Si Jing and her son

Si Jing (the pen name of Ng Soo Lui) was a prolific female writer in the Chinese community. Born in Singapore in 1934, she has written extensively on her childhood and life in Chinatown. Si Jing married her childhood sweetheart, Huang Da Li, in July 1952. Together, they had three children. Si Jing is wearing a silk cheongsam, which is a tight-fitting, one-piece Chinese dress with short sleeves and a mandarin collar. This photograph is part of the donor’s personal photograph collection.

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Si Jing’s first son

Si Jing, her husband Huang Da Li and their son at a park

Si Jing, her husband Huang Da Li with their son, and daughter-in-law

Si Jing’s second son, Hooe Wai, and a ‘majie’, Sister Cui, on his second birthday