CHEN Swee Soo (Mrs)
Medical Services in Singapore,
Accession Number 002251
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 7
Total Reels
- Patricia Lee
Interviewer
- 03:16:54
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 7
Metadata
- 20 Jan 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:18
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Born in 1925, Kuala Lumpur. Family background. Schooling years. How she coped with being over-aged in school. Impression of her mother. How she started attending Sunday School. Joined the Young Women Christians Association (YWCA). Recollection of the war years. Picked up farming.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 7
Metadata
- 20 Jan 2000
Recording Date
- 00:31:41
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Sponsored by the Young Women Christian Association (YWCA) to study overseas in 1947. Studied industrial relations in the United Kingdom. Introduced square dancing to Collier Quay YWCA. Description of square dancing. Recollection of her journey by sea to the United Kingdom. How she met her late husband on board the ship.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 7
Metadata
- 20 Jan 2000
Recording Date
- 00:28:33
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
What life was like overseas. Her resignation from Young Women Christian Association (YWCA). Studied social work at the University of Malaya. Recollections of her course mates and Ms Jean Robertson. Description of the learning environment. Additional course requirement for clinical social work.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 7
Metadata
- 25 Feb 2000
Recording Date
- 00:28:32
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Social workers were formerly known as almoners. Problems faced by expatriate social workers. Her first posting at Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Opium smokers with tuberculosis were not easily detectable. Her recollection of Miss Brown of Trafalgar Home. Problems faced by women in the earlier decades. Adoption scheme undertaken by social workers. Counselling women prostitutes and their children. Providing jobs for children of prostitutes.
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