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1 - Within the Hokkien Huay Kuan Building established in 1955, which two school buildings were housed in the two wings of the building?
Chong Hock Girls’ School and Ai Tong School
Catholic High School and CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls School
Chung Cheng High School and River Valley High School
Nanyang Girls’ High School and Hwa Chong Institution
2 - Who were the Early Chinese immigrants to Nanyang (Southeast Asia)?
Teochew and Hainanese
Shanghainese and Hokkien
Cantonese and Hokkien
Hainanese and Hokkien
3 - After the mid-19th century, what was the reason for the peak of Chinese immigration overseas?
The First Opium War / Anglo-Chinese War
Taiping Rebellion
Indonesia and Malaya required a lot of labour for plantation and mining
All of the above
4 - In 1927, after the reorganisation of the members of the Sam Kiang Huay Kwan, who can join the association?
People from outside Fujian, Hainan and Guangxi provinces; coming from Jiangmen, Jiangning and Hanjiang regions of China
People from outside Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces; coming from Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Jiangxi regions of China
People from outside Fujian, Guangxi and Hainan provinces; coming from Jinjiang, Wujiang and Lianjiang regions of China
People from outside Fujian, Guangdong and Guangxi provinces; coming from north-eastern, northern, north-western, southwestern, and Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions of China
5 - What was the background to the establishment of Nanyang University?
Due to the internationalisation of China’s higher education, there was a requirement in the expansion of overseas influence
There was trouble in recruiting teachers from China and high school graduates furthering their education
Due to the Cold War between East and West, Singapore needed to train a large number of people with good diplomatic skills and possess significant knowledge about China
As China’s economy had an improvement, Singapore needed to train a large number of people with good diplomatic skills and possess significant knowledge about China
6 - The Singapore Char Yong (Dabu) Association hosted a concert called “A Night of Hakka Songs”, what were the songs sang during the event?
Cantonese songs
Hakka songs
Hokkien songs
Chinese songs
7 - The “Kangchu system” formed by the Gambier plantation industry has contributed to which location opening up?
Bintan, Indonesia
Batam, Indonesia
Johor, Malaysia
Malacca, Malaysia
8 - In 1978, China’s reform and opening up brought out another wave of immigrant, and this new wave of immigrants was dominated by ______. The second generation brought up by the new immigrants has also grown up and excelled in their fields of specialisation.
Farmers
Businessmen
Service Workers
Intellectuals
9 - With the end of the immigration era, many functions of the clan associations such as education, social welfare, employment, medicine and housing were replaced by the government. These associations also faced the problem of ageing members. In _____, the Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations was established.
1976
2006
1996
1986
10 - Who was the main founder of Hwa Chong Institution?
Wee Chin Yaw
Tan Lark Sye
Lee Kong Chian
Tan Kah Kee
