SIM Hock Hye 沈福海
Education in Singapore (Part 1: English),
Accession Number 002177
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 15
Total Reels
- Jason Lim (Dr)
Interviewer
- 07:25:29
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 15
Metadata
- 10 Sep 1999
Recording Date
- 00:29:32
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Family background. Father was cable-jointer. Lived in block of flats built for Cable & Wireless employees. Studied at village school managed by one man. Mother made sure he was educated. Sisters did not go to school. Went to Radin Mas School at age of seven. Influence of neighbour on his education. Impressions of school. Students chose either Raffles Institution or Victoria School later. Impressions of teachers. Travelling to school. Teachers taught every subject. Rumours of impending war. Japanese bombed Keppel Harbour. Description of Japanese bombing.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 15
Metadata
- 10 Sep 1999
Recording Date
- 00:29:24
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Few casualties in his village during Japanese bombing. Air-raid shelters were hardly used. Knew of British surrender only when Japanese troops knocked on his front door. First encounters with Japanese soldiers. Heard rumours of Japanese atrocities. Rapes by Japanese soldiers. Sisters hid in Malay homes. Torture of locals by Japanese soldiers. Gave pineapples, bananas and cigarettes to Japanese soldiers to survive. Impressions of transit camp for Japanese calvary. Lessons from eating leftover rice from Japanese soldiers. Rice became scarce. Rationing and charitable distribution of food. Value of tapioca skin.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 15
Metadata
- 10 Sep 1999
Recording Date
- 00:30:00
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Cleaned bullets in bullet factory. Later he helped manufacture male contraceptives at Yokohama Rubber Works. How these contraceptives were made. Learnt Japanese from soldiers. Spoke language very well and consequently became office boy at Yokohama Rubber Works. Japanese headed departments, with local people as assistants. Staff in his office. Working relationship between Japanese and local people. Transport provided for staff. Helped by man to get into queue during rush to leave factory. People helped Australian prisoners-of-war whenever they could. Bombing of Keppel Harbour by Allies.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 15
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- 3 Nov 1999
Recording Date
- 00:30:13
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Decisions he made in his life entirely his. Belief in helping pupils who were financially poor and/or weak in their studies. Social background of pupils of Batu Berlayer Primary School. Pupils who did not know any alphabet. Use of group teaching. How he found new materials for class. Different teachers in school. Transferred to Pasir Panjang Secondary School. Both schools he taught were very small. Pupils of Pasir Panjang Secondary School. Teaching methods. Heavy emphasis on grammar. How school dealt with gangster in school. Violence between student gangs.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 15
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- 11 Nov 1999
Recording Date
- 00:30:07
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Promoted to Principal of Bukit Merah South Primary School in 1971. School hit by floods during rainy season. Problems in getting one-way public address system in school. Designed mobile story-listening station. Studied externally for degree from University of London. Problems he faced doing degree via correspondence. Posted as Senior Assistant to MacPherson Secondary School in 1977, which he felt was unfair. Subjects he studied for external degree included Old English and Middle English. Problems studying Old and Middle English.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 15
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- 23 Nov 1999
Recording Date
- 00:30:30
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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First batch of teachers and students at Temasek Secondary School. The "Spirit of Temasek". School later became "Raffles of the East". Competition in academic results with schools nearby. Popularity of Temasek Secondary School based on student discipline. Rebellious nature of some Malay students. Believes that every student should get what he or she deserves. Adopted practices from other schools at Temasek Secondary School. View of principal-staff relationships. Types of teachers he encountered. Overwhelming work of Principal. Impressions of teachers at Temasek Secondary School. What makes a disciplined student.
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