A little more on Ah Gong

I had a long talk with daddy and found out loads of things about Ah Gong!

For example, he used to be an ACS boy!*

*Click to enlarge pictures of the original ACS House!

ACS was founded on March 1, 1886 by Bishop William Fitzjames Oldham

The older schools in Singapore were mostly set up by the funds contributed by wealthy businessmen and the government and mainly provided education for the boys, until St. Margaret's School was opened for Girls (where Grand Aunt went to!). Most of these schools taught English as well as Mandarin, Bahasa Melayu, and Tamil. Schools set up without government aid usually provided education for students of the ethnic group of the founders, and only taught in their Mother Tongues. The children who could receive education then were usually from the wealthier families.

I also found that Ah Gong used to live in the Kreta Ayer district in Chinatown!