YOU Poh Seng (Prof)
Education in Singapore (Part 1: English),
Accession Number 001730
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 13
Total Reels
- Jesley Chua Chee Huan
Interviewer
- 06:07:24
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 2 of 13
Metadata
- 26 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:44
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*How he financed himself in United Kingdom. His impression of Singapore in the 1930s. University of Malaya campus in Singapore used to be basically an expatriate community. Interviewee was very close to his students. Relationship between local and expatriate lecturers. Objective of the Economics Department. Interviewee was instrumental in setting up the Economic Research Centre. Funded by Ford Foundation. What the centre did.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 13
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- 31 Jan 1996
Recording Date
- 00:28:28
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Expatriates' reactions to the shift of balance in National University of Singapore (NUS) campus. Staff's opinion of Dr Toh Chin Chye. Character profile of Dr Toh. Interviewee felt that Dr Toh got the campus organised. Dr Toh neutralised the Staff Association and abolished the election of Deans. Dr Toh gave the local staff a lot of confidence. Scholars were bonded. Dr Toh was responsible for the building of Kent Ridge Campus.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 13
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- 13 Mar 1996
Recording Date
- 00:27:21
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Reactions towards Dr Toh neutralising the Staff Association. Interviewee's opinion of students in the past. His favourite student. He felt closer to his students during those days when classes were small. His views on paper chase. His definition of education. Bureaucracy in National University of Singapore. Example of bureaucracy within a department. Reasons for the general unfriendly atmosphere in campus.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 13
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- 19 Mar 1996
Recording Date
- 00:30:15
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Promotion criteria in National University of Singapore (NUS) campus. Advantages of having PhD students as tutors. Interviewee felt that tutorials were not fun for him in Singapore. Promotion competition intensified after independence when the expatriates left. Height of interviewee's achievement was the setting up of Economic Research Centre. He was adviser to Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) before he retired from NUS. Why he joined SIM after retirement
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Reel/Disc 7 of 13
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- 19 Mar 1996
Recording Date
- 00:29:06
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
*His feelings towards retirement from National University of Singapore (NUS). Frustrations he faced in campus. Ford Foundation's activities in late 1950s, early 1960s. Reasons why Ford Foundation set up the Economic Research Centre in Singapore. Why interviewee was selected as its head. He was also with the International Labour Foundation for a few years. Joined Singapore Institute of Management (SIM) in 1979. History of SIM. Initial problems faced by SIM.
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