MOHAMED Sidek bin Siraj (Haji)
Communities of Singapore (Part 3),
Accession Number 001255
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 6
Total Reels
- Daniel Chew (Dr)
Interviewer
- 02:57:12
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 6
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- 13 Mar 1991
Recording Date
- 00:29:16
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Family background, from Palembang. Father a goldsmith at Bussorah Street. Description of Kampung Malacca in Geylang and Havelock Road. Went to stay with grand-aunt in Jalan Sultan at age of 8. Memories of Hari Raya celebrations. Attended Rochor Malay School and then Victoria Bridge School.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 6
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- 13 Mar 1991
Recording Date
- 00:29:22
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Went to Raffles Institution. Bugis prahu at Rochor brought in rice, sugar and gula melaka. How Changi and Bedok got their names. Banjarese founded at Jalan Sultan and Jalan Pisang. Bugis at Clyde Street and Kallang. Pasar Besi before a Malay kampung on stilts at Beach Road. Javanese at Jalan Sultan, Baghdad Street, Bussorah Street and Jawa Road. Minangs came around mid-1920s and settled in Rochor and Kampung Glam.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 6
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- 13 May 1991
Recording Date
- 00:28:43
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Baweanese pondok at Minto Road and Dunlop Street. Arabs at Jawa Road. Baweanese had strongly-knit families. Strong dialect identity for first generation migrants although their children called themselves Malays. Trengganu Malays at Pulau Tekong and Minto Road, and Pahang Malays at Pahang Street. Javanese, expert at making braces and haj dress. Shaik Maderasah Lane had pilgrim brokers. Why Minangs were not popular.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 6
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- 13 May 1991
Recording Date
- 00:30:16
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Kampung Bugis occupied by followers of Sultan Hussein. Tembaga (copper tooling) and capal (sandals making) done by first generation Javanese. Pilgrim brokers at Haji Lane. Kampung Dalam settled by descendents of Sultan Hussein. Business at Rochor controlled by Bugis until Chinese moved in. Kampung headmen acted as registrars of marriages. Entertainment provided by cinemas, bangsawan, and wayang kulit and wayang wong.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 6
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- 29 May 1991
Recording Date
- 00:30:43
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Elaboration on cottage industries of Javanese such as making songkok, gamis (haj dress), stone carving. More Chinese moved into Kampung Glam after 1922. Gotong royong (mutual co-operation) strongest among Baweanese. Kenduri (feast) during funerals and Hari Raya. Marrying within own dialect group. Location of mosques. Many football clubs. Haji Ambok Saoloh, Bugis Justice of Peace. Resettlement of Malays from Kampung Bugis to Jalan Eunos. More Malays in town area.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 6
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- 29 May 1991
Recording Date
- 00:28:52
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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English education for Malays. Sold cakes during Japanese Occupation. Malays suffered as well from execution for theft, slapping for not bowing. Effect of Maria Hertogh riot and separation from Malaysia on Malays. His work as Pilgrim Officer. Changes in Kampung Glam which now has more Chinese and Indians.
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