KOH Teong Koo 高长古 Chinese Dialect Groups, Accession Number 000136


  • Oral History Centre
    Source
  • 6
    Total Reels
  • Tan Beng Luan
    Interviewer
  • 02:41:09
    Total Running Time
  • Hokkien
    Language


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Metadata

  • 26 Nov 1981
    Recording Date
  • 00:27:53
    Running Time
  • MP3
    Format
  • Open Access
    Conditions Governing Access

Synopsis

Rickshaw fares and passengers. Hazards faced by rickshaw pullers. Strike by rickshaw pullers. Result of strike. His reminiscences regarding employment as rickshaw puller for Lee's family. How he started sundry-goods shop in partnership with Lee Kuan Yew's mother. What happened when he fell sick. What happened to his shop. Confined in Jalan Besar Concentration Centre for 3 days.

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