WONG, May nee Hing (Mrs S K Wong)
Women through the Years: Economic & Family Lives,
Accession Number 000093
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 18
Total Reels
- Liana Tan
Interviewer
- 08:53:17
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 9 of 18
Metadata
- 24 May 1982
Recording Date
- 00:30:48
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Involvement in Home for "rescued" girls. Government efforts to eliminate trafficking of girls as prostitutes or slave girls (mui tsai). How Home was run. Involvement in feeding centres for destitute children. Memories of Raffles Hotel; Government House dinners. Acquired first Singapore home in Mountbatten Road. Moved to Pasir Panjang. Fund-raising with Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) and St Hilda's Girls' School. Popularity of cabarets from 1934.
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