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Source I: Teenager's school life before the Japanese Occupation

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Source I: Teenager's school life before the Japanese Occupation

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Source Description: Oral History Interview with Gloria Lim
Source Date: 21 Mar 1997 (recording date)
Source Origin: National Archives Of Singapore
Source Type:  Oral Interview
"How about your daily life in school, could u describe that?"
"From what i could recall, we went in the morning then we went back to the classroom and had our lessons. Then there was a recess. The recess was, I think, roughly about half an hour. So most of us would just rush to the canteen, I recall that, to pick up and buy our drinks. I usually brought along sandwiches prepared at home. After the recess, back to the classroom again to continue our lessons. Sometimes there were musical sessions which was not everyday, and on some days of the week there were this hand craft and needlework sessions and then drawing sessions. After that we broke up at about 12 o' clock, I think."
"Any extracurricular activities after school?"
"Nothing. There was not a single ECA in the afternoon at all that i could remember or recall. Most of my afternoons were spent at home. And as I said I had a lot of play time at home because I don't remember much homework except just reading a few chapters of some English books. Not even Arithmetic because we finished all our work in school. So there wasn't much of a problem really, as far as our school work was concerned."

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Source E: Teenagers' health and food before Japanese Occupation

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Source E: Teenagers' health and food before Japanese Occupation

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Source Description: Picture of young coolies having a meal in the early 1900s
Source Date: early 1900s before the Japanese Occupation.
Source Origin: Book: Colonial Singapore
Source Type: Picture

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Source C: Leisure activities before Japanese Occupation  

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Source C: Leisure activities before Japanese Occupation  

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Source Description: Oral History Interview with Ban Kheng Peter Wee

Source Date: 5 April 1999 (date the interview was recorded)

Source Origin: National Archives of Singapore

Source Type: Oral Interview

“Yes. Yes when they are going to Gay World or Great World…...”

“Singing. If they have singing.”

“Dancing. ‘Joget’.”

“The ‘ronggeng’ Of course they go to Great World also to ‘joget moden’ (engage in modern form of dancing, modern dance) and all this sort of stuff. But of course they gamble also.”

“... There were three worlds - Happy World, Gay World and Great World. Yes, we go there. It’s an occasion to go there during the weekends when they have exhibitions.”

“It’s always got all sort of things. It’s like a world. Like those game stalls.”

“Fun fair like that..”

“The music they have the band playing. Playing the ‘joget’ music…”

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Source J: Teenager's school life during the Japanese Occupation

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Source J: Teenager's school life during the Japanese Occupation

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Source Description: Oral History Interview with Lee Kip Lin
Source Date: 29 May 1984 (recording date)
Source Origin: National Archives Of Singapore
Source Type: Oral Interview
"When the war came, my studies were interrupted. So i was idle for three years more or less."
"But later on when the war broke out, the colleges started to close, so they recruited."

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Source D: Leisure activities during Japanese Occupation 

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Source D: Leisure activities during Japanese Occupation 

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Source Description: Oral History Interview with Tan Guan Chuan
Source Date: 26 March 1984 (date the interview was recorded)

Source Origin: National Archives Of Singapore

Source Type: Oral Interview

“Yes. Leisure time we play badminton…. or others where you don’t have to spend money like swimming…..”
“Those days, I myself don’t go. (Amusement parks and cinemas) Because why, the gambling was rampant. And then the amusement parks are the place where they gamble. So actually if you don’t gamble, other than going to certain cinema… I generally don’t. And during the occupation, generally in the night, we don’t want to go out. Because we also fear that we possibly meet trouble and all that. And the other thing also, we are not that rich. So everybody is living from hand to mouth, so we don’t indulge in those kind of activities.”
“Generally you get Japanese pictures, Japanese Propaganda pictures, and news also, all Japanese news." (Question: The types of shows shown in cinemas)

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Source H: Jobs for teenagers during the Japanese Occupation

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Source H: Jobs for teenagers during the Japanese Occupation

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Source Description: Oral History Interview with Chew Cheok Hai
Source Date: 21 July 1994 (recording date)
Source Origin: National Archives of Singapore
Source Type: Oral Interview
"Where?"
"Oh yes, one place I worked as an office boy was at the naval base. And one thing they provided me with a bicycle, so I could cycle around in the base."
"What did you do as an office boy?"
"Carrying message from one place to another. Probably they would tell you, you take this to the other side. So, you just cycle."

"So you more or less worked under the Japanese?"
"Oh yes, and each one of course, then we would change jobs, wherever, we could do anything. I was an assistant of a motor mechanic."

"Under the Japanese also?"

"No, work under, I remember worked under two or three Malay mechanics. They were repairing cars. We used to go there to help, we were kids you see. Do all sorts of things."

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Source G: Jobs for teenagers before the Japanese Occupation

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Source G: Jobs for teenagers before the Japanese Occupation

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Source Description: Oral History Interview with Rameswaram, Nagalingam
Source Date: 30 September 1983 (recording date)
Source Origin: National Archives of Singapore
Source Type: Oral Interview
"And after you have passed your Senior Cambridge, what kind of plans did you have?"
"Unfortunately, I passed my Senior during Salaam. At that time they were retrenching people and there was very difficult, great difficulty in getting employment. So, my uncle asked me to take up further studies because I found those people, who went for further studies also, after qualifying, they were unemployed, even as doctors, many doctors were unemployed. So, as a (inaudible), I thought it was a waste of money and I marked time, trying to look for jobs. A bit disheartened, in those days."
"So, how many application would you have fill in"
"Oh, plenty, I can't remember."
"How long did this job hunting effort take?"
"One and a half years. Of course, in the mean time, I was giving some private tuition for students."

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Source F: Teenagers' health and food during Japanese Occupation

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Source F: Teenagers' health and food during Japanese Occupation

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Source Description: Interview for The New Paper by Mr Tan Hwee Hock
Source Date: 15 Feb 2017(Date of Publishing)
Source Origin: The New Paper
Source Type: Oral Interview/Newspaper report
"Sometimes, I would get a whiff of soft, white bread baked fresh in the bakery. These loaves were only for the Japanese. All we had was hardened slabs of cornflour mixed with foul-smelling oil. At home, my father turned our garden into a plot for growing sweet potato and tapioca, which we fertilised with our own urine. There were times during the war I even collected fallen grains from the godown (warehouse) labourers carrying gunny sacks of rice."

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Source B: Relationships between races during Japanese Occupation

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Source B: Relationships between races during Japanese Occupation

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Source Description: Oral History Interview with Lee Tian Soo
Source Date: 21 May 1983 (recording date)
Source Origin: National Archives Of Singapore
Source Type: Oral Interview
“And so much fighting and plus riots coming, involved the Malays and the Chinese. The Malays were threatening from the Geylang side and the Chinatown people were waiting to make a counter-attack to the Geylang area, the racial fighting between Malays and Chinese.”
“Now when the Japanese losing the war, there is another fear of people fighting against one another – the Malays and Chinese.”
“During that time, most of the story was based on that the Malays were cooperating with the Japanese and they were given better privilege than the Chinese, because they collaborated with the Japanese. That was the news at that time, the people believe that most of the collaborators and those even the spies, they managed to help the Japanese to come down all the way from Malaya to Singapore. And that’s how the grudge. It’s one of the grudge.”

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Source A: Relationships between races before Japanese Occupation

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Source A: Relationships between races before Japanese Occupation

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Source Description: Oral History Interview with Kannusamy s/o Pakirisamy
Source Date: 9 November 1983 (recording date)
Source Origin: National Archives Of Singapore
Source Type: Oral Interview
"Very few Chinese in the other side of Serangoon?”
“Yes, that’s right”
“They mixed around with a lot of other races – the Chinese?”
“Yes, yes, they mixed. Their customers got other races also.”
“And these Malays, they mixed around with other races as well?”
“Yes, they mixed with other races.”

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                                                            HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION

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                                                            HISTORICAL INVESTIGATION

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Class: 205
Group Members: Tan Xiao Tong(18), Amirah (01), Chew Wen Xuan (02), Chua Zhuo En (03), Shannon Soon (15)
Xiao Tong: Source A and Source B
Amirah: Source C and Source D
Wen Xuan: Source E and Source F
Shannon: Source G and Source H
Zhuo En: Source I and Source J