TAN Eng Heng 陈献琼
Chinese Dialect Groups,
Accession Number 000506
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 15
Total Reels
- Claire Chiang
Interviewer
- 07:19:28
Total Running Time
- Hainanese
Language
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Reel/Disc 2 of 15
Metadata
- 4 Nov 1984
Recording Date
- 00:30:32
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How villagers celebrated various festivals in a year; most important being Chinese New Year. Weather condition of different months. Majority of villagers were poor. How Hainanese chicken rice came about. Villagers walked to town as bus or lorry was rare. How they depended on wells for water and made oil for lamps.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 15
Metadata
- 7 Nov 1984
Recording Date
- 00:30:15
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
How he was saved and stayed in Thailand. Upon return to Singapore, he started working as a sailor. How he went through different levels of tests and worked way up to be chief engineer. Encounter with typhoon in sea near Hainan Island in 1965. His employment with Ki Fok Company from 1953 to 1965.
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