LIM Chok Fui 林焯辉
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000100
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 7
Total Reels
- Chua Ser Koon
Interviewer
- 03:12:04
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 7
Metadata
- 21 Aug 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:51
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Personal background. Living conditions in Singapore. Villagers main occupations. Places bombed during war. Family fled to rubber plantation behind Pei Hwa School. Saw actual fighting on way to plantation. Hid in air-raid shelter. Ran towards Clementi Road. Mother separated. Aftermath of bombing. Fled towards sixth milestone. Saw dead bodies. Reached Bah Sang Khay Village. Stayed at friend's house. Location of village.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 7
Metadata
- 21 Aug 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:50
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Why they returned home. What they saw on way home. How mother returned home safely. Bah Sang Khay's and Jicheng Village's massacre. Moved to eldest sister's house. Witnessed Japanese taking away anti-Japanese elements. What happened on day of British surrender; people's reaction. Description of procession. Attire of Japanese troop. Shops re-opened. Banana notes used in business transactions. Places requisitioned by Japanese.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 7
Metadata
- 21 Aug 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:52
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Other places requisition by Japanese. Ration cards issued to people. Work that people were told to do. Became hawker assistant. General shortage of food. Schools closed. Sold drinks and helped at gambling stall in Beauty World Amusement Park. How park was built. Stalls and forms of amusement in park. Helped in selling things at roadside. Exchanged goods with Japanese in military hostels and clubs. Impressions of club.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 7
Metadata
- 21 Aug 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:44
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How he exchanged things with Japanese in club. Club was army officers' brothel. Women in the club. Also went to hostel at seventh milestone and hostel near Turf Club to exchange things with Japanese. Why and how people avoided meeting Japanese soldiers. Godowns looted. Sentry's duties. Went to Johore Bahru to buy food and resold them in Singapore. Petrol shortage; lorries driven by steam.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 7
Metadata
- 4 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:54
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Obtained high profit by re-selling food in Singapore. People afraid of using British currency. Why family led comfortable life during Japanese Occupation. Inflation of banana notes. Education re-orientated on Japanese basis. Attended Pei Hwa School. Impressions of teachers. What they were taught in school. School assembly. How they celebrated certain festivals in school. Why he played truant. What happened when inspectors inspected school. Received private tuition.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 7
Metadata
- 4 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:27:47
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Preferred private tuition to attending Japanese school. Provision shops allocated rice to people. Night Patrol. Factories looted; captured looters beheaded. Japanese arrested anti-Japanese elements. Funeral procession during Japanese Occupation. Attitude of people who served Japanese towards villagers. Pastimes of people. Movies and radio programmes consisted of Japanese propaganda only. People's dissatisfaction with Japanese not revealed. When they first learned of Japan imminent surrender.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 7
Metadata
- 4 Sep 1981
Recording Date
- 00:25:06
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Places bombed during Allied Force counter-attack. Malayan communists uprooted traitors after Japanese surrender. Changes in seventh milestone during and after Japanese Occupation. Banana notes became valueless. Barter system used in business transaction. How people celebrated Japanese surrender. Seventh milestone even more prosperous after the war. Bah Sang Khay after the war. Effects of war on him.
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