KEE Soon Bee
Sports Personalities of Singapore,
Accession Number 001808
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 14
Total Reels
- Chong Ching Liang
Interviewer
- 06:44:42
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 14
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- 4 Feb 1998
Recording Date
- 00:31:33
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Family background. Childhood in Kulim (Kedah) and Penang. His ancestry. Ethnography background of Kulim residents. Animal attacks. Reasons for studying in Penang. 1920s Penang. Siamese presence in Penang. Nearly drowned at age 10. Inspiration for serious swimming. First competition, 1935. School days. Problems in school. Typical school day. Strength in religious knowledge. Extra-curricular activities (ECA). Penang Chinese Swimming Club; its history. Third Malayan-Chinese Olympiad (1935). Notable Malayan-Chinese athletes and swimmers.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 14
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- 4 Feb 1998
Recording Date
- 00:28:03
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Singapore swimmers. First competitions conducted in sea. Won 1937 Malayan-Chinese Olympiad, Singapore. Mentor-protege relationship. Origins of "front-crawl" in Singapore. Good swimmers' physique. Winners of First Singapore Amateur Swimmers Association (SASA) championships. About breaststroke. State/national representation. Timings of sprint then. China, first overseas trip. Tan Eng Liang's heroics. Personal history of competitions. Came to Singapore. Entered police force. Competition pools. Influx of players to Chinese Swimming Club, Singapore.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 14
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- 4 Feb 1998
Recording Date
- 00:29:15
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Syonan Sports Club. Lost friend through Sook Ching. Swimming anecdote. Ease of travel because of police post. War anecdote regarding German soldier. Singapore Chinese Swimming Club used as "comfort house". Shooting incidents. Impressions of Japanese. Police in Syonan-to. Met Member of Japanese Diet post-war. Restarted swimming 1946. "Mergui Road Gang" hunted collaborators. Immediate post-war chaos. Gangsters dissolved when leaders caught.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 14
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- 11 Mar 1998
Recording Date
- 00:29:37
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*British Military Administration (BMA). Quit police force. Worked as War Assessor; his duties. Various other jobs. 1967, invited to start swimming team in Singapore Swimming Club (SSC). 1974, left SSC to start People's Association Youth Swimming Club (PAYSC). Personal swimming history. 1939, formation of Singapore Amateur Swimming Club (SASA). Benefits of swimming. Prominent officials and swimmers (1930s). Swimming "heroes". Cohesive environment. Bickering today.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 14
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- 11 Mar 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:22
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Started Singapore Chinese Swimming Club's swimming programme. Schools programme. Some earlier trainee-swimmers. Malayan contingent: All China National Games in Shanghai. Fund-raising by private individuals. Swimming trunks. Members of water-polo squad to Shanghai. Water-polo rules in 1950. Height disadvantage against Caucasians in water-polo. Olympic Games 1956. 1951 Asian Games. Biased refereeing. Olympic Games 1952. Other prominent figures.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 14
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- 11 Mar 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:25
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Local water-polo league. Singapore Chinese Swimming Club (SCSC) winning records. Young Men's Christian Association's (YMCA) big contribution to swimming. Decline of YMCA. Rise of Singapore Swimming Club (SSC). Left SSC to form People's Association Youth Swimming Club (PAYSC). Younger group of champions. Anecdote about Junie Sng. Memories and assessment of Junie Sng. National coach; its duties. Anecdote on Elaine Sng. Feelings on not accompanying his swimmers to competitions. Top water-polo clubs. Toughness important for water-polo. Decline of water-polo in SCSC. Selection process.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 14
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- 11 Mar 1998
Recording Date
- 00:28:54
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- MP3
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*National selections. Qualities of national player. Differences between swimming and water-polo national coaches. Development of good team. 1954 Asian Games champion. Singapore Swimming Club (SSC). Different rules on substitution in 1950s. No media coverage of Asian Games victory. Preparing Tan Eng Liang for goal-tending. Good camaraderie in water-polo. Memories, Melbourne Olympics 1958. Singapore's water-polo standard comparable to Europeans (1950s). Other athletes in Melbourne. Strong nationalistic feelings in the past. Lack of ego led to cohesiveness. Athletics coach Patrick Zehnder. Southeast Asian Peninsula Games.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 14
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- 18 Mar 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:24
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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*Beginning of coaching career. Chinese Swimming Club (CSC) swimmers' achievements. About Neo Chwee Kok and 1954 and 1958 water-polo teams. Achievement of his charges. Prominent CSC swimmers who represented Malaysia in 1964 Olympics. Joined Singapore Swimming Club (SSC). Prominent SSC swimmers. Left because of club politics. Formation of People's Association Youth Swimming Club (PAYSC). Junie Sng's achievements. Self-taught coaching. Identifying champions. Joined American Swimming Coaches Association (AMSCA). Importance of psychology. Training the "butterfly stroke". Acquisition of coaching knowledge. Contributors to PAYSC's strength. 1978 Asian Games. Chinese used video of Junie swimming for training.
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