CHIU Jim 蒋壬
Chinese Dialect Groups,
Accession Number 000249
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 30
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 13:53:57
Total Running Time
- Hokkien
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 30
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- 3 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:51
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Personal background. Birthplace. Family background. Father's occupation. His childhood pastimes. Received two years' education. Worked as seaman. Villagers kidnapped by bandits. Downfall of Ching Dynasty; males cutting off their pigtails. Worked in medical hall for two years. How and why he came to Singapore. Fellow villagers' reason for coming to Singapore. Their occupations in Singapore.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 30
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- 3 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:48
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Came to Singapore at age of twenty. Life on board ship. Cousin recommended him to work in Tong Bee Company, doing miscellaneous jobs. Nature of work. How he helped pineapple factory save on unnecessary transport (sampan) fees. His cousin and Lim Nee Soon started Tong Aik Company. Free lodging in Tong Bee Company. Lee Kong Chian visited Chew Tock Lim frequently.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 30
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- 3 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:43
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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His impression of Lee Kong Chian's character. Why he was transferred to Tong Soon Company at Marsiling, where he worked as clerk. How he helped company to make profit. Why company incurred losses in past years. He received high pay. Why staff at Tong Soon listened to him. Why he did not want to stay and work at Marsiling.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 30
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- 3 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:44
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Worked as Chief Supervisor in Yun Nam Yuan. Why he was sent there. Pineapple bumper harvest. Pineapples sent to city by bullock carts after harvesting. Pineapple plantation workers worked under supervisors and lived in plantation. Number of such workers. Working conditions. Wages of rubber tappers; also stayed in plantation. Why task of harvesting pineapples not given to sub-contractors. Method to find out whether rubber tappers added water to latex.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 30
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- 10 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:40
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Nature of clerks' work on plantation. His other duties, working hours and working conditions. Jurong residents went to plantation's provision shop to collect rice during First World War (WW I). Food rationing system during war. How he got rubber tappers to work for him. Remuneration of rubber tappers. How to tell a good rubber tapper from a bad one. Company allowed workers to buy groceries on credit.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 30
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- 10 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:52
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Rubber tappers stayed in plantation. Sex and dialect groups of rubber tappers. Workers employed to smoke rubber. Remuneration of workers who made rubber sheets. Manager buy and sell rubber; clerks kept record of stock in godowns. Originally, pineapples were grown on Yun Nam Yuan. What happened to pineapples after harvesting. Incident of a supervisor misappropriating workers' wages.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 30
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- 10 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:44
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Why Zhengdu Yuan was a failure. Remuneration, nature of work and working hours of pineapple plantation workers. How work sheet system worked. Shortage of labour; wrote to China to recruit workers. Pineapple plantation workers mainly from China and of different dialect groups. Remuneration and nature of work of workers in charge of bullock-carts and transportation of pineapples. Why Yun Nam Yuan transported pineapples by land.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 30
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- 10 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:49
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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How pineapple were transported to town. When pineapples were planted. He was assisted by supervisors. Things that supervisors must take note. Workers worked in plantations near their hostels. Supervisors got assignments from chief supervisor. How supervisors were appointed. His duties as chief supervisor. His salary. Increase in workers' pay uncommon then.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 30
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- 10 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:51
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Workers' paid according to market price. His principles. His pay increase decided by boss. How his honesty won boss's trust. Plantation's holiday system. Lim Nee Soon inspected plantation frequently. How contractors were paid at a later stage. Why Yun Nam Yuan employed contractors to do weeding.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 30
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- 12 Jan 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:48
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Effects of First World War on pineapple harvest and price of pineapples. Pineapples grown again after war. Pineapples transported by lighters and bullock carts. Effects of First World War (WW I) on rubber price. British used coupon system to control rubber production. Why Lim Nee Soon's Yun Nam Yuan and other plantations were sold. Why Lim Nee Soon's properties were taken over by bank even after plantations were sold.
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