English translation of a oral history interview in Hokkien by the Oral History Archive, Singapore. Date of interview: 21 July 1981, interviewer: Chen Ming Luan, date of transcription: 21 October 1983, transcriber name: Liao-Wang Jin Ai, written transcription by Zuo Mei Li, date of writing: 14 January 1994. "In 1981, when he [Liaw Ching Sing] was 75 years old he was asked by the Oral History Centre of the National Archives of Singapore for a interview in Hokkien about the experiences of his early days in Singapore." -- Page vii. Advisor for translation project and preface (pages vi-x) by James Lau Guan-Ho. Some Chinese text.