Students enlightened by a talk on the history of Sun YatSen
UTAR, June 23 (J-on) -UTARians were given a golden opportunity to learn about the history of Sun YatSen, yesterday.
The talk was conducted by Khoo Salma Nasution who is also a 5th generation straits chinese.
Speaker Khoo Salma Nasution
Sun is regarded as the father of modern China as he was the foremost leader during the Manchu period revolution.
“The talk was quite interesting and the slides improved my understanding,” said Chinese Studies student Lee Yin Le.
Lee has studied contemporary Chinese history in his syllabus and was exposed to the history of Sun but said that his textbook did not have many photos to show.
“The photos shown in the slides helped me in visualizing the revolution,” said Lee.
Khoo sharing the history of Sun YatSen with the audience
Besides that,UTAR fresh graduate Lee Mun Li was surprised to learn about Sun’s marital history.
“I did not know Sun had so many wives,” she said.
UTARians asking Khoo about Sun YatSen
Sun had a base in Penang located at 120 Armenian Street. This shophousehas great historical significance, as it was the place where the Canton Uprising in China was planned.
“Sun found his staunchest supporters in Penang and Malaya. He was not welcomed in Singapore because the Chinese there had supported him through two revolutions but both failed,” said speaker Khoo Salma Nasution.
Khoo added that Sun founded the revolutionary paper, KwangWahYitPoh, also the oldest Chinese Paper outside China.
