SINGH-LIM, Ivy
Sports Personalities of Singapore,
Accession Number 002550
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 22
Total Reels
- Zarina bte Yusof (R1-6), Michelle Low (R7-22)
Interviewer
- 17:36:17
Total Running Time
- English
Language
Copyright Notice
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Reel/Disc 1 of 22
Metadata
- 10 Aug 2001
Recording Date
- 00:30:26
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Place, date of birth. Parents' background. Description of upbringing. Family and siblings' background. Childhood memories. Language/s spoken at home. Childhood games. Parents' reaction to her active nature. Her perspective on competitive sports. Schooling experience. Kindergarten and school experience.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 22
Metadata
- 10 Aug 2001
Recording Date
- 00:29:23
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
First schooling experience. First introduction to competitive netball. How she got acquainted with Netball Singapore (NS). How she became NS President. Her passion in life. Impression of how NS was run before she joined. Opinion on lack of sporting culture in Singapore. Funding for netball. Netball in international games. Description of Committee for Sporting Singapore (COSS). Her role in COSS. Effort to include netball in international competitions. Treatment towards women's sports. Netball in other Southeast-Asian countries. How netball has affected her life. Her aspirations.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 22
Metadata
- 10 Aug 2001
Recording Date
- 00:28:11
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Support from family. Development of women through netball. Fundraising efforts by Netball Singapore (NS). Study grants by NS. Training allowances. Scholarship and bursaries awarded by NS. Conduciveness of local environment to develop well-rounded individuals. Her passion to eradicate unfairness towards women. Obstacles as sports administrator.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 22
Metadata
- 17 Aug 2001
Recording Date
- 00:29:36
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Recollection of careers at Sime Darby and Singapore Tobacco Company. Circumstances that led her to Netball Singapore (NS). Elaboration of Super League. Selection of players for Super League. Close working relationship with Australia. Obstacles faced in including netball in international competitions. Effort to develop netball in Thailand. Progress made by netball association in Thailand. Selection process for national players. Overseas training. Cost of overseas training. Advantages of overseas training.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 22
Metadata
- 17 Aug 2001
Recording Date
- 00:29:27
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How Netball Singapore (NS) is run. Career opportunities in NS. Reception of potential sponsors towards netball. Elaboration on NS building. Funding and fundraising efforts to build infrastructure. Relationship between NS and sponsors. How netballers respond to their new building. Cost-saving efforts of NS towards centre.
Future plans to promote men's netball. Response to formation of Men's Team. Countries who promoted Men's Netball Teams. Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) award received by interviewee. Further elaboration on Committee of Sporting Singapore (COSS). Common difficulties experienced by most national sports associations (NSAs).
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Reel/Disc 6 of 22
Metadata
- 17 Aug 2001
Recording Date
- 00:10:26
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Formation of sports school. What is needed to provide more support for sports-inclined students. Need for funds to support non-academic sportspeople. Her reflections on netball. Her expectations for future.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 22
Metadata
- 21 Nov 2005
Recording Date
- 00:58:40
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Recalled her childhood. Wealthy father. Lived in household with two mothers. Values instilled. Parents' influence. Well-rounded childhood in Rose Lane. Her siblings. Equal treatment from caregivers, parents. Values taught. Impression of religious sisters. Kindergarten at Mercantile Institution. Studied at St Anthony's and Katong Convents. Account of her school life as top student, prefect, leader.
Recollection of netball status then. Represented Sime Darby and Singapore Tobacco Company (STC) in Business Houses League. About teams, uniform. company colours. Competition between STC and Malaysian Tobacco Company. Her views on effect on employees and company participating in sports together and competing with others.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 22
Metadata
- 29 Nov 2005
Recording Date
- 00:57:50
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Her ambition: be doctor. Father's plan for her: be architect. Lost interest when she did A-level Arts in Serangoon English School. About her early working life - selling cutlery in Johor, computer coding clerk in Sime Darby. Her attitude towards working, bosses, community work. Other companies were Warehousing and Transportation, Integrated Container Services, British American Tobacco (BAT).
Her 12 years promoting cigarette brand in supermarkets, coffeehouses. Trained in London in logistics in supermarkets. How she met husband. Promoting cigarettes through dance troupe, Cool Cats, branded dart boards. Invaluable lessons learnt from BAT. She fought for air-conditioned cars for male sales representatives, executive toilets, equal medical benefits for women.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 22
Metadata
- 6 Dec 2005
Recording Date
- 00:57:05
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How she got involved in World Netball Tournament, 1983. Her promotions background helped in handling media. Challenges faced. As treasurer and vice-president, made changes. Her impression of Daisy Tan, who organised world championships. Interviewee felt spectator support important. Use of drums in spectator support. Disparity between support for men's and women's sports.
As vice-president, recruited people with commercial experience, hired foreign coach Rosemary Allen, trimmed committee. About treasurer Tay Hing Swan. About incident at Petain Road. Used netball as means of empowering women. Study grants, loans, free uniforms. Her strategy to glamorise netball. She involved media.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 22
Metadata
- 13 Dec 2005
Recording Date
- 00:56:25
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Impressions of Daisy Tan: kind but fought shy of publicity. Why they suffered financially. One-woman show. Learnt from her not to get involved in game. Changed rules of inter-constituency games. First international meeting with Daisy, in Toronto, 1989. Why she was not ready to take over then. What she thought Daisy saw in her. Daisy's ill health. Challenge taking over from Daisy.
Venue of meetings. Secretarial and marketing background helped. National Sports Associations must be run like a business. Formalised umpiring and coaching courses. Response of girls to coaching as career. Foreign coaches: Rosemary Allen, Jude Fawcett. Singaporean coach: Goh Seck Tuck. Crutch mentality of girls regarding foreign coaches. Problem involving first local coach and five players. Learnt to be more observant.
Started looking into player welfare. Strong leader. No vested interest. Made people want to be national players. Selection of national squad by experts. Changed profile of team. Lack of strong development programme before she became president. Progress of China ex-basketball player. Introduced Netball Super League.
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