Chinese Education in Singapore: An Untold Story of Conflict and Change
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This uncensored, unofficial, and unauthorized history of Singapore is a colorful story of secret societies and their wars, of Sinitic languages and dialects, of suppressions by a colonial government. Its pages are not crammed with historical facts and dates, but filled with the experiences of Chinese migrants and their decendents. It is an impression of their achievements, and a witness to their weakness of character.
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THREE BURNING QUESTIONS ...
#1 Why were there 139,300 more emigrants leaving British Malaya than immigrants entering the territory between 1947 and 1957?
#2 Why when Lee Kuan Yew campaigned the 1959 general election, he proposed "one man, one wife." But 26 years later, he suggested reinstating polygamy?
#3 Why many kids in primary school found Singapore Math too easy, yet some graduate mothers found it too difficult?
AND MORE ... answered.
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