Comments on: In Memory of Linda Chen (1928-2002) http://s-pores.com/2007/04/linda-chen/ new directions in singapore studies Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:25:52 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: academic :: Bacaan Sejarah (3) :: May :: 2010 http://s-pores.com/2007/04/linda-chen/#comment-579 academic :: Bacaan Sejarah (3) :: May :: 2010 Wed, 26 May 2010 04:40:37 +0000 http://s-pores.com/?p=53#comment-579 [...] (Menurut catatan berikut tesis di atas ditulis oleh Mrs Tan Seng Huat (i.e., Linda Chen). Linda pernah ditahan oleh Pemerintah S’pore dua kali - kali pertama 1956 dan ketika operasi Cold Storage 1963 - baca s-pore) [...] [...] (Menurut catatan berikut tesis di atas ditulis oleh Mrs Tan Seng Huat (i.e., Linda Chen). Linda pernah ditahan oleh Pemerintah S’pore dua kali – kali pertama 1956 dan ketika operasi Cold Storage 1963 – baca s-pore) [...]

]]> By: Michael fernandez http://s-pores.com/2007/04/linda-chen/#comment-22 Michael fernandez Thu, 12 Apr 2007 11:36:43 +0000 http://s-pores.com/?p=53#comment-22 In 1961 Linda was a member of the Study Group, appointed by the University Socialist Club, on Education and Labour, the so-called “Autonomy” in labour and education under Malaysia Merger Proposals. Linda made a significant contribution to the findings that without political freedom these “autonomy” is meaningless. In 1961 Linda was a member of the Study Group, appointed by the University Socialist Club, on Education and Labour, the so-called “Autonomy” in labour and education under Malaysia Merger Proposals. Linda made a significant contribution to the findings that without political freedom these “autonomy” is meaningless.

]]> By: Y@ndao http://s-pores.com/2007/04/linda-chen/#comment-21 Y@ndao Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:37:53 +0000 http://s-pores.com/?p=53#comment-21 I remember coming across some stuff which referred to Linda Chen. In 1959, when the PAP was getting more and more on with their efforts to promote Malay as part of their idea of a Malayan culture, the University Socialists Club organized a National Language Seminar in September 1959 to encourage and promote the learning and use of Malay. A couple of months before, in Fajar (Vol. II No.1 July), Linda Chen made an appeal to ‘ALL students in this University [University of Malaya in Singapore] to study Malay’, because ‘Malay is our National Language.’ Which demonstrates that she was a Malay language activist as well. In the Malayan Undergrad Vol. 11 No. 7 April 1960, Tommy Koh reported about the University of Malaya in Singapore Students Union appealing to the Federation government to remove the ban on her from entering the Federation of Malaya. She had been accepted to read for a Honours degree in the Department of the Malay Studies, which had unfortunately been moved to the University of Singapore in Malaya division, but she was barred from entering the Federation because of her detention from 1956-1958. I remember coming across some stuff which referred to Linda Chen.

In 1959, when the PAP was getting more and more on with their efforts to promote Malay as part of their idea of a Malayan culture, the University Socialists Club organized a National Language Seminar in September 1959 to encourage and promote the learning and use of Malay. A couple of months before, in Fajar (Vol. II No.1 July), Linda Chen made an appeal to ‘ALL students in this University [University of Malaya in Singapore] to study Malay’, because ‘Malay is our National Language.’ Which demonstrates that she was a Malay language activist as well.

In the Malayan Undergrad Vol. 11 No. 7 April 1960, Tommy Koh reported about the University of Malaya in Singapore Students Union appealing to the Federation government to remove the ban on her from entering the Federation of Malaya. She had been accepted to read for a Honours degree in the Department of the Malay Studies, which had unfortunately been moved to the University of Singapore in Malaya division, but she was barred from entering the Federation because of her detention from 1956-1958.

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