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 #013

CHING YU

Nationality: HAKKA
Status: SINGLE
Address: 9. NORTH CANTON STREET
Employment History
Started: 5.5.52 (Age 65)
Position: MINER
Ended: 31.10.66
173 month(s) and 26 day(s)
PROFILE #014

CHONG FOOK LIN

Nationality: HAKKA
Status: SINGLE
Address: 454, KOLONG PAHAT
Employment History
Started: 25.2.49 (Age 49)
Position: TRUCKER → MINER
Ended: 25.5.52
36 month(s) and 0 day(s)
PROFILE #015

CHONG KAM

Nationality: HAKKA
Status: SINGLE
Address: SUNGEI RIMAU
Employment History
Started: 3.5.48 (Age 67)
Position: TALLYMAN
Ended: 31.5.54
72 month(s) and 28 day(s)
PROFILE #016

CHONG LIM

Nationality: HAKKA
Status: MARRIED
Dependants: 6 family members
Address: K33, KONGSI NEAR POLICE STATION
Employment History
Started: 17.3.48 (Age 41)
Position: SURFACE LABOURER → MINER
Ended: 25.4.68
241 month(s) and 8 day(s)
PROFILE #017

CHONG NGEE

Nationality: HAKKA
Status: MARRIED
Dependants: 6 family members
Address: 348, KAMPONG SEBRANG
Employment History
Started: 30.8.47 (Age 42)
Position: WOOD CUTTER → MINER
Ended: 15.12.52
63 month(s) and 15 day(s)
PROFILE #018

KOO SIAN KUNG

Nationality: HAKKA
Status: SINGLE
Address: 303, KAMPONG SUNGEI BLAT
Employment History
Started: 3.11.51 (Age 19)
Position: MINER
Ended: 23.4.52
5 month(s) and 20 day(s)