SAS cafeterias: A family tradition since 1965 By Gillian Han, alumni parent, school board member and employee (1990-05) Let’s start by clearing up the spelling of the family name. Is it “Ho,” “Hoe,” or “Hoo”? All three are correct, and you can blame the British colonial police for the different spellings. Apparently the clerk on duty responsible for registering new births had the discretion to determine how to spell the English version of the Chinese family name. Those students who were at King’s Road from 1965 to 1990 should remember Ho Tee Jam as the original Mr. Ho. The entire cafeteria staff in 1965 consisted of Ho, his daughter (Hoo Juan Ang), his son (Hoe Juan Jok), and two
Ho Tee Jam, 1965-90
other workers. Hoe remembers that he served between 220 and 280 students in the early days, “including [current teachers] Kathy Tan (67) and Jimmy Baker (66).” In 1971, Hoe’s older brother (Ho Juan Sim) and their mother (Tin Kok Luan) were co-opted into the business because of the opening of the temporary campus at Gillman Barracks. With the completion of the Ulu Pandan campus in 1973, the two brothers relocated there, leaving their father to operate the King’s Road facility until 1990. Ho Juan Sin had moved to King’s Road in 1985 and took charge of the high school cafeteria when his father retired. At the Woodlands campus, Ho continues to run the high school cafeteria, while
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