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FACILITY
In
May 1942, the wooden "long house" was blessed. It served
as the boys' home. On Sundays, the big dormitory was reserved for
the use of the newly established parish of St. Stephen for masses.
First
the chickens, then to school
More than 150 orphans returned from Bahau with the sisters in
1945. Food was scarce. During this time of scarcity, vegetables
planting and rearing chickens were more important than learning in
the classroom.
From
private Chinese school to Government-aided English school
in 1951 the Chinese private school was converted to a Government
aided English school. This was done for two reasons. Firstly to
raise the education of our orphans to a higher standard and secondly
to answer to the request of Chinese born in Malaya for tuition in
English so as to have better employment prospects in the future.
With this change, the sisters took over the teaching from the
Chinese speaking teachers.
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