仰光植德堂奖掖后进

STT Scholars

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立章程

楊昭固1904年在霞阳创立霞阳小学，1907年在仰光接管中华学校，1925年在仰光建楼给仰光植德堂安置会所。1925年仰光植德堂章程里，第十章开始就清楚规定霞阳小学经费，概归仰光植德堂负担，甚至列明款数：“惟每年至多，不能开过四千元以上” 

这四千元币值是多少，从霞阳植德堂的一份报告，或者可以知道粗略。

Mandate in Constitution

Yeo Cheow Kaw founded Xiayang Primary School in Xiayang in 1904， and took over Teong Hwa Chinese School in Rangoon in 1907.In 1925, he built the clan house Sit Teik Tong (STT) in Rangon/Yangon. In the constitution of STT in 1925, the tenth chapter clearly stipulated that Xiayang Primary School’s expenses, would be totally borne by STT, and even stated a yearly maximum of 4,000 yuan.

What is the value of these four thousand yuan? One could perhaps gain some ideas from a report by Xiayang SST, as follows.

“民国初，每月仰光植德堂、槟城植德堂各汇款白银一千元共二千元，用于霞阳植德小学经费，社里防盗防偷建有三座枪楼联防巡更人员补贴、扶贫济困及寡妇每月补助金、社里夜间路灯照明及村里垃圾专人运送及其他事务。不幸的是日本侵华时期海外侨汇断绝。。。”

章程里还有如何资助和奖励毕业学生继续深造至中学、大学甚至留学的详细条规。而且毕业学生并无限制一定出自在霞阳的霞阳小学或在仰光的中华学校，只要是霞阳楊氏后裔，就可以申请。

奖后进

仰光植德堂里挂有数张植德堂上世纪五十、六十年代理事/职员合照，人物背后的墙上挂着一张哲学博士的牌匾，上书中英文：

“At the beginning of the Republic, STT from both Rangoon and Penang each remitted 1,000 yuan in silver every month, totaling 2,000 yuan, which was used to first fund Xiayang Primary School. It was also used to support various utilities such as street lightings, garbage disposals and subsidies for night patrols, besides general poverty alleviation matters. Unfortunately, these overseas remittances of overseas Chinese were cut off during the Japanese invasion of China…”

There were detailed regulations on how to fund and reward graduates to continue their studies to middle school, university, and even study abroad in the Constitution articles. Moreover, potential scholars were not limited to come from Xiayang Primary School or Chung Hwa School from Rangoon. As long as they were children from a family of Xiayang Yeo, they could apply.

哲學博士
大中華民國三六年八月
劍橋大學獸醫博士
倫敦大學獸醫學士
英國皇家獸醫學院院員
仰光大學理科學士
動物學會理事
楊文華立

Professor Hla Kyaw (Yeo Boon Hwa)
Ph.D (Cantab)
BSc. (Vet Sc(London))
BSc(Hons)MRCVSFZS

[MRCVSFZS***Member of Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons Fellow of Zoology Science]

STT Scholars

There are several group photos of STT Committee members in the 1950s and 60s in STT. A plaque hung on the back wall is written in both Chinese and English.

There should be little doubt that this Professor Hla Kyaw won a SST scholarship to study in Cambridge.

可以相信这位楊文華醫學博士，就是获得植德堂资助留学劍橋的。

为仰光植德堂写建堂碑文的楊元通（1894-1935），是缅甸华侨楊清欣的长子，霞陽小学毕业后上中学直至大学。1924年旅缅期间，楊昭固接掌《缅甸晨报》改名《缅甸新报》邀他出任经理，也担任仰光植德堂公司的评议员。1929年回中国，1930年在厦门集资创办《华侨日报》。在厦期间，他发挥植德堂精神，关心霞陽村群众生活，开发荒地，普种桐油树，绿化山头。1993年3月其后人也继承他的遗志，向霞陽小学捐资港币11万元设立楊元通“奖学奖教基金会”。

仰光植德堂建堂碑文
Inscription text on the Yangon STT Memorial Tablet

霞阳楊氏公祠内的楊元通像
Portrait of Yeo Gwan Htong in Xiayang Yeo Ancestral Hall.

Yeo Gwan Htong (1894-1935), the eldest son of Yeo Cheng Him, another overseas Chinese in Rangoon,  was also an STT Scholar. His first service in the STT committee was to author the inscription on the STT Inauguration Tablet in 1924. He was invited to join the board of trustees of STT.  Later he was appointed as the manager of the Chinese newspaper “Burma New Daily”. He returned to China in 1929 and raised funds in Xiamen to establish the Overseas Chinese Daily in 1930. During his stay in Xiamen, he worked with the Xiayang Village people to improve the standard of living, developed wasteland, and greened the hills. In March 1993, his descendants inherited his legacy and donated HK$110,000 to Xiayang Primary School to establish the “Yeo Gwan Htong Scholarship and Education Foundation”.