Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Charmaine Leung grew up along Keong Saik Road in the 1970s and early 1980s, her house next to the brothel which her mother operated. She tells us about the pei pa zai who worked in the entertainment houses, the transition to a red-light district after the war and some of the women who worked in the brothels.

Charmaine Leung, 17A Keong Saik Road: A Personal Story,

https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/17a-keong-saik-road

Take Charmaine Leung’s audio tour of Keong Saik Road:

https://www.klook.com/activity/117053-untold-stories-singapore-red-light-district-keong-saik-road/

00:00 Introduction

02:30 15A & 17A Keong Saik Road

11:04 Pei Pa Zai & Entertainment Houses

19:21 Transition to A Red-Light District

26:02 The Sex Workers

34:18 My Parents

38:48 The Brothel Business

42:45 Finding Out & Coming to Terms

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, a people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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