Yuk Ing Girls' Boarding School 1945-1949

My Grandmother Wong passed away because she was not able to receive medical help in time due to her miscarraige during the Japanese Occupation.

It was not easy to get a doctor to come immediately for a house call. My 7th Aunt who was then only a teenager had to help grandmother ease the pain and stop the haemorrhaging. It must have been very traumatizing for her. The doctor arrived too late by boat to save Grandmother's life.

Many women before the war lost their lives at child birth in Sarawak. the infant mortality rate was very high also.

After the surrender of the Japanese army, which was called Liberation in the 1945, by the Colonial government, my aunts and uncles who were of school going age were all put in the  Yuk Ing boarding school, under the care of the good Mrs. Mary Hoover. By that time Mrs. Hoover admitted some boys from families who needed boarding. She was a very compassionate lady.

The siblings crossed the Rajang River from Hua Hung Ice Factory and would return home only during the holidays, which was twice a year.

In the Ice Factory, they enjoyed making their own iced drinks and lollipops during their holidays. Iced drinks were frown upon by the elders who believed that too many cold drinks would destroy one's health.

They were most happy to be at home with their small feet grandmother (my great grandmother).

While at school, they enjoyed their studies and did well. They were fee paying and  worked hard. My grandfather was particularly strict about their achievement and would check on them, by visiting Mrs. Hoover and the teachers.