WOO Lai Tong 吴乃通
Chinese Dialect Groups,
Accession Number 000977
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 14
Total Reels
- Jesley Chua Chee Huan
Interviewer
- 06:43:39
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 14
Metadata
- 8 Dec 1988
Recording Date
- 00:30:39
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Personal background. His family came to Chong Pang Village when he was seven. Brothels along Soon Keat Road. Why vehicles paid 50 cents to pass through Chong Pang Road. Reasons for the influx of Malaysians to Chong Pang Village in 1950s. His father worked in a relative's Chinese medical hall upon arrival in Singapore. Why his father left China. Father's business. Houses at 14 milestone.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 14
Metadata
- 8 Dec 1988
Recording Date
- 00:30:55
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Transportation within the village. Leisure activities. Popularity of 'coffee girls' postwar. Collection of rent in Chong Pang Village. Land was sold to a Taiwanese about 10 years ago. Changing of land-ownership after Lim Chong Pang's death. Village resettlement. Changes in land rental. His opinion of the younger generation's attitudes towards the elderly. Settlement of disputes in the village.
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