WONG Moe Ching 王慕贞 Japanese Occupation of Singapore, Accession Number 000313


  • Oral History Centre
    Source
  • 2
    Total Reels
  • Tan Beng Luan
    Interviewer
  • 00:53:46
    Total Running Time
  • Mandarin
    Language


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  • 15 Aug 1983
    Recording Date
  • 00:31:34
    Running Time
  • MP3
    Format
  • Open Access
    Conditions Governing Access

Synopsis

Teaching in Batu Pahat. Stayed in Muar when Japanese came. How she got travelling permit and escaped to Singapore. Stayed with relatives after arriving in Singapore. Attended Japanese language school at Queen Street for 6 months. Details of course. Worked in Nanpo Kaihatsu Bank. Investigation Section. Nature of work. Staff and working conditions there. Resigned from Bank. Division of work in Bank.

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Metadata

  • 15 Aug 1983
    Recording Date
  • 00:22:12
    Running Time
  • MP3
    Format
  • Open Access
    Conditions Governing Access

Synopsis

Accounts Section of Bank. Scope of business. Money counting section. Depositors of this Bank. Further elaboration on her work. Relationship with her colleagues. Their feelings towards Japanese surrender. How Japanese Occupation affected her life. Took up teaching again. Comparison of food prices to pre-war days.

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