Class photograph of Lim Chor Koon's (林初君) class from Chung Hwa Girls' High School Primary section (中华女子中学 (附小))

Title
Class photograph of Lim Chor Koon's (林初君) class from Chung Hwa Girls' High School Primary section (中华女子中学 (附小))
Year/Period
1972
Region
Singapore
Object Type
photographic prints
Material
photographic paper, ink
Technique
photographic processes, photographic printing techniques
Dimension
Object size: 9.8 x 21.6 cm
Accession No.
2024-00217
Collection of
National Museum of Singapore
Credit Line
Gift of the Family of the late Mdm Lim Chor Koon (林初君)

Lim Chor Koon (林初君), a teacher at the Chung Hwa Girls' High School Primary Section (中华女子中学 (附小)) in the 1960s and 1970s, is pictured in the centre of this class photo. She wears a black patch of cloth on her shirt sleeve, indicating the death of a relative, as her mother had passed away that year. Chung Hwa Girls' High School was established in 1911 by Tay Peng Teng, Puan Yeow Pong and the Chinese community in response to Sun Yat Sen's call for schools for girls.