Dental School at Singapore GH, KE VII 1929-1942

Year	Events
1929	In 1929, the Dental School in Singapore had its beginnings in a disused ward of the Singapore General Hospital (SGH). Professor E.K. Tratman was appointed Head of the Dental School of the King Edward VII College of Medicine on 17 November 1929. Mr GH Stephens became Dental Mechanic on 2 November 1929.
1930	9 entered 3-year course 2 graduated in 1933 First intake of (9) dental students for a 3-year course. Who were the 9 dental students in the 1st intake? Two students from this first batch graduated in 1933. See row 1933.
1931	4 entered 4-year course 3 graduated in 1935 Second intake of (4) dental students for a 4-year course. Three students from this batch graduated in 1935. See row 1935
1932	15 entered 4-year course # graduated in 1936? Third intake of (15) dental students. This batch graduated in 1936. See row 1936
1933	# entered 4-year course 2 graduated in 1937 (1st graduates) Fourth intake of (?) dental students. How many were in this batch? Who were they? This batch graduated in 1937. See row 1937 In 1933, two dental students from the first batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS) in the 3-year dental course. Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1933) = 2 Philip Khoo Lip Chuan Teo Lam Chye
1934	# entered 4-year course No graduates Fifth intake of (?) dental students. How many were in this batch? Who were they?
1935	# 4-year course 3 graduated in 1938 (2nd graduates) Sixth intake of (?) dental students. This batch graduated in 1938. How many were in this batch? Who were they? In 1935, three dental students from the 2nd batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1935) = 3 Lim Choon Guan Ong Kee Yeam Yap, BK
1936	17 entered 3-year course 4 graduated in 1940 (3rd graduates) Seventh intake of (17) dental students. This batch graduated in 1939. Who were they? In 1936, four dental students from the 3rd batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1936) = 4 RM Armstrong Abdul Karim bin Nawab Din Lim Keong Hoe Peter M Tsutada Dr Abdul Karim bin Nawab Din was in the 3rd batch of dental students. Dr Abdul Karim graduated as a Licentiate in Dental Surgery (LDS) in 1936 along with RM Armstrong, Lim Keong Hoe and Peter M Tsutada.
1937	# entered 3-year course 4 graduated in 1940 (4th graduates) Eighth intake of (?) dental students. This batch graduated in 1940. How many were in this batch? Who were they? In 1937, four students from the 4th batch of dental graduates were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1937) = 4 Khoo Chik Lee (Miss) Khoo Eng Poh Tay Teck Eng BRO Willis
1938	# entered 3-year course 8 graduated in 1941 (5th graduates) Ninth intake of (?) dental students. This batch graduated in 1941. How many were in this batch? Who were they? In 1938, eight dental students from the 5th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1938) = 8 Chan Kee Loong Chiam Koon Nam AC George Leong Min On Lim Keng Eok S Maschoieff (Miss) Oh Chhon Hock M Subrahmaniam In 1938, the new Dental School and Clinic Building was opened.
1939	# entered 4-year course 9 graduated in 1942 (6th graduates) Tenth intake of (?) dental students. This batch graduated in 1942. How many were in this batch? Who were they? In 1939, nine dental students from the 6th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1939) = 9 Cheim Chong Woo Leaw Khin Siong Lim Chin Aik Lim Som Chuan Mohamed bin Taib Nurudin bin Mohd Salleh Oh Lock Heng Tan Miang How Henley Wong Malay dentists who graduated in 1939 were Dr Mohamed bin Taib and Dr Nuruddin bin Mohd Salleh. Dr Mohamed bin Taib and Dr Nuruddin bin Mohd Salleh graduated in the 6th batch of dental graduates in 1939 before the Dental School was temporarily closed from 1939 to 1945 because of the Japanese war in Malaya and Singapore.
1940	# entered 3-year course 7 graduates passed (5th graduates) In 1940, seven dental students from the 7th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). Licentiates in Dental Surgery (1940) = 7 Au-Yeong Siew Thoong Goh Liang Thye Hassan bin Mohamed Hu Wei Ming Ibrahim bin Mohd Yassim Ow Swee Liang (Miss) HC Sandosham
1941	In 1941, seven dental students from the 8th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS).
1942	In 1942, five dental students from the 9th batch were awarded with Licentiates in Dental Surgery (LDS). This must be the last batch of dental graduates before the war.
1939-1945	Second World War (WWII) / Japanese War / Japanese Occupation of Malaya and Singapore / Perang Jepun The Dental School was closed temporarily from 1939 to 1945 because of war.
1945      (post-war)	When did the Dental School resume teaching? 1946

Sources:

NUS Faculty of Dentistry

http://www.dentistry.nus.edu.sg/faculty/history1.html

Accessed on 14 May 2011 

NUS Faculty of Dentistry
http://www.dentistry.nus.edu.sg/faculty/roll/rollmain.html
Accessed on 16 May 2011

Lee YK. Jottings on the history of dentistry in Singapore. Centennial of Medical Education. 

Singapore Med J 2006; 47(4): 346

Doctors in the East - Where West meets East

Doctors in the East - Where West meets East (2001) by Ho Tak Ming. Published by Pelanduk Publications (M) Sdn Bhd. www.pelanduk.com. E-mail: mypp@tm.net.my. ISBN 967-978-770-2

Author: Dr Ho Tak Ming


Contents:

Acknowledgement
Introduction

1. Physicians at Court
2. Humanitarians and Opium Princes
3. The Lancet and the Cross
4. Deficiencies and Brilliancy of the Empirical Tradition
5. Renaissance and Orthodoxy
6. Restoration and Reform
7. Revolution
8. Half the Earth, Half the Sky
9. Taoists and Imperialists
10. Two Worlds, One Vision
11. Failed Medical Student
12. Thus Endeth the Mandate of Heaven

Bibliography
Index


My comments & highlights
Content is more inclined towards the interaction between the early Christian missionaries to mainland China and its lesser lands. There are quite a number of interesting anecdotes which make reading more pleasant (and later for teaching) of otherwise a boring subject. A detailed account of the plague and the significant role of Dr Wu Lien-Teh are provided but readers can read more detailed accounts elsewhere and in other publications. Most topics are regular topics in my first-year class, "History of Medicine" where we touch on Traditional and Complementary Chinese Medicine. The black hardcover book is small and easy to hold for reading.


Chapter 10

page 310 - History of the King Edward VII Medical School.

page 311 - Chinese medicine and Western medicine are two separate worlds, but they need not be worlds that cannot be bridged.

Chapter 11

page 313 - The Image of the Dragon

page 315 - Japan defeated China in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-5

page 317 - Japanese Medicine

page 328 - The Eyes of the Dragon

Chapter 12

page 331 - The Golden Age

page 338 - The Plague Fighter

page 342 - Dr Wu Lien-Teh (portrait)

page 344 - End of the old Traditional Chinese Medicine

En Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib (1916-1968) [2], 4th Minister of Health (1962-1964)

Tuesday, 18 May 2010 10:55


Allahyarham Y.B. En Abdul Rahman b Hj Talib
Minister of Education, Malaysia (1960-1962)
Minister of Health, Malaysia (1962-1964)

Copyright (C) 2010 Methodist Boys' School Kuala Lumpur Alumni Association.

Source: Eminent Alumni, Methodist Boys' School, Kuala Lumpur Alumni Association
Accessed on 12 May 2011

Other links:
National-hero/77-abdul-rahman-talib
Accessed on 26 October 2012 (Aidiladha 1433 Hijrah)

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Kementerian Kesihatan juga turut memainkan peranan dalam pemulihan isu-isu sosial serta pembangunan masyarakat, maka Jabatan Kebajikan Masyarakat telah ditempatkan di bawah Kementerian Kesihatan dalam dua tempoh yang berasingan iaitu dari tahun 1956 hingga 1957 dan 1960 hingga 1962. Semasa tempoh pergabungan tersebut, Kementerian dikenali sebagai Kementerian Kesihatan dan Kebajikan Masyarakat dengan menteri pertamanya ialah B. Dato' V.T. Sambanthan (1957 - 1959). Namun bermula dari tahun 1963 Kementerian ditukarkan semula kepada nama asal iaitu Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia dengan menteri ke empat iaitu Y.B. En Abdul Rahman Talib (1962 - 1964) yang mana nama tersebut terus kekal sehingga sekarang.

Source: http://www.moh.gov.my/v/latar_belakang

Menteri Kesihatan

Dato V T Sambanthan (1957- 1959) (Tun)

Dato Ong Yoke Lin (1959- 1962) (Tun)

Dr Lim Swee Aun (1962- 1962)

En Abdul Rahman bin Talib (1962 -1964) (Datuk)

Datuk Bahaman bin Shamsudin (1964- 1968) (Tan Sri)

Dr Ng Kam Poh (1968- 1969)

Tan Sri Sardon bin Jubir (1969- 1971)(Tun)

Tan Sri Lee Siok Yew (1973 -1978)

Tan Sri Chong Hon Nyarn (1978- 1983)

Dato Chin Hon Ngian (1983- 1986)

Dato Mak Hon Kam (1986- 1986)

Datuk Charn Siang Sun (1986- 1989) (Tan Sri)

Encik Ng Cheng Kiat (1989- 1990)

Datuk Lee Kim Sai (1990- 1995) (Tan Sri)

Dato Chua Jui Meng  (1995 – 2004)

Dato Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek (2004 – Jan 2008)

Dato Seri Ong Ka Ting (Jan 2008 – 18 Mac 2008)

Dato Liow Tiong Lay (18 Mac 2008 – kini)

Source: http://coltoras1959.blogspot.com/
Permission obtained from blog owner, Toharudin Rashid to copy & paste, 12 May 2011

En Abdul Rahman bin Haji Talib (1916-1968) [1], Rahman Talib Report 1960

Rahman Talib Report 1960 and Education Ordinance 1961

    The Rahman Talib Report of 1960 contained the revisions of the Razak Report and aimed to close down secondary schools which used mother tongue languages. The reason given was to promote national unity. The Rahman Talib Report was incorporated into the Education Ordinance of 1961.

Other links
Biography of Abdul Rahman Talib [National Hero]