Chinese Schools in Peninsular Malaysia: The Struggle for Survival

About the Author

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Lee฀Ting฀Hui฀was฀born฀and฀raised฀in฀Malaysia.฀He฀started฀working฀life฀ ฀ as฀a฀teacher฀in฀a฀Chinese฀primary฀school฀in฀a฀small฀town฀there.฀Later฀he฀ switched฀to฀teach฀in฀one฀of฀the฀largest฀Chinese฀secondary฀schools,฀the฀Yoke฀ Choy฀High฀School฀in฀Ipoh.฀When฀he฀came฀to฀Singapore฀from฀Ipoh,฀he฀ taught฀in฀the฀Chung฀Cheng฀and฀the฀Chinese฀High฀Schools฀at฀different฀times,฀ the฀two฀premier฀Chinese฀secondary฀schools฀on฀the฀island.฀After฀graduation฀ from฀the฀University฀of฀Malaya,฀he฀taught฀in฀the฀Chinese฀Department฀of฀the฀ ฀ same฀university,฀and฀later,฀he฀also฀taught฀in฀the฀History฀Department฀of฀the฀ Chinese-medium฀Nanyang฀University.฀He฀also฀worked฀in฀the฀Political฀Study฀ Centre฀and฀in฀the฀Ministry฀of฀Education฀in฀Singapore฀where฀he฀trained฀ Chinese฀primary฀and฀secondary฀school฀principals฀and฀teachers฀as฀well฀as฀ students฀in฀general฀politics. Lee฀is฀conversant฀with฀Chinese฀culture฀which฀is฀the฀basis฀of฀Chinese฀ education฀and฀is฀a฀much฀decorated฀poet฀in฀the฀Chinese฀language.฀He฀was฀at฀ one฀time฀the฀Secretary-General฀of฀the฀All-World฀Society฀for฀Chinese฀Poetry.฀ He฀also฀led฀Chinese฀literary฀activities฀in฀Singapore,฀being฀the฀President฀of฀ the฀Singapore฀Chinese฀Writers’฀Association฀for฀a฀number฀of฀years,฀for฀which฀ he฀was฀awarded฀the฀BBM฀by฀the฀President฀of฀Singapore. Lee’s฀earlier฀publication฀in฀the฀field฀of฀Chinese฀education฀is฀Chinese฀ Schools฀in฀British฀Malaya:฀Policies฀and฀Politics. 11฀CSPM'sia฀Authors.indd฀฀฀283 3/2/11฀฀฀1:16:52฀PM ...