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 #051
NONG YING
Nationality:
KWANGSAI
Status:
MARRIED
Address:
NO.12 NORTH CANTON STREET
Employment History
Started: 13.4.48 (Age 42)
Position: TRUCKER → MINER
Ended: 26.9.52
53 month(s) and 13 day(s)
PROFILE #052
KAM LEH
Nationality:
KWANGSAI
Status:
SINGLE
Address:
MAIN STREET
Employment History
Started: 23.6.49 (Age 48)
Position: MINER → WATCHMAN
Ended: 20.10.67
219 month(s) and 27 day(s)
PROFILE #053
KUM SENG
Nationality:
KWANGSAI
Status:
MARRIED
Dependants:
3 family members
Address:
MYAH KONGSAI
Employment History
Started: 22.9.49 (Age 41)
Position: MINER
Ended: 19.12.49
2 month(s) and 27 day(s)
PROFILE #054
CHEONG KWONG
Nationality:
KWANGSAI
Status:
SINGLE
Address:
238 AYER TERJUN
Employment History
Started: 3.9.48 (Age 47)
Position: ALLUVIAL TIN WORKER → MINER
Ended: 27.12.58
123 month(s) and 24 day(s)
PROFILE #055
CHEONG PAK WAH
Nationality:
KWANGSAI
Status:
MARRIED
Address:
MYAH KONGSI NO.3
Employment History
Started: 5.4.50 (Age 30)
Position: GRASSCUTTER → LABOURER
Ended: 31.12.69
236 month(s) and 26 day(s)
PROFILE #056
CHIN KONG
Nationality:
Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Malay, Indian, Other
Status:
MARRIED
Dependants:
1 family members
Address:
NO.12 NORTH CANTON STREET
Employment History
Started: 9.4.49 (Age 41)
Position: MINER
Ended: 28.1.54
57 month(s) and 19 day(s)