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About 12 school  subjects were taught  with english and  chinese as their main subjects instead of hokkien.

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Recreation before the 1960s
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Pieces in a mahjong set.

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Mahjong, a game of strategy, calculation and luck, is played by four players with a set of 148 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols. Originating from China, the game was played almost exclusively by the Chinese until the 1920s, after which it was discovered and popularised by other nations.

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National Museum of Singapore (Gift of Mr Keng Ah Wong)

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This is a typical smartphone that teenagers are using as a form of recreation nowadays.

Nowadays teenagers are addicted to their smartphones for social media, games etc.  This is their form of recreation.

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From this, I can infer that many people enjoyed playing mahjong in the past as a form of recreation.

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A display of the old mahjong set on the National Musuem of Singapore (1920s)
This mahjong set is made out of bamboo, ivory, metal and wood. Gift of Mr Keng Ah Wong.

Mahjong, a game of strategy, calculation and luck, is played by four players with asset of 148 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols. Originating from China, the game was played almost exclusively by the Chinese until the 1920s, after which it was discovered and popularised by other nations.

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The person who first started schooling was TAN KHA KEE.He was from China. Being called a educational psychologist he was definitely someone well known of. Both boy and girl schools were introduced where students are taught several subjects. The school fees were rather cheap about 1dollars. However ,maybe i dollars was worth much more money compared to now.About 12 school  subjects wetre taugh

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`Women in the 1960s wore Westernised outfits and the government encouraged the women to dress stylishly

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A photograph of a ration card

A photograph of food rationing to familiesDuring the Japanese occupation , each family had a ration card to collect the essential goods like sugar, salt, rice and flour that are needed for cooking. During the Japanese occupation, food was limited and many had to eat tapioca.

Also, during the 1950s, people would eat a staple diet of one meat and two vegetables for lunch and dinner(based on a sample menu from a 1950 cookery book. It also shows that people like to eat meats and vegetables at that period of time.