Some info:
Dated 19 Aug 1959
Sex: F, Age: 12 (Born 1947)
Language: Teochew (a dialect), Race: Chinese
Nationality: British
Place of Birth: Singapore
Occupation: Student
Address: 48 Rangoon(??) Road (I actually can’t tell)
My Grandma is the 2nd oldest of 7 children, all of whom are still alive and healthy today. My Great-grandma is also nimble at agile at 102 years, but she only speaks the Teochew dialect. She immigrated over in the 1930s from Chaozhou city, Guangdong.
By this time Lee Kuan Yew’s party, the People Action’s Party has been voted into power, followed by Singapore’s independence in 1965. The PAP are still the leading power in SG to this day. English became the medium for education after independence, so my Grandma’s generation mostly don’t speak English (except for the uni-educated ones). But they did pick up Standard Mandarin.
WoIfed on
So.. are we gonna talk about the unicorn in the room?
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Back when British citizenship meant something
Some info:
Dated 19 Aug 1959
Sex: F, Age: 12 (Born 1947)
Language: Teochew (a dialect), Race: Chinese
Nationality: British
Place of Birth: Singapore
Occupation: Student
Address: 48 Rangoon(??) Road (I actually can’t tell)
My Grandma is the 2nd oldest of 7 children, all of whom are still alive and healthy today. My Great-grandma is also nimble at agile at 102 years, but she only speaks the Teochew dialect. She immigrated over in the 1930s from Chaozhou city, Guangdong.
By this time Lee Kuan Yew’s party, the People Action’s Party has been voted into power, followed by Singapore’s independence in 1965. The PAP are still the leading power in SG to this day. English became the medium for education after independence, so my Grandma’s generation mostly don’t speak English (except for the uni-educated ones). But they did pick up Standard Mandarin.
So.. are we gonna talk about the unicorn in the room?
All fine and proper👍🏽