HO Cheh
Chinese Dialect Groups,
Accession Number 001283
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 6
Total Reels
- Yeo Geok Lee
Interviewer
- 02:56:50
Total Running Time
- Cantonese
Language
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Reel/Disc 3 of 6
Metadata
- 5 Apr 1991
Recording Date
- 00:30:55
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Why her life was miserable as a nanny. Circumstances behind her becoming a godmother to a fellow villager's teenage son and 4 years old daughter. What made her took vow of celibacy at age of 18. How vow of celibacy was carried out. Her visits to China and factors behind her not wanting to retire and die in China. Footbinding prevalent amongst mother's village contemporaries despite dire poverty.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 6
Metadata
- 5 Apr 1991
Recording Date
- 00:30:23
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Why some women took vow of celibacy in middle and old age. Ho Cheh took her vow at age of 52. Circumstances behind Yee Cheh's retirement at 80 years. Her relationship with foster children's family. Nature of contact which one ex-employer's family maintains with her. How Ho Cheh adapted to working for a Caucasian family soon after coming to Singapore. Comparison between Caucasian and Chinese employers.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 6
Metadata
- 10 Apr 1991
Recording Date
- 00:26:49
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Why hardly any Chung Shan women were employed as manual labourers in Singapore unlike Sam Sui women. Profile of the sole Chung Shan woman who did manual labour work. Life history of Chung Shan fellow villager who prostituted herself in Hong Kong before coming to Singapore. Description of her first journey to Nanyang. Her life during Second World War (WW II) in Singapore. Her last few days in China before her first journey to Singapore.
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