Data collection : Living conditions of the Chinese in Singapore during colonial times

 

Source A: A picture and write-up taken from The National Museum Of Singapore

 



 

 

From Source A, I can tell that the living conditions for Chinese in colonial Singapore before WW2 was harsh. This can be concluded from the fact that many people died because of them living together in a room though young or old, healthy or sick as many of them are poor. Thus, it was faster and easier to be contracted with infectious diseases such as malaria and tuberculosis. This meant that during the colonial times, infectious diseases can't be escaped and the people in colonial Singapore can only faced it although they did not want to be contracted with any diseases as they were poor.

 

 

 

Source B: A picture taken from The National Museum of Singapore of a Rickshaw

 

 

Chinese immigrants carrying a customer on a rickshaw.

 

 

From Source B, I can tell that the living conditions for the Chinese in Colonial Singapore was tough. As seen from the pic above, the Chinese immigrants seemed to be carrying customers on a trishaw to their designated destinations without wearing any shoes. We can conclude that they worked very hard under the hot sun barefooted although its tough.

 

 

 

Source C: Pictures taken from The National Museum of Singapore of China street and a River scene

 

 

River scene and native huts

China street

                                                                



                                        

















From Source C, I can tell that the living conditions of the Chinese before WW2 was hard. We can see that at the River Scene and Native Huts of conditions were squalid and people used the same water source for various use. While at the China street, we can see the crowded conditions of immigrant life in colonial Singapore. From these evidences, we can conclude that life of the people of colonial Singapore before WW2 was hard