Title
Certificate of Service for the 1957 Census of Population belonging to Chow Ah Ming
Year/Period
29 July 1957
Region
Acquired in Singapore
Object Type
Material
Technique
Dimension
Gross measurement: 21.0 x 17.0 cm,
Object size: 17.3 x 21.0 cm
Object size: 17.3 x 21.0 cm
Accession No.
2024-00168
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Christina Chow and family
Chow Ah Ming came to Singapore from Ipoh, Malaya, in the 1950s and joined the Teachers’ Training College. At this time, he lived at the Kingsmead Hall student hostel for Malayan trainee teachers at Farrer Road run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). He completed a 3-year training course at the College and qualified as a primary school teacher. He later went on to specialise in teaching English as a second language. While working as a teacher, he was appointed as a supervisor for the 1957 Census of Population of Singapore, as indicated in this certificate of service issued by the then Department of Statistics.
