CSCA: National Archives of Singapore Anglican Holdings (Oral Histories)

Interviewee	Accession No	Project Title	Synopsis
ALJUNIED, Hussain bin Haroon (Syed)	1297	Special Project	His great great grandfather, Pengiran Shariff Omar Aljunied in 1820 started business in Singapore. A unique request made by Pengiran. Land where the St Andrew's Cathedral is. Aljunied Islamic School. The Aljunied family and annual gathering. Interviewee background. Moved to Bussorah Street. Attended Aljunied Islamic School. Family shifted to North Bridge Road.
BALLAS , Jacob	163	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	Why Jewish community could not mix with other communities. Description of kosher food. Arabic their main language. His schooling in Singapore. Why Jewish boys preferred St Andrew's School. His impression of Francis Thomas. Subjects he studied. His friends at school. Became car salesman after finishing Senior Cambridge. Then into selling life insurance. What he did during Japanese Occupation. Interned in Sime Road Camp. Life in camp.
BENNETT, Charles William	426	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	When they normally get new clothing. Started school at 8 years. Travelled to Raffles Girls' School by tram-cars. Had to leave girls' school by 12. Joined St Andrew's. Stopped schooling at 18 to follow parents to Johore. Later returned to join motor garage as apprentice. No pay given. Nature of job. Served 5 years. Working hours. How an apprentice was trained.
BENNETT, Charles William (Mrs)	351	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	Jobs normally taken on by Eurasians - professional and government jobs. Those coming from overseas in higher positions than local Eurasians. Eurasians in business. Pre-war Eurasians in mission schools like St Andrew's, St Joseph's, Raffles Girls' School. Some in offices and commercial firms but none in blue collar jobs.
CHEE Keng Soon (Mrs)	1720	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	School's canteen and pupil welfare programme. Her most vivid memories of St Hilda's School. Differences between St Hilda's School and St Andrew's School. Continued education at St Andrew's School and University of Malaya. Why she joined education service. Balancing work and family life for teachers then and now. Her husband's role. Memories of teaching at Tanjong Katong Girls' School and of the principal Mrs Maude Scott.
CHEOK, Sunny Hock Siew	2234	The Civil Service - A Retrospection	Family and personal background. Studied at St. Andrew's School. Worked as fisherman at Pulau Brani. Helped at a farm at Boon Teck Road. Taught English by Filipino teacher. Job responsibilities as Assistant Librarian at Raffles Library (RL) in 1939. Nearly got a scholarship. Library facilities and membership. What he could buy for 10 cents. Salary earned. Cycled to work. Staff of RL. Impressions of M W F Tweedie. Did not suffer much during the Japanese Occupation. House at Pulau Brani was an office for Japanese military. Learnt Japanese from the soldiers. Japanese soldiers were harsher than the civilians.
CHEW Chin Hin	2033	Development of Medical Services in Singapore	The bombing of medical students at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Names of students present at the funeral. Recollections of his childhood days at the quarters of SGH. Location of Mistri Wing at the current Singapore Heart Centre. Schooling years during the Japanese Occupation. The birth of Dr Ernest Chew at the St Andrew's Mission Home. Move to the quarters at Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH).
CHEW Chin Jin	1610	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Chinese tuition during Japanese Occupation; reasons for studying Chinese; lessons. Reasons for attending St Andrew's School after the war. Boxing lessons with principal R K Adams. Description of R K Adams as a principal. Motivations for involvement in church activities. Working relationship with father. Reasons for growth in Methodist Youth Fellowship. Advantages of teaching career in 1960s compared with today.
CHEW Kong	66	Special Project	Personal and family background. Why he came to Singapore. Studied in St Andrew's School and then a Chinese school. How he became interested in photography. Worked in studio in Penang. Method of developing films. Size of a studio. Nature of photographer's work. Improvements made in photographic equipment. His other duties in studio. How he mastered art of photography. His salary.
CHEW, Andrew Guan Khuan (Dr)	1620	The Civil Service - A Retrospection	Close-knit family. Early schooling at St. Andrew's School interrupted by war. Worked for Japanese as apprentice electrician at College of Medicine. Later did manual work for better rations. Unsuccessful first attempt to enter Medical College. As clerk in Overseas-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) for 10 months. Private tuition in Science. Entrance examination and interview. Did not get scholarship. Very motivated; all spare cash spent on medical books. Personal assessment of quality of medical students then.
CHOY, Elizabeth (Mrs)	597	Japanese Occupation of Singapore, 1942-1945	Her educational background. Came to Singapore for further study. Trained as teacher. Active in social work. Married in 1941. Not expecting Singapore to be attacked. Joined Medical Auxiliary Service (MAS). St Andrew's School turned into hospital. Offered nursing help. Conditions worsened. Temporary hospital closed. Her search for safer shelter. Mass screening experience. Behaviour of soldiers in her house. Her reaction to British surrender.
DORAISAMY, Theodore Royahan (Bishop)	530	Communities of Singapore (Part 2)	Punjabi congregation now merged with Anglican Church. History of Christian ministry among Indians. His involvement in Council of Churches Commission as Secretary and in Tamil Bible Institute in Johore Bahru. Christian conferences which he attended. Recollection of government sponsored conference he attended at Lagos. Growth of Methodist Church in terms of resources and personnel.
GOH Hee Peck (Mrs)	1724	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Sports day when she was a student and teacher. Teaching methods of Chinese teachers when she was a student. Her teaching methods as an art teacher. Her favourite books and their impact. Relationships with other Anglican schools while she was a student and teacher. Reason for sending her daughters to Haig Primary School. Relationships between teachers and students. Students who have impressed her. Welfare of poor pupils at St Hilda's School. Duties of school chaplain. Students' views of her as a teacher. Welfare of academically weak pupils.
GOH Tock Eng	1516	The Civil Service - A Retrospection	Personal background. Family came over to Singapore post-war. His education here. Attended Tao Nan Primary School, St Andrew's School and University of Malaya (Singapore). Completed engineering degree in 1960. Got job offer from Public Works Department (PWD).
GULLICK, John Michael	2379	The Civil Service - A Retrospection	Women in the Colonial Service. Expectations of conformity to expatriate norms. Differences between the work of Roman Catholic and Anglican missionaries. General lack of violence and respect for the police by Ugandans. Posted to the Kenya Regiment in 1940. Anecdote of how he got his first lecturing experience during training. The Italians were seen to be the main threat against Ethiopia. British military victory over the Italians in Ethiopia. Communication with his parents. Poor leadership under Brooke-Popham at Nairobi. Rejoined 2nd/4th King's Own African Rifles and fought Ethiopian tribes. Great problems with thirst.
GUPTA, N C Sen (Dr)	2087	Development of Medical Services in Singapore	X-ray facility rented by Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association (SATA) at St. Andrew's Mission Hospital. Description of the SATA hut used for treatment at Cantonment Road in the early 1950s. The shift to Shenton Way from 1952 to 1981. SATA's expansion to other services. Description of the SATA rehabilitation programme in the south of Singapore. The second move to Cantonment Road. How he started a farm as part of the rehabilitation programme.
HALE, Trevelyan	476	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	Married in 1944. His children. Wife's family background and ancestors. Courtship and social life in those days. Attitude of Eurasians towards inter-marriages. Marriage reception in G H Cafe. Church ceremony in St Andrew's Cathedral. History of G H Cafe. After marriage stayed with in-laws' family. Wife worked before and after marriage until child was born. Employed maid to help in household task. Present days men had to help.
HALE, Trevelyan	476	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	Married in 1944. His children. Wife's family background and ancestors. Courtship and social life in those days. Attitude of Eurasians towards inter-marriages. Marriage reception in G H Cafe. Church ceremony in St Andrew's Cathedral. History of G H Cafe. After marriage stayed with in-laws' family. Wife worked before and after marriage until child was born. Employed maid to help in household task. Present days men had to help.
HUANG Kuan Eng	607	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	Personal history. Paternal grandmother gave away all six daughters as child-brides, leaving sons behind. Grandfather sold academic title for money. Family background. Boarded at Yuxiu School, founded by Anglican churches in Ningde City. Returned home only during Christmas. Unlike elder sister, she was spared from being child-bride. Other sisters were drowned. Conditions in Shitang Village.
HUANG Kuan Eng	607	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	Mother bought adoptive daughters, age five or six years. Father laid emphasis on their education. She became Christian at age 14 in Yuxiu School. How village elders encouraged young to pursue further education. Living conditions in Ningde. Father became private tutor, in English and Mathematics. Why she transferred from Taosu, founded by Anglicans, to Huanan University, founded by Methodist churches.
IYADURAI Nadarajah	366	Special Project	Description of Tan Tock Seng Hospital. Details of 21 types of wards. Prevalence of venereal disease. Venereal disease wards in hospitals. Venereal disease clinics in Nelson Road and Jalan Besar. Most patients were sailors. Married in 1946. Started work as Laboratory Assistant at St Andrew's Hospital under Mr Caldwell, Chief Pharmacist. Secured scholarship for diploma course in UK in 1957.
JOSEPH, Marret Abraham	1218	Communities of Singapore (Part 2)	Pre-war Syrian orthodox Christian pioneers. Members used to worship in Armenian Church and St Andrew's Cathedral. Similarities and differences with Mar Thomas Christians. Came in 1952 to Singapore and stayed with uncle and brother. Taught at St Andrew's Secondary School. Size of community. Building of church in 1958. In 1983, new church premises were built in Yio Chu Kang.
JOSEPH, Marret Abraham	1218	Communities of Singapore (Part 2)	Pre-war Syrian orthodox Christian pioneers. Members used to worship in Armenian Church and St Andrew's Cathedral. Similarities and differences with Mar Thomas Christians. Came in 1952 to Singapore and stayed with uncle and brother. Taught at St Andrew's Secondary School. Size of community. Building of church in 1958. In 1983, new church premises were built in Yio Chu Kang.
JUBANG, Matthew	596	Communities of Singapore (Part 3)	*Japanese treated them well because of their medical service. Bad experiences of some people with Japanese. Standard of living during Japanese Occupation. Japanese reaction when they were about to surrender. Japanese surrender ceremony at Padang. School children attended. Felt happy about his children's achievement. His religious belief. Family attended St Andrew's Cathedral.
JUBANG, Matthew	596	Communities of Singapore (Part 3)	*Japanese treated them well because of their medical service. Bad experiences of some people with Japanese. Standard of living during Japanese Occupation. Japanese reaction when they were about to surrender. Japanese surrender ceremony at Padang. School children attended. Felt happy about his children's achievement. His religious belief. Family attended St Andrew's Cathedral.
JUMABHOY, Rajabali	74	Pioneers of Singapore	His Malay friends:- Yusof Ishak, Rahim bin Ishak, Inche Jumat, Dr S I M Ibrahim, Abu Bakar Pawanchi, Captain Hashim, Ghones family and Haji Ambok bin Sulok. Indian convict labour used in building Singapore landmarks like St Andrew's Cathedral, Sri Mariamman Temple, Anglican Cathedral and Governent House. From 1867 Singapore ceased to be convict colony. Migration of labourers followed. Indian government appointed a representative to look after them in 1923.
KARUMBIAH Ponnusamy	1121	Communities of Singapore (Part 2)	His family, educational and working background. Born in Potong Pasir. Parents born in India. Brothers and sisters in family of ten. Attended St Andrew's School. Attained Standard Six. Worked in Fire Service for 22 years. Before odd jobs. Entered business. Owner of Goldsmith shop at Serangoon Road. Originally owned by a friend. Has been in business for 10 years.
KIANG Ai Kim (Mrs)	1698	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Reasons for her retirement in 1969. Helped to raise funds for St Andrew's Junior College. Boys in Crescent School were transferred to Pasir Panjang before it was changed from Alexandra School to Crescent Girls' School. Her office. Relationship with her principal, Miss E Norris. Why she gives presents to children of Indian servants in school. Qualities of a good principal.
LIM Kim Guan	280	Special Project	Most Chinese migrated to Singapore to avoid chaos in China. Attended St Andrew's Mission School. Learned Chinese after school hours. Aged 13-14, joined secret society. Two-storeyed school building at Fort Canning known for elites. Father gave $1-$2 each day. Enjoyed. Always met outsiders. Became pickpocket when money was not enough. Favourite subjects, History and Geography. Weak in Mathematics. Two textbooks used. Others wrote in note books.
LIM, Arthur Beng Lock	1436	The Civil Service - A Retrospection	Studied at St Andrew's School. Joined General Clerical Service and in 1950 joined Fire Brigade as a probationary sub-inspector. Grew up in Serangoon Road. Onthe job training as fire officer. On duty during Maria Hertogh riots.
LU-SINCLAIR, Yee-Teh	1931	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	Early exposure to classical music. Evacuation to India before Japanese Occupation in Singapore. Arrived in Calcutta, proceeded to Kalimpong, finally to Simla. Description of house in Simla. Studied in Anglican Auckland School. Differences in pedagogical approaches to Catholic and Anglican schools. She and sister were only two Chinese students. Picked up English customs from classmates. Treated well by native Indians.
LU-SINCLAIR, Yee-Teh	1931	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	Went to Yale University for Masters in educational administration on scholarship. Gave up doctorate for marriage to Donald Sinclair. Parents' reaction to her marriage to non-Chinese. Married at St Andrew's Cathedral, 1955. Elaborate reception followed by dinner for close friends at new Bank of China building. Stayed in Johor Baru after marriage. Came to Singapore, 1959; stayed in Tanglin Hill. Description of house.
LU-SINCLAIR, Yee-Teh	1931	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	Went to Yale University for Masters in educational administration on scholarship. Gave up doctorate for marriage to Donald Sinclair. Parents' reaction to her marriage to non-Chinese. Married at St Andrew's Cathedral, 1955. Elaborate reception followed by dinner for close friends at new Bank of China building. Stayed in Johor Baru after marriage. Came to Singapore, 1959; stayed in Tanglin Hill. Description of house.
MARTINUS, William	446	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	Helped to wind up company. Recovered all money; remitted back to England. Company had been in existence in Singapore for 93 years. His starting salary $35. Receiving $69 on confirmation and $150 nine years later. Married in St Andrew's Cathedral. Became band-leader 2 years later. How band first came to play at Victoria Memorial Hall.
MARTINUS, William	446	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	Helped to wind up company. Recovered all money; remitted back to England. Company had been in existence in Singapore for 93 years. His starting salary $35. Receiving $69 on confirmation and $150 nine years later. Married in St Andrew's Cathedral. Became band-leader 2 years later. How band first came to play at Victoria Memorial Hall.
MEDORA, Keki ( Mrs )	295	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	*Further elaboration on child adoption scheme. How she became involved in fund raising to build Trafalgar Home. Became President of Leprosy Association. Also involved in St Andrew's Hospital Board Committee and other committees. Given award for public welfare work. Still keep in touch with family in India. Became Singapore citizen in 1963. Her views that Parsis should practise and keep religion and customs.
MOHD Siraj (Mrs)	1663	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	Why her mother valued education; especially for girls. Involved in St Andrew's Mission Hospital. Elaborated on mother's active roles in charity work. Recollections of charity ball for "Buy a Bomber Fund" in late 1939/40. Outstanding Malays - Encik Yunos, Captain N M Hashim, Kadir Sultan during her time. Childhood memories of her father. Father died in eye operation at Madras, when she was nine.
ONG Cheng Hoe	728	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	Parents' background. Father's occupation. Later took up printing profession. Type of things printed by his press in Arab Street. Description and size of shop. Size of his family. Childhood in Arab Street. Mother a Peranakan; father a Hokkien and a converted Christian. Children all baptised. Strict upbringing. Relationship with father. Studied in St Andrew's School.
PAUL, George Kanagaretnam	1713	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Music lessons with Mr Meyers at Victoria School. Jacobs and Goodman - principals. Class size and classroom description. Lack of display of students' work. Raising the Union Jack and King George's picture. Visit of the Director of Education and the Anglican bishop. School assembly. Behaviour of students. Guidelines given by principal. Forms of discipline. Comparison of discipline before and after Second World War (WW II). Reason for good behaviour of Christian students.
PAUL, George Kanagaretnam	1713	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Difference between schools in Taiping and Singapore. Learning to box. Failed Senior Cambridge. Returned to Ipoh in 1940. Retook Cambridge examination. Moved to a Tamil settlement. Description of Japanese soldiers. Hiding of Chinese girl. Visit of Japanese soldier. Joined Japanese firm as motor mechanic. Aftermath of fighting. Clerk in War Tax Department in Singapore. Activities in St Andrew's Cathedral. Dr Chelliah and Bishop Wilson and their helping Prisoners of War (POWs). Formation of Indian National Army (INA).
PERREAU, Phyllis Clara (Mrs)	547	Communities of Singapore (Part 3)	*Reason she took up nursing training in Singapore. Preparation and arrangement made before leaving for Singapore. Account of journey on board ship. Brought to St Andrew's Mission Hospital on arrival. Caught up with work and passed examination although joined course 10 months later. Factors attributed to passing of examination. Preparation made before starting on training in hospital.
PERUMBULAVIL, Vilasini (Mrs)	2437	The Civil Service - A Retrospection	*Teachers at Raffles Girls' School (RGS) before and after the war. Students sent to watch films and operas. Took up Current Events and Art. Reminiscence of several students at RGS. Recalled watching the plays "Macbeth" and "Richard II". Recollection of teachers, students and subjects when she did her post-school certificate at St. Andrew's School, 1952-1953. Subjects she took at University of Malaya, 1953-1958. Completing her thesis in History at university. Vague recollection of meeting Lee Kuan Yew. Recollection of her lecturers.
RAJ, Florence Soundra Leela	1536	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Why ex-principal Mrs Cassim was a stumbling block. How she was appointed as senior assistant at St Margaret's School; why she was upset about it. Assessment of present principal, Miss Chew. Views on promotion prospects and the Anglican church. Further elaboration on Miss Chew. Her senior assistant job: teaching periods, planning relief timetable, incidents, other responsibilities.
RAJ, Florence Soundra Leela	1536	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Elaboration on Miss Inge. New school's facilities, feelings about new school. Use of chapel by Anglican church. Chapel service, school chaplain, provision of volunteers by Cathedral to teach moral education to Primary 1 and 2 at St Margaret's School. Extra-curricular activities (ECA) instructors. Unpleasant incidents involving parents. Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and its contributions. Parent-teacher meetings.
RAJ, Florence Soundra Leela	1536	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Elaboration on Miss Inge. New school's facilities, feelings about new school. Use of chapel by Anglican church. Chapel service, school chaplain, provision of volunteers by Cathedral to teach moral education to Primary 1 and 2 at St Margaret's School. Extra-curricular activities (ECA) instructors. Unpleasant incidents involving parents. Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) and its contributions. Parent-teacher meetings.
RAJ, Florence Soundra Leela	1536	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Elaboration on English that was taught at St Margaret's School. How Literature was taught. Library periods. Civics. Description of classroom. Types of punishment, school rules. Cambridge Night at Raffles Instituition (RI). Joint Civics programme with St Andrew's School. Providing first-aid to the poor in Potong Pasir. Experience as a prefect. How prefects were selected; their responsibilities.
ROBERTSON, Angus (Brigadier)	1144	Political Development in Singapore 1945-1965	Anti-terrorist operation in Malaya. Left Malaya in 1955 and came back again with Royal Anglican Regiment in 1959. Tried to trick communist terrorists by building camps; why no communists terrorists turned up. Impact of Emergency on aborigines. His social and family life in Malaya. As Adjutant, how he would deal with matters like soldiers who wanted to marry local girls. His view on whether soldiers like himself faced moral conflict in killing communists who were natives in Malaya.
SCHOON, Roland	422	Communities of Singapore (Part 1)	Further elaboration on Christmas celebration - house parties, annual dances by clubs. Birthday parties for children. His schooling at St Andrew's School. Studies interrupted by war. Received private tuition. School premises in Stamford Road. Subjects he took. His teachers and classmates in St Andrew. School routine. His participation in school activities and games. How Japanese Occupation affected his education.
SEGERAM, Myna Ruth	586	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	History of Guide Movement in Singapore. Began 1917 with English Anglican missionaries. First company formed at St Mary's Home. How Guide Movement progressed after Second World War (WW II). Post-war companies formed were Chinese. Since 1950, problems of insufficient leaders and trainers. Few full-time paid staff. Volunteers had other demands. Guide Movement flourished in 1950s and 1960s, in many schools. Singapore delegation to international guide camp, Australia, 1950s.
SEOW Eu Jin (Prof)	6	Special Project	Family background. Account of ancestors settling in Singapore in the 1820s. Religious practices, festivals observed and languages spoken in the family. Education, reasons for attending Singapore Chinese Girls' School and St Andrew's School. Later at Raffles Institution. Course taken, number of students and teachers of the Queen's Scholarship Class.
SINGH, Gulzar	424	Communities of Singapore (Part 2)	Naming of child ceremony. Baptised by priest. Gifts given. Where his other children were born. Children's education in India. His daughters trained as teachers. His elder son, after matriculation in India, joined St Joseph's School. His career as male nurse. His younger son's schooling in St Andrew's School and Raffles Institution. His career development after graduating as a doctor. Why his sons were better educated.
TAMBYAH, Leaena (Mrs)	1064	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Early background and family history. Father, Dr D D Chelliah. Father's educational and career background; born in Penang; was teacher and headmaster of St George's Primary and Anglo-Chinese Schools in Malaysia. He went for further studies and obtained PhD; his thesis on Educational Policy in Straits Settlements. Trip to Singapore in 1940s. Became headmaster at St Andrew's School. A key figure in education service. Details about interviewee's brothers and sisters. Her father's contributions to social services.
TAMBYAH, Leaena (Mrs)	1703	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	Personal and family backgrounds in Kedah and Penang, Malaya. Sixth of seven children. Academic and religious achievements of father, Dr D D Chelliah. How came to Singapore in 1940. Family experiences during Japanese Occupation. Anglican priest father was acting dean of St Andrew's Cathedral. Food supplies and Christmas celebration. Christmas incident. St Andrew's School as internment camp; parents' experiences; individual acts of kindness. Sibling order.
TAMBYAH, Leaena (Mrs)	1703	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	Personal and family backgrounds in Kedah and Penang, Malaya. Sixth of seven children. Academic and religious achievements of father, Dr D D Chelliah. How came to Singapore in 1940. Family experiences during Japanese Occupation. Anglican priest father was acting dean of St Andrew's Cathedral. Food supplies and Christmas celebration. Christmas incident. St Andrew's School as internment camp; parents' experiences; individual acts of kindness. Sibling order.
TAMBYAH, Leaena (Mrs)	1703	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	Personal and family backgrounds in Kedah and Penang, Malaya. Sixth of seven children. Academic and religious achievements of father, Dr D D Chelliah. How came to Singapore in 1940. Family experiences during Japanese Occupation. Anglican priest father was acting dean of St Andrew's Cathedral. Food supplies and Christmas celebration. Christmas incident. St Andrew's School as internment camp; parents' experiences; individual acts of kindness. Sibling order.
TAN Beng Neo	371	Women Through The Years: Economic & Family Lives	How food supply was sent to Changi Camp through Commissioner Lord in Woodbridge Hospital. How she travelled to Hospital. Respect to Japanese sentries. Unpleasant encounter with sentry. Another meeting with Commissioner Lord at Cathedral. Punishment for stealing. Witnessed exhibition of decapitated heads. Atrocities committed by Japanese soldiers. Invitation to attend propaganda activities under guise of social events.
TAN Hung Toh	985	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 2: Chinese)	More Anglican and Methodist converts than Catholics in Fuzhou. Churches sent Chinese students overseas for higher education. Contrast between Japan's and China's attitudes towards foreign-trained graduates. Examples of education-to-job "misfits". Why graduates rarely migrated to Nanyang.
TAY, Moses Leng Kong (Dr)	2083	Development of Medical Services in Singapore	How he helped the children cope with their mother's death. How he met Cynthia, his second wife. How he prepared his children for his second marriage. Brief history of St. Andrew's Mission Hospital and St. Andrew's Orthopaedic Hospital. The Anglican Movement in community services.
THAM, Anna (Mrs)	1564	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Reasons for poor performance in Chinese. Senior Cambridge class' background. Tuition, important subjects, where they went for Science classes. Classmates' aspirations, how her ambition was thwarted by her father. Brothers' educational attainment. Preparation for Senior Cambridge. Impressions of principal of Methodist Girls' School (MGS), Mrs Handy. Selection process for principals and teachers. Relationship between school and church. Pre-university education at St Andrew's School, curriculum, teachers, class composition, relationship with boys.
VAN HIEN, Maud M	944	Special Project	Family's reaction to her religious conversion. Change in her lifestyle. Bible Society of late 1930s/40s. Romanized Hokkien Bible. How church-going "localised" her. Visits to Holland and UK. Why never returned to Singapore during 1964-1986. Proceeds of Oranje Hotel sale. Pre-war volunteer work with St Andrew's Hospital and Mission Home. Captain of girl guides. Pre-war garbage collector's strike. Blood Transfusion Service Work (war-time). Prevailing attitudes in Singapore before war.
WAN Fook Weng	1949	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	How his parents educated them. Sisters' education. Mission schools were not popular in the 1950s. Boys were not allowed to do housework. Local names for St Joseph's Institution (SJI), St Andrew's School and Anglo-Chinese School (ACS). School uniforms and textbooks were passed down from brothers. Learnt to face criticism and humiliation during Japanese Occupation. First impression of ACS. Description of the school building.
WONG Ho Eng (Mrs)	1441	Development of Education in Singapore (Part 1: English)	Why she joined students' welfare service committee at St Margaret's School. Her main duty was to secure funds to help students and their families. Relocation of Anglican welfare office to Council of Social Services. Role of student welfare service. How students' welfare service committee was elected. Changing attitudes towards discipline.
WONG Yip Chong (Dr)	2027	Development of Medical Services in Singapore	Born 1929, Singapore. Family Background. Reasons for reading medicine. His relationship with his physician father. Schooling years at St Andrew's, Outram School and then Raffles Institution. How he spent the war years. His scouting activities. Joined Faculty of Medicine at the University of Malaya from 1949 to 1955. Recollections of Prof Elias, his Anatomy lecturer. Housemanship at the Department of Surgery and the Department of Paediatrics at the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Impressions of Prof Mekie and Prof Yeoh Ghim Seng.
YIN , Jordan	742	Special Project	Personal background. Received pre-primary education in a private English school in Gentle Road. Attended St Andrew's School before war broke out. Inter-ethnic relations in St Andrew's School. Lived in Norfolk Road during the war. A whole battalion of Japanese soldiers stayed in his house for 5 days.