Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Irene Hoe recalls having non-Chinese friends during her childhood in Dhoby Ghaut, as well as Indian, Eurasian, Chinese, and Malay classmates at CHIJ. She organised a three-day reunion party for old girls in 2006 and tells us why she feels CHIJ’s heritage and memory have not been adequately documented.

00:00 The Curriculum

06:27 The Malay Class

08:12 My Non-Chinese Childhood in Dhoby Ghaut

21:40 The 2006 Reunion

30:14 CHIJ’s Heritage

36:53 Multiracial, Multicultural CHIJ

42:05 The Campus in Toa Payoh

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