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Cakap Heritage: 9 March 2013: Dr Professor Ann Wee
Associate Professorial Fellow
Faculty of Ats and Social Sciences
Department of Social Work
National University Singapore
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Top Left
3 books quoting much of speaker's work
A world of change
Social work in context
Singapore chidren
Quotable quote
"You can live all your life in a stable but you dont become a horse but you will smell like one" (of her her career in Social Work without a degree in Social Wok)
Of our low reproductive rate
One missing element:
Our children dont have experience of hugging babies.
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Top Right
Being born in the year of Fire Tiger, bad marriage prospects:
Her Chinese mother in law raised in South Afica:
not atuned to these cultural nuances/ taboos
"didnt know a rabbit from a horse"
1954-57 taught English at MGS
Got to know Mrs Ellis Handy
Exposed to Chinese Nonya Peranakan culture
Value of family: knowing family structure by relationship:
First sister, second brother etc (without referring to first names)
Vociferous arguments Mrs Handy: Nonya mothers who want to their daughters out of school early: enough to be clerk, married by 20, good for the family.
Study of 400 families: which language stream to study
pragmatic approach: most sent to study English to understand government messages
one sent to study Chinese to maintain links with mainland relatives.
Adoptions
Baby girls easy to adopt out, easy to adopt in
Baby boy more is at stake
Senior family members examine ears (longevity)
Examine external genitalia: future of family lies with him
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Lower Left
Began with Welfare department 1946
Over next 10 years, many changes in head of department
"Raja" Cromwell, successful work with Brook in Sarawak.
Sucessful work in Singapore but he did not consult seniors,
just took things in his own hands.
There was a Chinese riot. Rioteers tore down British flag set in field in front of office.
Comwell charged out and rescued flag.
Enraged crowd burnt cars excluding that of Cromwell's secretary.
Cromwell's pane van, appearing too lowly, was left unscathed.
A registry of transfer was created for children who were being looked after by guardians but could not be legally adopted. This certificate of transfer often surfaced during school registration.
Bond maids were girls given away to servanthood/slavery for life.
This was the option to infanticide.
9/10 of budget was for public assistance.
Those with tuberculosis who could be certified as fit to return to work in 6 months were put on a scheme that gave them a middle class allowance, encouraging them to come forward and complete TB treatment.
This place severe stress on doctors who had to exclude severely ill patients.
Housing in 1966
1/3 population in wooden housing
pigs and chickens around
pigs fed on rice husks (Khng)
Welfare Dept called to help in times of flood/ famine
Schools used for temporary housing
Blue Cross (orginally set up to bury war dead, espeially Javanese laborers)
helps with food
prone to fire and flood
Current HDB
rows of 5 seem ideal in terms of fostering community
point block flat lose that community effect
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Lower Right
Early days no Shariah court, no legal aid.
For help in Muslim matters turned to Mr Namazie for help
"Why don't you come for tea" was the oft gracious invitation.
Mr Moni Sundram later helped much.
Mr Pikering, Chinese Protector, spoke many Chinese dialects.
Helped in detecting trafficked women,
boarding incoming ships to screen deck passengers.
Rescued women were housed at Pok Liang Kok home.
Ticketed labourers were told of their rights in 1877
In 2013 FDW need similar rights protection
Slum in Singapore: Rats often ran around
In Chinatown 30 to a room.
HDB flats rental $30 a month not more than space rental in Chinatown.
A grandmother wanted help to get her son from KL relocated to singapore so she cod be with her grandchildren. This grandmother looked after her three daughter's children but they were no "her" grandchildren!
Malay families strong kinship and able to absorb extra children.
Indian families: boys could be sent on the street and fend for themselves as "jaga kereta"
Indian families: not easy to marry off girls adopted from indian family:
if from relatve: relative may come and claim back
if from unknown : unknown caste
But Chinese girls they are happy to adopt: Chinesefamily will not come and claim her back: No issue of caste so is marriable.
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