LEONG Teng Chit 梁定哲
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000235
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 4
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 01:56:09
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 4
Metadata
- 28 Nov 1982
Recording Date
- 00:29:27
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Reason for father to live in Kampong Permatang. Educational background. Pre-war British military camps in Pulau Tekong. British defence preparations, army strength, military training, gun emplacements and ammunition dumps. Registration of overseas Chinese. Boycott of Japanese goods. Destruction of military installations and buildings by British before surrender. Accidental destruction of wharves after war. How British soldiers escaped before Japanese landed in Pulau Tekong.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 4
Metadata
- 28 Nov 1982
Recording Date
- 00:29:31
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Escape of British and Indian soldiers from Pulau Tekong when Singapore fell. Looting of things left by soldiers. News of Japanese atrocities in Kota Tinggi. What happened before and after Japanesee soldiers arrived in Pulau Tekong. His first sight of Japanese. Behaviour of Japanese living in Pulau Tekong. Local administration. How local residents were called up to work forJapanese. Nature of work.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 4
Metadata
- 28 Nov 1982
Recording Date
- 00:29:51
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How Japanese treated the labourers. Remuneration for labourers. Labourers issued with passes. Their attendance recorded by foremen. Labourers employed to dump ammunitions into sea and chop down rubber trees. Malay women employed to gather attap leaves for making roofs. Villagers grew tapioca and sweet potatoes for consumption. Rationing of rice. Malay fishermen and Chinese fishmongers.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 4
Metadata
- 28 Nov 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:20
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Presence of anti-Japanese elements in Pulau Tekong. Japanese laid down arms when they surrendered. Anti-Japanese army came to give speeches. Japanese arms and ammunition seized by British forces. Small scale celebrations of Japanese surrender. Invalidity of Japanese money. His various jobs after war. His view of Japanese Occupation period. Comparison between British and Japanese soldiers. Destruction of underwater anti-submarine net.
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