NG Joo Kee Special Project, Accession Number 001970


  • Oral History Centre
    Source
  • 4
    Total Reels
  • Yap Wee Cheng
    Interviewer
  • 01:41:06
    Total Running Time
  • English
    Language


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Metadata

  • 3 Nov 1997
    Recording Date
  • 00:30:14
    Running Time
  • MP3
    Format
  • Open Access
    Conditions Governing Access

Synopsis

Personal background. Description of Raffles Place in '60s. Could only enter Robinson through the underground carpark. Memories of Market Street and Change Alley. Lived in four-storeyed shop-house at Chulia Street.  A shophouse fire in 1971. Oriental Emporium and why it was popular. Indian neighbours who had a special way of shutting doors.  Description of the shop-house.

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