Most of us listened to the Chinese and English sections and got to know the various announcers very well like Tan Seng Lim, and Anthony Romanair in the 70's. The Chinese section announcers were Linda chang and Hsiung Kuo Hua. There was even a Foochow news programme.
In 1958, School Broadcasting Service was set up under the Colombo Plan. English lessons began in 1959. Radio sets were distributed to primary schools for pupils to learn their English language. In 1960s, there were 467 participating schools in Sarawak with 850 teachers attended 11 training courses.
With the formation of Malaysia in 1963, Radio Sarawak was renamed as Radio Malaysia Sarawak.
I was in Primary School before the formation of Malaysia and my teachers were all very excited about the political changes.
They were very eager to let us listen to the radio and learn a lot from the various radio lessons.
The Headmaster, Mr. Wong Kie Mee was very particular about the staff bringing in a good radio for the radio lessons. They actually
followed many of the lessons religiously. May be that was the reason why during my year only 2 did not pass the Primary Six Entrance Exam.
That was a real record for Sibu.
(The above image is from a fellow blogger Mahmud Yussop, Bintulu)
School radio lessons continued right until 1990's. I am not very sure about these days.
I can imagine how some children could learn from radio lessons if they were sick for a long time in a hospital. Those who live
too far away from any school can tune in to the school lessons.
School radio lessons helped me a lot because I learned to listen well. My teachers instilled in us the
great art of listening well.
Good listening result in happy people.
I picked this up : " People who listen well tend to have better self-esteem and self-image because active listening helps to build positive relationships. Good listening leads to understanding and accuracy."
It is true that most people like people who listen well.
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