TAN Swee Teck
Chinatown,
Accession Number 002276
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 9
Total Reels
- Yeo Loo Feng
Interviewer
- 04:11:14
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 9
Metadata
- 24 Mar 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:06
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
*Family background. Description of house at Craig Road. Rental per month. Storytellers were seen along Craig Road in the evening. Neighbours found along Craig Road. Father's occupation. Education background. Description of Pearl's Hill School. Celebration of Coronation Day in school. Outram Prison. Informant stopped school when war came. Worked as Japanese labourer during Japanese Occupation. Main job duties. Location of work. Gathered at Neil Road everyday for work.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 9
Metadata
- 24 Mar 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:15
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Further elaboration on his work as a Japanese labourer. Enrolled into the Japanese Police Force in 1943. Training ground. Reason for joining the Japanese Police Force. Types of training available. Informant was transferred to Central Police Station after graduation. Duties performed by the different type of police. Wear uniform. Monthly salary. Bribery was common in the Police Force. Worked as Special Constable after war. Main job duties as a radio car operator. Transferred to plain-clothes police in 1949.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 9
Metadata
- 24 Mar 2000
Recording Date
- 00:29:33
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
SIT flat was taken over by the Japanese as Kempitai Military Police during Japanese Occupation. Mass screening centre in Chinatown. Screening procedure. Informant had to bring his own food and slept along the five-foot way. Those who worked for the Japanese got free ration of food. Cigarettes were sold in provision shops. Illegal to sell pork during Japanese Occupation. Black-markets in Chinatown after liberation.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 9
Metadata
- 26 Mar 2000
Recording Date
- 00:29:44
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Railway lines in Singapore. Further elaboration on streets of Chinatown. Red Light District in Chinatown. How prostitute dens were operated. Rooms for the prostitutes. Blind massage man. Most concentrated area for opium dens. Physical description of opium dens. Location of gambling dens. Description of gambling dens during Japanese Occupation. Forms of gambling.
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