Guardians of Memory:
Profiling Sungai Lembing Miners
Preserving the stories of Sungai Lembing's mining pioneers through digital documentation and oral history preservation
56
Total Miners
28+
Years (Longest)
1949
Earliest Record
1986
Mine Closure
PROFILE #001
CHONG WONG
Nationality:
CANTONESE
Status:
MARRIED
Dependants:
4 family members
Address:
NO.16 NORTH CANTON STREET
Employment History
Started: 23.8.49 (Age 40)
Position: PIPE FITTER → MINER
Ended: 15.2.50
5 month(s) and 23 day(s)
PROFILE #002
FOONG CHEE MIN
Nationality:
CANTONESE
Status:
MARRIED
Dependants:
5 family members
Address:
NO.146 SUNGEI ARANG
Employment History
Started: March,1954 (Age 27)
Position: MINER
Ended: 25.9.82
342 month(s) and 24 day(s)
PROFILE #003
HO SONG KONG
Nationality:
CANTONESE
Status:
SINGLE
Dependants:
4 family members
Address:
K.38, KONGSI NEAR POLICE
Employment History
Started: 9.11.1960 (Age 19)
Position: ASSIST. PEST CONTROLLER → MINER
Ended: 19.2.79
219 month(s) and 10 day(s)
PROFILE #004
PHANG NGOW
Nationality:
CANTONESE
Status:
MARRIED
Dependants:
4 family members
Address:
6, JAVA STREET
Employment History
Started: 19.9.1957 (Age 30)
Position: MINER
Ended: 25.9.73
192 month(s) and 6 day(s)
PROFILE #005
POON AH YIN
Nationality:
CANTONESE
Status:
MARRIED
Dependants:
3 family members
Address:
K.123 KONGSI MYAH
Employment History
Started: 2.1.1971 (Age 28)
Position: FEMALE LABOURER
Ended: 30.7.72
18 month(s) and 28 day(s)
PROFILE #006
POON HING CHOW
Nationality:
CANTONESE
Status:
MARRIED
Dependants:
3 family members
Address:
K.114 MYAH
Employment History
Started: 30.1.1954 (Age 36)
Position: MINER
Ended: 25.6.73
232 month(s) and 26 day(s)