LIM Tiang Lin 林长霖
Education in Singapore (Part 2: Chinese),
Accession Number 001870
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 12
Total Reels
- Jesley Chua Chee Huan
Interviewer
- 05:31:49
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 12
Metadata
- 19 Mar 1997
Recording Date
- 00:26:11
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Interviewee's personal background. Trams in Singapore. His memory of Gay World Amusement Park. His father's occupation. Taking trishaw rides to watch movies in Roxy cinema. Stayed in Telok Kurau and the East Coast area. Geylang was populated by Hokkiens. Enrolled in school sponsored by clan association. Description of school.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 12
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- 31 Mar 1997
Recording Date
- 00:29:48
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Reason for going to The Chinese High School. Elaboration on his entrance examinations. Facilities in school. Many students were from Malaya. Hostels for teachers and principal. Some students rented places behind the school to stay. Elaboration on school facilities and the Art room. Ball games and other extra-curricular activities (ECA).
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Reel/Disc 4 of 12
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- 31 Mar 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:30
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
School choir. Interviewee had art lessons under Liu Kang and Chen Wen Hsi. Student activists in school despite principal's warnings. Kallang West Secondary School was the forerunner of Dunman Secondary School. Interviewee left The Chinese High School in 1957 and had tertiary education in Nanyang University (Nantah) in 1958 instead of joining his father's business.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 12
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- 7 Apr 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:09
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Opening ceremony at Nanyang University (Nantah). Commented on Cheng An Lun. Reason for hostelites' preference to stay in campus. Bridge was a popular game. Students had the habit of strolling around the lake after meals. Interviewee stayed in a rented house outside university before moving into the campus hostel. The campus library was a popular haunt.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 12
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- 7 Apr 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:26
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
A fixed table for meals. Attire students wore for meals. Hostel regulations regarding visits. Bathroom facilities. Transportation home. Screening of shows in campus. Saturday was a day for buying books. Students usually bought pirated English copies from Taiwan.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 12
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- 30 Apr 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:00
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Description of school, the first day in school, ratio of male and female students. A student who turned out to be a robber. Principal gave teachers independence. Discipline in school. Circumstances for students' dismissal. Taught 30 periods each week. His diploma course in teaching. Relationship among teachers in school. Subjects taught.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 12
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- 7 May 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:23
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Interviewee believed boys have a better mutual understanding. Classroom arrangements. Teachers took turns to be form teachers in Dunman Secondary School. Felt that form teachers needed to attend to trivial matters now. His pay and promotion prospects in the school. Relationship between principal and teachers. School management and welfare.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 12
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- 7 May 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:13
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Formation of school alumni and its activities. Relationship between teachers and students. Interviewee felt closer to the students whom he taught in Mandarin. Recalled a student who became mentally disturbed. Students' background. He taught in English in 1979. Difficulties faced by Chinese teachers who were asked to teach in English. His views on school appraisal and streaming.
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