PEK Cheng Chuan 白清泉
Pioneers of Singapore,
Accession Number 000027
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 8
Total Reels
- Lim How Seng
Interviewer
- 03:16:06
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 2 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Jul 1980
Recording Date
- 00:27:23
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Stayed at clansman's shop. Found job in motor vehicle shop in Kuala Lumpur in 1932. Then set up coffee shop in Singapore. Why business failed. Became a driver; his duties. Joined Min Sian Patriotic Group, organised by Ee Hoe Hean Club. Inauguration and activities of Federation of China Relief Fund for the South Seas (FCRFSS). Joined Kuomintang Army as military truck driver in 1939. Recruitment of drivers to China. Farewell celebrations at Ee Hoe Hean Club.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Jul 1980
Recording Date
- 00:27:48
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How funds were finally obtained for repatriation. Life in Singapore after repatriation. Became Manager of Chung Shing Jit Poh. Setting up sauce business, Tai Hua Food Industries Ltd in 1949. Difficulties faced - shortage of capital, little knowledge in technique of making sauce. Circumstances leading to change of location of business from Pearl's Hill to Jalan Toh Guan in 1970. Soya bean sauce business of Tai Hua.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Jul 1980
Recording Date
- 00:27:47
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Circumstances leading to his participation in 1959 General Elections as candidate of Liberal Socialist Party in Bukit Timah Constituency. Election campaigns. His reactions to election results. Description of his book, Talks on Experiences in Salesmanship. His family life and hobbies. Donating scholarship awards to Nanyang University students.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 8
Metadata
- 23 Jul 1980
Recording Date
- 00:02:48
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Reasons for contributing to Nanyang University Scholarship Funds.
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