LOW Teck Cheng
Story of Joo Chiat: Changing Landscapes & Community,
Accession Number 002034
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 13
Total Reels
- Chiang Wai Fong
Interviewer
- 06:26:08
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 13
Metadata
- 15 Jul 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:41
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*Personal background. Father grew betel leaf. Followed father to Katong to sell betel leaf. Description of Katong Park in the 30s. Description of an old railway line in Joo Chiat. Coffee shop as a communal meeting place. Toddy shop along the railway. Elaboration on Katong Park. Food sold in the park. Interviewee's belonging was robbed once in the park. Interviewee's education background.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 13
Metadata
- 15 Jul 1998
Recording Date
- 00:30:30
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*The development of transportation from trishaw to taxi. The business of his flower shop in the 40s and 50s. His reason for choosing Katong as a base. His first telephone number had only four digits. Residents and policemen came to his shop to chat. The three markets in Katong. The main streets in Joo Chiat. Development in East Coast Road and Mountbatten Road.
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