CHU Chui Lum 朱振南
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000533
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 5
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 02:01:11
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 5
Metadata
- 15 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:35
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Personal details. Education and employment history. Received civil defence training. Account of first bombing on Singapore. Performed Air-raid Precaution ( ARP) duties at night. Incident of labourers arranging drums in code at harbour. Students in Raffles Institution volunteered to collect for China Relief Fund. Account of mass screening in Chinatown.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 5
Metadata
- 15 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:31
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Questions he was asked in concentration camp. Managing partner of family business taken away by Japanese. Obtained job as tally clerk in Showa Kaisha. Heard those taken away during security check was sent to Burma-Siam railway. Nature of his job as tally clerk in wharf. Punishment of labourers caught stealing. How he met his wife. Japanese treatment and tortures.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 5
Metadata
- 15 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:52
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Various methods of Japanese tortures. Given part-time work at Great World news broadcasting booth. Cheating amongst staff. Description of Kaisha - personnel, organisation and procedures. Conduct of Japanese personnel. Nature of work of labourers. Treatment of Indonesian labourers. Utilization of Heiho as labourers. Nature of job at news broadcasting booth.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 5
Metadata
- 15 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:27:21
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Great World Amusement Park. Relationship between Japanese personnel and local staff at Kaisha. Emperor's birthday celebrations. Food situation and malnutrition. Performed Night Patrol duties. Witnessed dropping of incendiaries and leaflets at Harbour Board by B-29s. Heard of Japanese losses on radio. Reaction to news of Japanese surrender. Revenge killings. Handled rationing at Cold Storage during British Military Administration (BMA).
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Reel/Disc 5 of 5
Metadata
- 15 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:10:52
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Military authorities took over Cold Storage during Japanese Occupation. Subsidised rates for rationed goods. His salary and cost of living during British Military Administration (BMA). Living conditions and ease of obtaining job during Japanese Occupation. Adaptability of people.
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