HO Boon Siew
Education in Singapore (Part 1: English),
Accession Number E000466
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 1
Total Reels
- Rosalind Heng
Interviewer
- 00:41:34
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 1
Metadata
- 17 Dec 2012
Recording Date
- 00:41:34
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Inteviewee’s birth year and place. Interviewee’s age when he was enrolled to Singapore Chinese Girls’ School (SCGS) kindergarten. Brief mention of school activities in the SCGS kindergarten. Number of students in the kindergarten. Interviewee’s father being a doctor. Interviewee’s mother being a teacher in SCGS. Where interviewee was staying during his childhood. Number of school days per week. Brief mention of the school layout. Name of the school principal. How interviewee went to school. Name of interviewee’s father. Teaching materials in the kindergarten. Activities in the kindergarten. Interviewee’s memories of the teachers in SCGS. Singing sessions being conducted in the kindergarten. School hours of the kindergarten. Dining area for the kindergarten students. Interviewee being enrolled to Anglo-Chinese School (ACS) after he left SCGS kindergarten. Difference in the culture of SCGS kindergarten and ACS. Character development in SCGS kindergarten.
Why interviewee’s studies were being interrupted in 1937. Latin learnt by interviewee. The mention of interviewee’s Latin teacher Reverend Paul. The death of interviewee’s mother in 1945. His thoughts on his mother’s death. Memories of his mother. Companies that interviewee had worked at, including Polaroid prior to his retirement.
An incident on how interviewee was treated by the Japanese during the Japanese Occupation. His father’s continual practice in medicine. Lim Kim San’s place of residence after the war. Brief mention of architect Lee Kip Lin.
