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Cold Storage

0 Where is the nearest Cold Storage here?

0 Do your parents normally shop at Cold Storage for theirgroceries? Why?

0 Answer: The nearest here to NCHS would of course be theone in Compass Point. Students who answered yes, theirresponse would be the fact that Cold Storage has areputation of selling only the freshest ingredients. Also,

non-local produce can be found there compared to othersupermarkets. Those who answered no would likely giveresponses like cost and accessibility.


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The first supermarket chain to open in the Straits. It is an

upmarket supermarket where the colonials and the wealthy were

able to get premium fresh goods.


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This is a picture of Cold Storage along Orchard Road. Get students to imagine

Emily when she went to Cold Storage. It would be most likely this one.


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This is a picture of Emerald Hill in the 1950s. Notice its Peranakan architecture:

refer students back to the earlier powerpoint slide when they were discussing

about Peranakan culture.


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Early schools in Singapore

0 Raffles Institution (1823)

0 Victoria School (1876)

0 Gan Eng Seng School (1885)0 Anglo-Chinese School (1886)

0 Methodist Girls School (1887)

0 Singapore Chinese Girls School (1899)


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All of Emilys sons went here. It is a Mission school. Kheong studied here.

Remind students that Emily is a Pernakan Christian and it was quite natural for

them to send their children to mission schools.


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Robinsons & Co

0 Have you heard of Robinsons?

0 Do your parents shop there?

0 Where can you find Robinsons?


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Do you know that

0 Robinsons was established in 1858

0 It was first at Commercial Square (now Raffles Place)

and then moved to to the corner ofNorth Bridge Roadand Coleman Street

0 Robinsons early clients were the Malay rulers and

even the King of Siam

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In 1972, the Raffles Place outlet caught fire and thecompany moved to Orchard Road


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View of Raffles Place, Singapore, as seen from the Mercantile Bank building. The

balconied building was occupied by Robinsons & Co from 1891 to 1941, before

they moved into Raffles Chambers. Date: c.1920


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Robinsons Building at Raffles Place, Singapore. This landmark building was

destroyed by a fire on 21 November 1972. Date: 1960s


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CHRISTMAS DECORATION AT ROBINSON AND COMPANY BUILDING

Description Edited By NAS:Date: 21/12/1960


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CHRISTMAS SHOPPING CROWD AT ROBINSON AND CO Description Edited By

NAS:Date: 22/12/1961


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HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE

ANG MO KIO?0 Full of HDB flats

0 ANG MO KIO HUB

0 Air-conditioned interchange0 Nearby! (What are the buses that go there from

NCHS?)

0 High property value because it is near town and a

matured estate


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Do you know that

0 Before the development of Ang Mo Kio, much of the

land area was plantation estates, especially in rubber

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During 1922-1932, the price of rubber droppeddrastically and many of the people living in Ang Mo

Kio turned to pig and poultry farming or market

gardening

0 When the Japanese occupied Singapore, many turned

to farming there


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A picture of Ang Mo Kio in the early 70s during a blackout. Blackouts were

common in the 70s and 80s and residents used to store candles when such

power outages occurred.


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One of the new modern flats that Emily mentions. Imagine her son living here

with his wife. Get the students to see how life would differ for the son after living in

a mansion for years. Get students to see also how different the flats of today are

compared to the early years.


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How is this significant to our

play?0 Remember that the play opens in 1950 and that Emily is already

married with four children.

0 Therefore, Emilys knowledge ofAng Mo Kio when the play opens is

that of a crude farming area, not a polished area like her EmeraldHill.

0 Development in Ang Mo Kio only began in the 1970s, just about thesame time when her son decided to move out into the new modernflats.

0 Students should be made aware of the picture of Singapore whenthe story takes place. Ang Mo Kio when the story takes place wasa rural area. Emily hence was living a luxurious lifestylecompared to many of the other Singaporeans who were still livingin villages and whose main occupation was simple farming.


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Conclusion

0 When reading the play, keep in mind the places

mentioned in the play as they were back then

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Notice that Emily is privileged after marrying Kheong.The places that she goes for her everyday shopping

and her lifestyle is the norm for the wealthy in

Singapore back then

0 Notice how modernisation in Singapore paved the

way for more people to be able to afford their own

homes and for more social equity

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