CHUA Chye Chua
Economic Development of Singapore,
Accession Number 002140
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 23
Total Reels
- Jesley Chua Chee Huan
Interviewer
- 11:06:10
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 23
Metadata
- 21 May 1999
Recording Date
- 00:29:47
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Interviewee's background. Description of his childhood games and activities near Beach Road. Recounted how he collected larvae for fish. Elaborated on goods sold in shops along Rochor Road. Coffin shops there. Indian shops selling spices near Arab Street. Recalled area along Victoria Street and North Bridge Road. Described death houses at Sago Lane which kept terminally ill people. Cramped dwelling houses there. Elaboration on death houses which were divided into three levels. Interiors and furnishings inside the death houses.
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