YUEN, Andrew Kum Hong
Special Project,
Accession Number 001962
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 6
Total Reels
- Patricia Lee
Interviewer
- 03:02:04
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 6
Metadata
- 23 Oct 1997
Recording Date
- 00:28:51
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
*(Use of old postcards to describe Raffles Place in the 50s). How car-park outside Clifford Pier became a divider for a two-way traffic. A Marine Police Office was located somewhere near the existing Parliament House. Reasons for shifting to Change Alley in 1945. How the war destroyed some of the buildings. Description of the shop houses in Change Alley. Range of goods and services sold. Rental cost of a flat in Change Alley.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 6
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- 23 Oct 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:09
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
(A pictorial description of the Robinson's Cafe). Description of the unit he lived in. How he spent his time after school. Evenings were spent strolling to the Padang. Activities at the Padang. Description of Raffles Place in the evenings. How the money changers operated. Racial composition of shop-keepers. A recollection of his neighbours. Types of food available at Lau Pau Sat. How his sisters spent their leisure time while staying in Change Alley.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 6
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- 23 Oct 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:28
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Description of shops facing the Commercial Square. Screening of free documentary films at the American Library. The shops in old Arcade. Recollection of a printing shop. (interviewee showed interviewer an old ACS yearbook printed by the shop, Kwok Press). Similarities and differences between the shops in Change Alley and the Arcade. Description of the trolley bus system. Buildings surrounding Commercial Square.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 6
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- 23 Oct 1997
Recording Date
- 00:31:15
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Trading activities at Market Street. The whereabouts of some shop owners from Change Alley. Evolution of car parking around Raffles Place. How the car park at Raffles Place became a park with the famous Seiko clock. Description of a milk bar at Raffles Place. Raids of illegal hawkers at Change Alley.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 6
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- 27 Oct 1997
Recording Date
- 00:30:15
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
How father earned his living, 1950s. Physical description of residence at Change Alley. Study habits and opportunities. Significant incidents at Change Alley. Changes after the British Military Administration (BMA) left. Mid 1950s political rallies: speeches by David Marshall, Lee Kuan Yew, Lim Chin Siong. Compared past and present rallies. Interviewee was a trainee teacher 1955-57.
Description of illegal hawkers’ activities at Change Alley, Raffles Place. Illegal gambling during Hungry Ghost Festival at Telok Ayer and Chinatown areas. Territorial divisions in Raffles Place area by secret societies. Notorious areas: Market Street, Lau Pa Sat, Cecil Street. Post 1960s Raffles Place. More agitated and educated secret societies leaders emerged.
Description of Telok Ayer open-air market. Difference between Telok Ayer market and Lau Pa Sat in the 1950s-60s.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 6
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- 27 Oct 1997
Recording Date
- 00:31:06
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Illegal and legal vendors in Telok Ayer market. Physical structure of Lau Pa Sat. Fond memories of life in Change Alley. Reason for shifting out of Change Alley in the 1960s. Changes in Raffles Place, Clifford Pier. Description of the chain of food stalls that existed in front of the Central Fire Station on Hill Street.
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