GAY Wan Leong
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000535
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 7
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 03:16:40
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 2 of 7
Metadata
- 16 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:29:57
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Schools reopened. School children attended ceremony at City Hall; saw Yamashita Tomoyuki. Description of Japanese school curriculum. Morning ritual. Moral education. Participated in art competition. Teacher sent for training with Japanese. Students given palm oil daily and medical check-up. Why market stallholders hid from Japanese. Japanese and locals segregated in cinemas. Types of movies shown. Why he left school. Places used as quarters for Japanese soldiers.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 7
Metadata
- 16 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:29:37
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Why Kallang airport was extended. Description of red light area in Katong; duties of Emperor's 'representatives' here. Unpleasant encounter with Japanese. Why family decided to go to Endau. House rented to Japanese company. How they went to Endau. What they brought with them. First impressions of Endau. Built their own house. Family members' jobs in Endau. What they cultivated.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 7
Metadata
- 23 Mar 1985
Recording Date
- 00:20:34
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Rationing continued. Prevalence of black market activities. Family members resumed work. How Japanese Occupation affected their education and lives. His estimation of number massacred; heard of those taken out to sea for execution. Account of war crime talks; Shinozaki's evidence. Witnesses at executions of Japanese generals. How he felt about sentences passed. Post-war increase in secret societies.
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