LOW Ing Sing 刘仁心
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000450
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 9
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 04:12:00
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 9
Metadata
- 5 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:28:21
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Personal background. Interesting happenings during his school days. China Relief Fund set up after Marco Polo Bridge incident. He acted in dramas to raise funds. Preparations made before dramas were staged. Why his group was called Shi Hua Choir. Why dramas were usually in Foochow dialect. Songs sung by choir members. Interesting happenings during group's performances. His primary school's principal.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 9
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- 5 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:28:40
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Nature of his father's business. Studied in Tun Hwa Secondary School till he graduated in 1940. Came to Singapore. Why he gave up his intention to further his studies in China. Acted in dramas when he was studying in Chinese High School in Singapore. Teachers in his school. Took part in school debates. What happened during Japanese first air raid in Singapore. Family evacuated to Changi eight milestone.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 9
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- 7 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:36
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Plight of British prisoners of war (POWs). What they did when air-raid alarm was sounded. Japanese launched mass screening. Site of mass screening. What happened during mass screening. People who passed mass screening were given proper resident passes. Auxiliary Police System (APS) set up. Godowns looted before Japanese came. Became a hawker. People took limed rice then. Worked in a coffee shop. Nature of his work.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 9
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- 7 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:28:07
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Different tasks performed by workers in coffee shop. How he earned extra income. Later worked in another coffee shop. How his boss kicked his opium smoking habit. Main customers in coffee shop. Red light district at the time. Why some detectives were regular customers of coffee shop. Went to work in a provision shop.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 9
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- 7 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:45
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Why his manager disliked him. Intended to study in China. Went to Thailand to help build Yunnan-Burma Railway. His journey to Thailand. What happened on the way. Number of people who went with him. Worked at Laem Pho. His living conditions in Laem Pho. Many people contracted malaria at the time. Why he wanted to run away.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 9
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- 7 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:43
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
How he managed to run away from Laem Pho and escaped to Bangkok. How he got a job in a hospital. Nature of his job. How his boss collaborated with the Japanese. The hospital he worked in specialised in treating venereal diseases. One of his friends often approached him for money and gave him a lot of troubles.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 9
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- 13 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:29:12
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Fate of these who went to help build Yunnan-Burma Railway with him. Nature of their work there. Diseases contracted by workers:- dysentery, malaria, cholera. At later stage the workers were ill-treated by Japanese. Why he left the hospital after working there for a short period. How he got in SeamenTraining School. Nature of his work.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 9
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- 13 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:29:26
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Trainees in Seamen Training School were mainly Siamese and Chinese. Later worked for Japan-Thailand Shipping Private Limited. He was injured when his house was destroyed by a bomb. How he was admitted to a military hospital by mistake. Worked as labourer till Japanese surrender. Later worked for the press and also gave tuition. Why racial violence between Siamese and Chinese broke out in Bangkok.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 9
Metadata
- 13 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:25:10
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Why China sent her representatives to Thailand. How he came back to Singapore. Joined Experimental Theatre. Returned to Borneo to further his studies. How war affected him. How war had changed Peranakans' views on Chinese Language.
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