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 #045

PHOON OY

PHOON OY
Nationality: Kwangsai
Status: Single
Address: NO.14 CANTON STREET
Employment History
Started: 27.11.52 (Age 33)
Position: Labourer → Miner
Ended: 12.3.55
27 month(s) and 13 day(s)
PROFILE #046

SENG

SENG
Nationality: Kwangsai
Status: Married
Dependants: 4 family members
Address: KAMPONG AYER TERJUN
Employment History
Started: 16.4.49 (Age 33)
Position: Miner
Ended: 31.1.71
261 month(s) and 15 day(s)
PROFILE #047

PHOON LOY

PHOON LOY
Nationality: Kwangsai
Status: Married
Dependants: 2 family members
Address: NO.10 NORTH CANTON STREET
Employment History
Started: 11.3.54 (Age 52)
Position: Miner → Trucker
Ended: 14.10.67
163 month(s) and 3 day(s)
PROFILE #048

PHOON KAI

PHOON KAI
Nationality: Kwangsai
Status: Married
Address: NO.14 NORTH CANTON STREET
Employment History
Started: 1.9.48 (Age 39)
Position: Charcoal Burner → Skoper
Ended: 26.6.52
45 month(s) and 25 day(s)
PROFILE #049

LEE KEE

LEE KEE
Nationality: Kwangsai
Status: Married
Dependants: 6 family members
Address: JERAM TAKA
Employment History
Started: 4.11.47 (Age 48)
Position: Trucker → Miner
Ended: 25.4.57
113 month(s) and 21 day(s)
PROFILE #050

PHOON CHEE

PHOON CHEE
Nationality: Kwangsai
Status: Married
Dependants: 4 family members
Address: NORTH CANTON STREET
Employment History
Started: 27.11.52 (Age 38)
Position: Labourer → Miner
Ended: 23.9.59
81 month(s) and 27 day(s)