Si Jing’s old apartment at Boon Tiong Road

Title
Si Jing’s old apartment at Boon Tiong Road
Year/Period
1950s-1960s
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Object size: L:8.5cm W:6.1cm
Accession No.
2002-00863-081
Credit Line
Gift of Wu Sijing

The ground-floor unit (with curtains) was Si Jing’s home at one time. Si Jing (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.