This souvenir book for graduates was issued by the Malay Studies Department of Ngee Ann College, the predecessor of today’s Ngee Ann Polytechnic, one of the earliest institutions of higher learning set up in post-war Singapore. When Ngee Ann College was first set up in 1963, it offered four-year degree courses in languages including Malay, commerce and technology. In 1968, it was renamed Ngee Ann Technical College to align with its shift to focus on technical education, before phasing out its degree courses. It was renamed Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 1982.Between 1963 to 1968, the Ngee Ann College’s Malay Studies Department was headed by former Nantah (now Nanyang Technological University) lecturer Rashid Manan, previously Indonesian consul to Singapore and Malaysia
