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 #007
SIN JEW
Nationality:
Cantonese
Status:
Single
Address:
SUNGEI NYIK
Employment History
Started: August,1946 (Age 22)
Position: Wood Cutter
Ended: 1.4.53
80 month(s) and 30 day(s)
PROFILE #008
BOON SING FAH
Nationality:
Hakka
Status:
Single
Address:
24, JAVA STREET
Employment History
Started: 27.3.1953 (Age 49)
Position: Miner
Ended: 28.12.57
57 month(s) and 1 day(s)
PROFILE #009
CHANG JIN
Nationality:
Hakka
Status:
Married
Dependants:
3 family members
Address:
JAVA STREET
Employment History
Started: 18.10.1948 (Age 53)
Position: Skoper
Ended: 4.12.49
13 month(s) and 16 day(s)
PROFILE #010
CHANG KIM
Nationality:
Hakka
Status:
Married
Dependants:
6 family members
Address:
KOLONG PAHAT
Employment History
Started: 11.5.48 (Age 58)
Position: Miner → Alluvial Tin Worker
Ended: 31.1.51
32 month(s) and 20 day(s)
PROFILE #011
CHEN CHIN HIN
Nationality:
Hakka
Status:
Married
Dependants:
5 family members
Address:
K.29 NEAR POLICE STATION
Employment History
Started: 22.6.48 (Age 28)
Position: Trucker → Mining Tinkerman
Ended: 25.4.75
322 month(s) and 3 day(s)
PROFILE #012
CHENG FUNG TOH
Nationality:
Hakka
Status:
Married
Dependants:
2 family members
Address:
KOLONG PAHAT
Employment History
Started: 15.6.46 (Age 17)
Position: Miner
Ended: 15.11.56
125 month(s) and 0 day(s)