OTHMAN Wok Political History of Singapore 1945–1965, Accession Number 000133


  • Oral History Centre
    Source
  • 17
    Total Reels
  • Foo Kim Leng
    Interviewer
  • 07:44:35
    Total Running Time
  • English
    Language


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Metadata

  • 3 Dec 1981
    Recording Date
  • 00:27:47
    Running Time
  • MP3
    Format
  • Open Access
    Conditions Governing Access

Synopsis

Family and educational background. How upbringing and neighbourhood affected his attitudes in later life. Influence of his teachers. Living conditions during Japanese Occupation. His job as laboratory assistant in anti-plaque laboratory; next job in Singapore Harbour Board. Communal fighting between Chinese and Malays just before British re-occupation. How Malays were treated by Japanese.

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