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Chronicles of Old Singapore | Irene Hoe – My Mother Wu Chuen Chuen, The Businesswoman
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Irene Hoe remembers her childhood at Old Dhoby Ghaut. She recalls the two businesses her mother Wu Chuen Chuen ran – Stamford Café and a hairdressing salon. I was surprised by her story of how her mother gave her up for adoption when she was very young so she could have a better life (though she returned home soon), and how she obtained closure over the matter years later.
00:00 Introduction
02:00 19 Dhoby Ghaut
08:22 Rex Bookstore
12:15 Our Hairdressing Salon
19:57 My Mum as a Businesswoman
27:45 Stamford Café
50:20 My Parents & Siblings
55:12 My Adoption
01:04:30 What Girls Did in Those Days
01:09:47 Second-hand Bookstores
01:14:28 Heritage & the Real Singapore
I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, a people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.
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