TAN Siew Mong 陈秀蒙
Traditional Chinese Medicine in Singapore,
Accession Number 003326
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 15
Total Reels
- Jesley Chua Chee Huan
Interviewer
- 13:02:03
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 15
Metadata
- 10 Jun 2008
Recording Date
- 00:53:35
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
* Interviewee was the eldest boy in the family. Used to fetch water for others to earn pocket money. Family lived in Toa Payoh. Father was a trishaw rider. Residents in Toa Payoh were mostly Hokkiens and Teochews. Most of the residents made beancurd for a living. What interviewee used to gather to feed their pigs. Father used to collect swill for his pigs. Most of the residents reared pigs. Colloquial name of the area he lived in. Why the beancurd maker bought saw dust from the sawmills. Childhood games he played. Description of the zinc house he lived in. Elaboration on fetching water for their hawker neighbours. Interviewee’s family used to fetch water for their neighbours. How interviewee trained himself to carry water. The water fetching job strengthened his body. His parents were not educated. His two sisters were educated till primary three. What they had for meals.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 15
Metadata
- 10 Jun 2008
Recording Date
- 00:49:44
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Only two-three students from interviewee’s village went to secondary school. Impression of his primary school principal. Interviewee obtained good results during primary six. Reasons . He enjoyed history in secondary school. Interviewee started delivering newspapers in secondary school. How he learn to delivery newspapers. Interviewee used to fall asleep during class due to his delivery job. Activities he joined during secondary school included folk dancing. Showed interest in health books during secondary school. Got interested in acupuncture in secondary three. Taught himself acupuncture and tried it out on his friend’s mother. Even injected chicken blood into friend’s mother to increase her immunity. Interviewee was seldom home. Interviewee started earning money and supporting himself in school since primary four. Interviewee helped to clear up carcasses during a flood in Potong Pasir. Illustration of kampong spirit in interviewee’s village.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 15
Metadata
- 17 Jun 2008
Recording Date
- 00:53:22
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Paid own school fees. Helped out in school alumni. Why they had meetings outside school. Obtained newspapers delivery job through seniors in school. Why he helped in the alumni. One of their activities was organizing picnics. Why he felt that pro-leftists teachers were more caring. What they do during picnics. Interviewee helped to recruit for the school alumni. Why he joined the alumni even though he was an introvert. His motto was to share joy with others. Did not complete his Secondary Four education. Was expelled by school. Parent’s reactions. Why he worked as a blue-collar worker in the construction site.
What he did. Why he left for another construction site after sometime. Subsequently left to be a welder. What he did.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 15
Metadata
- 25 Jul 2008
Recording Date
- 00:53:25
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Elaboration on how they obtained the funds and premise to set up their Tampines Branch. Interviewee used to sleep in the clinic on the eve of fund-raising walkathon. He never compares himself with his predecessor. Why they set up the Public Free Clinic in Geylang. Decision-making through consensus. Greatest challenge as President of Public Free Clinic Society. His philosophy on life. He hardly had time for his children in the past. Felt that what he did is worthwhile. Why he wants to do charity work. How they ensure proper administration of funds in the organization. Why people are less willing to do charity work now. Why he wanted to step down as President, Public Free Clinic Society and his advice for his successor.
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