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AbstractThe paper argues that our understanding and use of oral history interviewing for reconstruction of our past or life narratives will need to be reviewed as our concept of how our memories work changes. Our current practice of oral history interviewing assumes that the oral history interviewees are providing us an accurate recollection of their memories and which the interviewer attempts to verify with the interviewees through cross-checking with other historical evidence. This practice of oral history interviewing assumes that our mind is a blank slate upon which our memories are inscribed to be recalled. However, an alternative understanding of our memory assumes that our memories are not static, but filter from our past to our present, mix with other more recent memories, and are reconfigured according to current preoccupations. Thus what our oral history interviewees reveal are their memories configured to their present preoccupations and what they decide to reveal is often a moral choice of what they perceive to be the relevance of that memory to the interview.

Foreword by the Prime Minister of Singapore -- Message by SFCCA Honorary President -- Message by SFCCA President -- Preface by Wang Gungwu -- Editors' note -- Prelude to the history of the Chinese in Singapore / Kwa Chong Guan -- Junk trade and gambier industry. Chinese junk trade in early Singapore / Lee Yip Lim ; Gambier and early development of Singapore / Lim Guan Hock -- Chinatown: cradle of Chinese community development / Lim Guan Hock -- Singapore Chinese Community. Social structure and Bang interactions / Lim How Seng ; Chinese leadership and its political transformation / C F Yong ; The knots of the Chinese secret societies in early Singapore / Mak Lau-Fong ; Bukit Brown chronicles: a brief cultural history of the Chinese in Singapore through the lens of a cemetery / Hui Yew-Foong -- Qing Government and Singapore Chinese community. Rivalry between Straits Settlements government and Chinese Consulate in Singapore (1877–1894) / Lim How Seng ; Sales of Qing titles and the Chinese leadership in Singapore (1877–1912) / Yen Ching-hwang -- Straits-born Chinese. The colonial state in the making of a Peranakan community / Kwa Chong Guan ; The Peranakan's interconnected world: hybridity, diversity and challenges / John Teo ; Peranakan community and culture / Ng Fooi Beng -- Confucianism revived in early Singapore and Malaya, 1899–1911 / Yen Ching-hwang -- Chinese business community. Bang trade specialisation of the Chinese community in Singapore / Cheng Lim Keak ; Chinese business in Singapore: a historical and historiographical survey / Koh Keng We ; Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry: an institution in transition / Jeremy Goh -- Chinese printing and dailies. 19th-century printing in the Chinese language / Lee Ching Seng ; A century of the Chinese dailies / Choi Kwai Keong -- Chinese education. Development of Chinese education in Singapore (1819–1979) / Lim Guan Hock ; A window into Nanyang University: controversy over the 1965 Wang Gungwu report / Huang Jianli -- Traditional Chinese culture and religious beliefs. Traditional religious beliefs, emigration and the social structure of the Chinese in Singapore / Cheng Lim Keak ; Chinese temples and the transnational networks: Hokkien community in Singapore / Hue Guan Thye ; Festival, community and identity: the Nine Emperor Gods Festival in Singapore / Koh Keng We -- Culture and art. The story of art in Singapore / Teo Han Wue ; Chinese performing arts / Chua Soo Pong ; Chinese movie and TV serial industry / Yap Soo Ei -- Money by mail to China: Qiaopi and Chinese remittance in Singapore / Kua Bak Lim -- The Anti-Japanese National Salvation Movement / Lim How Seng -- The Chinese community in Singapore during the Japanese Occupation / Lee Geok Boi -- Political awakening and nation-building. The political dilemmas and transformation of the Straits-born Chinese community in the era of decolonisation / Kwa Chong Guan ; Lim Chin Siong and his legacy of left-wing activism in the fight for nationhood / Kevin Y L Tan ; Lee Kuan Yew: founding father of modern Singapore / Giam Meng Tuck -- Chinese society in the 21st century. The Speak Mandarin Campaign / Eddie C Y Kuo ; Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations: apex of Singapore Chinese community / Kua Bak Lim ; Chinese new immigrants / Ou Yali -- Retrospect and reflection. The study of Singapore Chinese in retrospect / Choi Kwai Keong, Lim How Seng and Kua Bak Lim ; The Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall and the Chinese community of Singapore: history, repositioning and contestation / Huang Jianli -- Appendix I. Chronology of Singapore Chinese history -- Appendix II. Fifty prominent Chinese in Singapore -- Appendix III. Important historical monuments and artefacts - Glossary.

Key Features:As one of Singapore's most prolific writers, Rajaratnam's rhetoric engages and captivates both his peers and laymen alikeForeword written by Singapore's President S Nathan, a long time colleague and friend of Mr S RajaratnamIncludes a selection of photographs personally taken by Mr S Rajaratnam, an avid photographer, of his travels and his family.

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