Singapore Kampong is a show-case of old photographs on kampong life and rural changes. Photos: Yip Cheong Fun, the Master lensman elected by New York as "The Honorary Outstanding Photographer of the Century." A community service project by ServiceWorld Hostel in Singapore
Sunday, June 8, 2008
A kampong house by the sea - a reverie or dream
A simple kampong house by the sea - but what a beautiful life for young and old. I, too, have a dream, a kampong dream - of kampong houses on stilts - black, brown and beautiful. Was it yesterday that we ran across the wooden planking linking the kampong houses on stilts? Before sundown, we waited outside the houses to look out for the fishing boats returning with dozens of half-naked fishermen untangling their nets. It was in this setting that the photographer was able to capture images of little children running up and down the wooden planking or bridge, with reflections of the kampong houses on the glass-like sea and the returning boats in their pensive journeys buoyant across the calm waterways.
A psychologist, educationist, property developer, Army Major (Artillery), poet and author. Has held various academic appointments and business positions,including CEOs of property firms, Directors of American College, International Schools, Business Colleges and DVC of a Chinese University.
Publications:
a. Report of the Singapore Committee [on] developing social policy in conditions of rapid change :the role of social welfare [to the] XVIth. International Conference on Social Welfare, the Hague, Netherlands, August 1972 /a report prepared by Andrew Yip
b. Educational institutions in Singapore.Editor: Andrew Yip
c. The occupational choices of English-medium secondary school-leavers in relation to education and vocational opportunity.
d. Social development and welfare planning in Singapore.
e. A poetic vision - The Photography of Yip Cheong-Fun
f. Chinatown - Different Exposures
g. Singapore Chinatown in Pictures
h. Vocational Guidance Bulletin - Editor: Andrew Yip
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