摘要
SOUTHEAST Asia has alarge population of overseasChinese,most of them immi-grants n search of a better life.Thefirst wave of new arrivals to the areaended up leading a very hard life,but still retained their affection forChinese language and culture,getting their children to learn theirmother tongue and collectingmoney to build Chinese schools.The teaching of Chinesereached its high point in Singapore,Malaysia,Indonesia and Sarawak in the 1950s.The first university foroverseas Chinese,Southeast AsiaUuiversity,was established in Sin-gapore with funds from public don-
