WONG Oi Kum 黄爱金
Chinatown,
Accession Number 002394
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 12
Total Reels
- Moey Kok Keong
Interviewer
- 06:03:36
Total Running Time
- Cantonese
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 12
Metadata
- 12 Jul 2000
Recording Date
- 00:29:42
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Born in 1945 at Pagoda Street. Left Singapore for China between 1948 to 1956. Upon return, stayed at number 50 Pagoda Street. Family background. Educational background. Worked at various rubber factories. Description of residence. Relationship with neighbours. Security.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 12
Metadata
- 12 Jul 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:12
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Security. No fire escape. Description of shops at Pagoda Street. Street hawkers. Tailor shops. Lodging for sailors at number 40. Opium house at number 37. Street fights between gangsters. Floods.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 12
Metadata
- 12 Jul 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:21
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Description of residence at number 40 Pagoda Street . Restriction of water supply. Floods. Relationship with mother-in-law. Relationship with shop tenants in her residence. Saga in rent hike. Kok Shing Musical Society. Encounter with gangsters.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 12
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- 19 Jul 2000
Recording Date
- 00:29:34
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Description of Opium house at number 37 Pagoda Street . Process of opium smoking. Opium smokers. Pungent smell when raw opium was cooked. Opium pills. Buying of Chap Ji Kee. Lodging for sailors at number 40.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 12
Metadata
- 19 Jul 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:25
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Teahouse at Pagoda Street. Wu Clan Association. Cards and mahjong games at Kok Shing Musical Society. Levy from winnings to finance activities of the Society. Opera rehearsals at open-air roof-top. Husband played violin in opera shows as hobby. Took care of half-sister at number 46 Banda Street. Prostitution at number 46. Played cards after working hours.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 12
Metadata
- 19 Jul 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:21
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Childhood games. Knew her husband from playing cards. Watched movies on Cantonese opera. Matchmaking at coffeeshop. Various theatres visited. Food at Pearl's Hill Market. Fort Canning Hill. Marriage. Number of children born and dates of birth. Household chores. Nurses sent to bathe her children.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 12
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- 25 Jul 2000
Recording Date
- 00:31:02
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Nurses taught her how to take care of babies. Handled childcare and housework alone. Where to get food and other necessities for babies. Self-made diapers. Various ways of treating children's illnesses. Children's education. Children worked after school. How she prevented children from bad influence.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 12
Metadata
- 25 Jul 2000
Recording Date
- 00:30:33
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Killing and cooking of fish and turtles. Heard from others how to kill and cook dogs. Felt this was wrong. Second-hand traders at Pagoda Street. Her experience as a street-hawker. Pests in the house. Pearl Hill's market.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 12
Metadata
- 7 Aug 2000
Recording Date
- 00:29:56
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
*Tea ladies at Pearl Hill's market. Sailors as customers. Blind female singers who sang on the streets and gave Chinese olives to audience. Martial art performers sold medicine. Beer girls at Pearl Hill's market. Customers flirted with tea ladies. Making baby mice medicinal wine. Chinese herbal shops sold cockroach droppings. Scared of lizards. Singing of nursery rhymes.
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