TAN Yin Yong 陈任永
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000279
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 17
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 07:35:46
Total Running Time
- Teochew
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 17
Metadata
- 13 Aug 1984
Recording Date
- 00:20:53
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Opium dens in pre-war Singapore. Price of opium. Description of interiors of opium dens. Brothels in Chinatown. Fund raising activities in Bukit Timah after Marco Polo Bridge incident. Why business was good when Japanese was about to invade Singapore. Students participated in fund raising activities- showing movies, singing songs, reciting poetries and staging dramas.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 17
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- 13 Aug 1984
Recording Date
- 00:27:48
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Location of British camp at Bukit Timah. Villagers hid in air-raid shelters. Facilities in air-raid shelters. British army's morale and fighting spirit. Fortress at Padang. Lots of people killed by Japanese behind Turf Club at Bukit Timah (Bah Sang Khay). How he learned of the massacre.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 17
Metadata
- 13 Aug 1984
Recording Date
- 00:27:36
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Account of the massacre. Some villagers put up flags which they believed could expel evil spirits. Description of these flags given out by a temple. Those who put up flags were not bothered by Japanese. Atrocities of Japanese.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 17
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- 18 Sep 1984
Recording Date
- 00:27:25
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
How people from elsewhere got news of massive killing. Many villagers killed and houses burnt. Bah Sang Khay's population before the war. Location of temple which gave out flags to villagers. Description of temple. Japanese took away villagers' domestic fowl for food.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 17
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- 18 Sep 1984
Recording Date
- 00:27:33
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
What happened in village three days before Japanese surrender. Seen Straits Settlements Volunteer Forces (SSVF) in Bukit Timah. Attire of SSVF. SSVF spread propaganda in village. Further elaboration of how he was made to carry ammunition and other things for Japanese and where he carried to.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 17
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- 18 Sep 1984
Recording Date
- 00:27:33
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Size of boxes which he carried. Number of people made to carry ammunition. How British soldier who hid in refugee camp was killed by Japanese. Many Taiwanese in Japan Army. Scene of fighting at Bukit Timah eight milestone. Outbreak of cholera in many parts of country. What happened in village on 28th of December 1941.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 17
Metadata
- 3 Oct 1984
Recording Date
- 00:27:37
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Japanese camp in Bukit Timah area. Why he did not believe in news of British surrender initially. Women left refugee camp. Where he hid because of fear of Japanese. Exhibition of decapitated heads to deter locals from stealing. Where Japanese set up sentry posts in Bukit Timah area.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 17
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- 3 Oct 1984
Recording Date
- 00:29:06
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Food rationing implemented. Rented shop space at Kranji to sell sundry goods. Usually Malay customer. Supplied fire-wood to Japanese. In exchange he received rice and other food. Why Japanese sent him to Batam for a week.
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