MARCUS, Philip Carlyle
Japanese Occupation of Singapore,
Accession Number 000183
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 9
Total Reels
- Chua Ser Koon
Interviewer
- 03:56:37
Total Running Time
- English
Language
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Reel/Disc 3 of 9
Metadata
- 4 Aug 1982
Recording Date
- 00:27:46
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Working conditions in Water Department when Japanese took over. All local staff returned. Recalled incident when pebbles meant for Bukit Timah filters, were used to build Japanese shrine - Syonan Jinja. Did black market business after leaving Water Department. Relating incident to illustrate civilian justice at that time. He supplied black market goods to Japanese. Commodities Japanese wanted. How black market business was conducted. Inflating prices of commodities.
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