LOH Sua Bah
Chinese Dialect Groups,
Accession Number 000832
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 2
Total Reels
- Tan Beng Luan
Interviewer
- 00:56:51
Total Running Time
- Teochew
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 2
Metadata
- 14 Oct 1987
Recording Date
- 00:29:44
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Family history. Reasons for migrating from Pho Leng county to Singapore in 1938. Coolie quarters built by clansmen in Toa Payoh area. Clansmen's occupations. His work. Living cost. Casual coolie in Singapore Harbour Board (SHB). Working conditions and income. Dialectal division in SHB. Union formed. Reasons for remaining as casual coolie.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 2
Metadata
- 14 Oct 1987
Recording Date
- 00:27:07
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Elaboration on clansmen staying in coolie quarters. Living style then. Pho Leng people in Singapore. Reasons for not joining clan association. Reasons for his permanent settlement in Singapore. His recreation. How he felt about himself as casual coolie. Did some odd jobs after his retirement from Singapore Harbour Board (SHB) in 1968. How he was accepted by Ning Yeung Mutual Benefit Association Home for the Aged in 1978.
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