SATKUNANATHAN, Chelvadurai (C S Nathan)
The Public Service,
Accession Number 002693
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 8
Total Reels
- Jason Lim (Dr)
Interviewer
- 03:44:40
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 8
Metadata
- 12 Apr 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:27
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Family background. Impression of Tras in the 1930s. Life during the Japanese Occupation. Killing of informers. Family situation during the Japanese Occupation. Presence of Europeans at night. News of the Japanese surrender. Returned to Mahmud School in Raub in 1946. Impression of his teachers and school life. Cycling in his youth. Joined the scouts at Mahmud School.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 8
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- 12 Apr 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:08
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Scout activities at Mahmud School in Raub. Evacuation of Tras during the Malayan Emergency. Why and how he came to Singapore in 1952. Studied at Raffles Institution (RI) in 1952. Impression of his teachers and school activities. Neglected his studies. Circumstances which led him to join Raffles Library (RL) as a Library Clerk in 1953. Working experiences as a library clerk. Layout of RL. Borrowing books. Users of RL.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 8
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- 12 Apr 2003
Recording Date
- 00:31:09
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Cataloguing of books at Raffles Library (RL). Users of RL. Impression of expatriate officers including the Directors of RL. Moved to its present location as National Library (NL). Impression of Hedwig Anuar. Growth of NL until he left in 1963. Worked in the Mobile Library Service and the Lim Ah Pin Road Library. Joined the Malayan Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (MRNVR) in 1962. Working experiences in the Seamen's Section. Taking over HMS Panglima and HMS Bedok from the British. Uniforms of MRNVR. Working on board the RSS Panglima. Worked as a writer of MRNVR from 1964 to 1967.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 8
Metadata
- 12 Apr 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:58
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Worked as a writer of Malayan Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve (MRNVR) from 1964 to 1967. Worked in the Naval Section of Central Manpower Base (CMPB) from 1967 to 1969. Reasons for leaving the MRNVR. Joined Social Welfare Department (SWD) as a clerical officer in 1963. Appointed Acting Executive Officer in 1965. Reasons for leaving SWD in 1973. Working experiences as a clerical officer in the Workmen's Compensation Section of the Ministry of Labour (MOL). Reasons for leaving MOL in 1975. Transfers in the Civil Service. Working experiences as Chief Clerk in the Volunteer Special Constabulary Headquarters.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 8
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- 26 Apr 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:45
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Request for virement (French: transfer of money from one acount to another). Clerical examinations in the Civil Service. General and Colonial Orders. Working experiences as the Assistant Manager of the Thai football team for the Southeast Asia Peninsula (SEAP) Games in 1973. Conferences attended. Joined People's Defence Force (Sea) [PDF (Sea)] in 1969. Worked in the Naval Section of Central Manpower Base (CMPB) from 1967 to 1969. Working experiences as a volunteer in the PDF (Sea) from 1969 to 1975. Overview of his work in the Workmen's Compensation Section of the Ministry of Labour (MOL) from 1973 to 1975.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 8
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- 26 Apr 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:32
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Joined Radio Section of the Singapore Police Force for two weeks before moving to the Volunteer Special Constabulary (VSC) Headquarters in 1975. Working experiences as Chief Clerk in the VSC. Events leading to his transfer to the National Police Cadet Corps (NPCC) in 1978. Working experiences at NPCC from 1978 to 1987. Setting up NPCC Campsite at Pulau Ubin. Problems with getting new uniforms for NPCC cadets throughout the 1980s. Circumstances leading to his retirement from NPCC in 1987. How he got a job at MPH Bookstores after his retirement.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 8
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- 26 Apr 2003
Recording Date
- 00:30:20
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Recollections of his work at MPH Bookstores from 1987 to 1992. Circumstances which led him to resign from MPH Bookstores. How he got job as a receptionist at the Registry of Marriages (ROM) in 1992. Recollection of his trip to Bentong and Haadyai. Working experiences as a receptionist at ROM from 1992 to 1999. Importance of viewing one's work as challenging. What he did after his retirement from ROM in 1999. Hopes for the future. Life in Tras in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 8
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- 26 Apr 2003
Recording Date
- 00:10:21
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Life in Tras in the 1930s and 1940s. Effects of the Emergency on Tras. Life in Singapore from 1952 to 1965.
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