NG Lee Kar 黄二甲
Chinese Dialect Groups,
Accession Number 000165
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 27
Total Reels
- Choo Beng Hiang
Interviewer
- 12:15:24
Total Running Time
- Hokkien
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 27
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- 16 Mar 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:33
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Personal background. Came to succeed father's business in Singapore. Conditions on board steamer on his first trip to Singapore in 1920. Conditions in St John's Island where he was under quarantine in 1925. Business competition between Chinese and European shipping agencies in 1920s. Details about father's business. Circumstances leading to formation of Bukit Timah Branch of Chinese Relief Fund Committee.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 27
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- 16 Mar 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:48
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Came to Singapore again in 1925. Worked as accounts clerk in provision shop in plantation. Nature of provision shop's business. Shop proprietor was also labour contractor, supplying labour to plantations. His salary as accounts clerk then. Proprietor's reason for setting up provision shop in plantation. Meals of contract workers. Relationship between shop assistant and proprietor. Working hours of provision shop assistant.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 27
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- 16 Mar 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:48
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Urbanised provision shop played significant role in providing financial backing to farmers. Reasons for low profit margin of such provision shops. Set up provision shop with partners. How he used money which relatives put under his care. Also operated coffee-shop business. Reasons for decline in provision shop business. Business partnership dissolved. Salary structure of his employees in shop.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 27
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- 16 Mar 1982
Recording Date
- 00:26:11
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Places which supplied marine products and animal feed to provision shops. Wholesalers bypassed retailers in selling animal feed to poultry farmers directly. Countries from which such goods were imported. Extended credit sales to customers. How business was affected by the Depression. Cost of living in 1920s. Comparing his pre-war and post-war business turnover.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 27
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- 30 Mar 1982
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- 00:27:48
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Few provision shops which also sold animal feed to farmers could make profit. Their difficulties in collecting debts from customers. Names of trade organisations of people related to provision shop business. Became clerk for employer who contracted work on rubber estates or plantations in 1920. Why employer was arrested by Japanese during Japanese invasion. How contractor - employer's income varied with circumstances.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 27
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- 30 Mar 1982
Recording Date
- 00:28:02
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- MP3
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Distribution of work in rubber estate. How rubber estate owner paid labour contractor. How fluctuation in rubber price affected income of labour contractor and rubber tappers. Experience in writing letters for workers at rubber estate. Dialect group of such workers. Bought over shop space from ex-employer to operate coffee shop and provision shop. Why his provision shop was so named. How he paid employees.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 27
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- 30 Aug 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:57
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- Open Access
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Salary of his employees who were also partners in provision shop business. His average monthly profit from provision shop and coffee shop business before the war. Closed down coffee shop in 1950. Sold coconut residue to dealers in animal feed. Received his education in China. Opened opium shop in early 1920s. Returned to China in 1922. Information about opium shop at Cecil Street.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 27
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- 30 Mar 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:54
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Organisations set up to help opium addicts kick habit. Profits gained from selling opium and opium dregs. How Lin Ze-Xu opposed the British for importing opium to China in Nineteenth Century. Action taken by British against opium smugglers. Licensed to sell liquor in provision shop in 1955. Type of licences issued to different categories of liquor sellers. Liquor suppliers to his provision shop.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 27
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- 6 Apr 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:41
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- MP3
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Types of liquor imported from China and western countries. Handed his provision shop to grandchildren. Licensed to sell liquor in provision shop in 1955. Reasons for setting up goldsmith shop in 1968. Advantages of family business. Set up another shop in industrial area. How he decided on amount of capital. Why he thought Chinese like jade. Procedure of buying gold under government's control.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 27
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- 6 Apr 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:53
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- MP3
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Starting and ending point of Jurong Road. Tigers rumoured to be seen in Jurong in mid-1930s. Coloquial names of villages and roads from Jurong seventh milestone to nineteenth milestone. History of Jalan Boon Lay Lama and Jalan Boon Lay. Beauty contest held by Jewish occupants in Jurong in late 1930s. Why some of roads in Jurong area were so named.
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