Before moving to Sibu, they had all gone to Chung Cheng Primary and Secondary Schools and their teachers were mainly relatives of the Lau Clan or other close relatives.
Aunt Hung Yung was one of the teachers of CCSS and so was Uncle Hii Wen Hui. Both of them got all my cousins fairly straightened out. No one wanted bad reports to reach any parents' ears.
My cousins in a way benefitted from the sterness and discipline by our Uncle WEn Hui and other teachers. The Chung School laid a good foundation for them, giving them good values in their later lives.
If any one was to be disciplined or retained in school, after hours, every one of the siblings and cousins would wait and they would go home together. If a few had gone ahead and reached home, our aunts would immediately know some one was punished and thus the last to come home would suffer from more beatings. In order to prevent more punishments, the cousins would stick together keep their secrets.
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| It was a proud moment for my Uncle Wen Hui to see his eldest going for further studies in the UK. Here many cousins also went to the airport to bid her good bye. My pretty and elegant Ngie Mah is in blue in the centre. I am on her right, carrying my first born. |
They practised the Three Mustketeers' Motto : "One for All, All for One."
Today all of us are in our 60's and 70's but we would never forget our shared childhood in Nang Chong.
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