GAN Tiong Siew 颜长寿
Chinese Dialect Groups,
Accession Number 002915
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 2
Total Reels
- Jason Lim (Dr)
Interviewer
- 00:43:00
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 2
Metadata
- 21 Feb 2005
Recording Date
- 00:28:47
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Worked in Guan Cheong Bee Tea Merchant until the start of the Japanese Occupation. Impressions of Gan Wei Hoon. Learning about tea production. Walked and sold tea door-to-door. Withering and mixing of teas. His uncle Gan Wei Hoon had fled hometown because he was almost kidnapped. Tea sent from Anxi County in Fujian province to trade in Singapore. Most tea firms were founded by Anxi immigrants. Impressions of Teochew tea firms. Impressions of Lin Bendao and Lim Keng Lian. Demand for tea. Impressions of Taiwanese tea. Life as an apprentice. Establishment of Singapore Chinese Tea Importers and Exporters Association and impressions of their meetings. Impact of the Japanese Occupation on the tea merchants. Withering of teas from China.
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