| Title: | Straddling Two Cultures - Yu Chun Yee |
| Source: | 100 INSPIRING RAFFLESIANS, 1823-2003 (pp 271-272)
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| Author(s): | Guan Heng Tan
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| Abstract: | For Yu Chun Yee, going from the Chinese High School to Raffles Institution was a culture shock. Chinese High was the breeding ground for aspiring revolutionaries, drawing inspiration from an emerging China. RI was the cradle of the privileged English-educated elite who celebrated Empire Day with the song Land of Hope and Glory and were the beneficiaries of British colonial rule. But the young Yu was impressed by neither — he only wanted to be a concert pianist… |
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