidnapped his aunts. Left his village to attend secondary school. Life in school hostel.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 19
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- 6 Mar 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:40
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Incident in Primary III when interviewee played truant. Taught by a good teacher in Primary IV. Later studied in Yongchun Secondary School. Interviewee's reason for giving up the opportunity to study in University. Interviewee elected as village chief. His reasons for going to Malacca. Worked as a clerk in a factory. How he helped Malayan Communist Party (MCP) members during Japanese Occupation.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 19
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- 17 Mar 1995
Recording Date
- 00:31:43
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Malayan Communist Party (MCP) members went to interviewee's work place to spread political propaganda. Most people then supported MCP. Taught in Sin Nan School in Singapore in 1953. His salary. His first impression of the school. Recollection of a conflict between Board of Directors and principal. Difficulties he encountered as a teacher. His experience with two problematic students. Principals of seven schools were sacked by the People's Action Party (PAP) in 1963.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 19
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- 17 Mar 1995
Recording Date
- 00:31:16
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Facilities in Sin Nan School in the 1950s. Salaries of male and female teachers. Sin Nan School became a prison during Japanese Occupation. Interviewee lived in the school hostel. Subjects taught in Sin Nan School. There were very few female students. Layout of the school. School's Board of Directors. School had a bigger canteen than before. Funds from the sale of school textbooks were used to construct a new school building.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 19
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- 17 Mar 1995
Recording Date
- 00:31:45
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Period when the new canteen and classrooms were built. Initial location of Sin Nan School. The Board of Directors selected and hired principals and teachers. Principals and teachers were recruited on a contract basis. Trained in Teachers' Training College (TTC) from 1955 to 1958. Ministry of Education (MOE) sent him for principal's training in the 1980s. Became Senior Education Officer Level II. His salary then and his last-drawn pay.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 19
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- 23 Mar 1995
Recording Date
- 00:28:35
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Description of Sin Nan School in the 1950s. School examinations. Number of teachers and students. In 1955, government allowed schools to apply for government aid. Subsequently, the recruitment and dismissal of teachers was no longer controlled by the Board of Directors. What interviewee learned from his training in Teachers' Training College (TTC). Problems he encountered while in TTC.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 19
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- 23 Mar 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:51
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- Open Access
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Teachers from China who underwent training in Teachers' Training College (TTC) found it difficult to learn English. Pay cut was introduced soon after the People's Action Party (PAP) came into power and it affected him and his family. Pay cut and increase in workload occurred at the same time. Awarded certificate upon graduation. Effects of PAP's billingual policy on Chinese schools.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 19
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- 23 Mar 1995
Recording Date
- 00:30:30
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- Open Access
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His view on on why English language teachers were not so enthusiastic. Many teachers were from Jimei School set up by Tan Kah Kee in China. Tan Kah Kee's contribution to education. Interviewee's impression of Tan Kah Kee. How Sin Nan School was affected by government's bilingual policy. Shortage of English language teachers led school to get temporary ones.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 19
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- 23 Mar 1995
Recording Date
- 00:31:12
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Interviewee employed retired English language teachers to teach temporarily in Sin Nan School. Interviewee's views on parents' preference to send their children to Sin Nan School. How he helped a teacher who was transferred to his school to settle down. How he tried to help teachers in his school. Sin Nan School accepted Malay students from 1982.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 19
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- 3 Apr 1995
Recording Date
- 00:12:18
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- MP3
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Problems faced by teachers in lower primary classes. How interviewee encouraged problematic students to work hard and to change their way of life. How he discipline students. Setting up of the school band.
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