Nang Chong Stories : Headmaster Lau Yiing Chiong

Tiing Nang Primary School in Nang chong was founded by my maternal grandfather who donated 2 acres of land to the Methodist Mission to build a primary school and a church (Hook Ming Church).

The first Headmaster of the primary school was none other than his nephew, Lau Yung Chiong, whom he loved dearly.

Uncle Lau Yung Chiong was a gentleman, very soft spoken and kind to all his students. He was honest and a very dignified man who had strong values and beliefs.

It would take a person 40 minutes (barefooted) to reach the school from the river bank. My mother and her siblings and other relatives would walk to the school every day before the Japanese Occupation. Many students had to tap rubber before going to school. And the teachers themselves would also tap rubber before school. My mother remembers that most of them walked barefooted to school.

He and his family, especially his two elder sons, were very close to my mother. And his wife, was particularly close to my maternal grandmother.