Chinese teenagers

Title

Chinese teenagers

Year/Period

c. 1950

Region

Singapore or Malaysia

Object Type

positives (photographs), photographic prints

Material

photographic paper, ink

Technique

photographic processes, photographic printing techniques

Dimension

Frame size: 8.6 x 6.5 cm,
Image size: 8.2 x 6 cm

Accession No.

1995-00873

Collection of

National Museum of Singapore

Credit Line

Gift of Ms. Mak Wai Har

Large-scale Chinese migration to Malaysia and Singapore occurred during the 1400s and continued until the 1950s. By the early 20th century, the new generation of Chinese who grew up in Malaya and Singapore no longer had any emotional ties to their parents’ or grandparents’ native country. Instead, they slowly integrated into the host society and eventually participated in the building of their new homelands.