Reliving the cruelty of the Japanese Occupation

This is a collection of articles published in The Star to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the end of WWII

Sunday, July 10, 2005

A Japanese Christmas

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 10 July 2005 BY OOI KEAT GIN From the peninsula, Revisiting WWII moves over to Sarawak to find out...
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Saturday, July 09, 2005

Recording a bygone age

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 12 June 2005 BY PHILIP GOLINGAI Here’s another first-time novelist who’s embarking on a literary c...
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The big bluff that worked

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 19 June 2005 BY: MENG YEW CHOONG “My attack on Singapore was a bluff – a bluff that worked. I ha...
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Hiding out on Batam

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 19 June 2005 BY DR WONG HECK SING The war was going badly for the British. As more and more Singa...
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Days of tapioca

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 26 June 2005 BY PHILIP GOLINGAI Tapioca, when combined with other ingredients, can be made...
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Sunday, June 05, 2005

In love and in war

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star-5 June 2005 BY PHILIP GOLINGAI REVISITING WWII PHILIP GOLINGAI speaks to the Dankers who remembe...
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Sunday, May 29, 2005

Never seen again

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 29 May 2005 BY PHILIP GOLINGAI Kuan Chin has some banana money to remind him of the bad o...
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The bride cried for four days

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 29 May 2005 By PHILIP GOLINGAI THE first time Soh Siew Eng saw her husband, she cried for four d...
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School’s out – forever

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 29 May 2005 By PHILIP GOLINGAI A FEW months before the Japanese attacked Malaya in December 1941...
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Don’t mention the war

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 29 May 2005 By PHILIP GOLINGAI IN the coffee shops of Yong Peng, Johor, the hot topic among elde...
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Safe from crime but ...

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 29 May 2005 There was good news – albeit just a little – and there was bad news, plenty of it. PHILI...
Sunday, May 22, 2005

Rumblings of war

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 22 May 2005 BY PHILIP GOLINGAI THE rumblings of war came through the rumour mill in the mosque...
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Massaging information

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 22 May 2005 BY PHILIP GOLINGAI SANDWICHED between the Chop Kam Woh gift shop and wholesalers Hoo...

Amusement in grim times

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 22 May 2005 LIM Liou Wong's face wrinkles with amusement when he recalls the funfair where h...
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Desperate rearguard actions

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 22 May 2005 BY PAUL SI THE British did not put up a significant fight for Kuala Lumpur because t...
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Bitter memories, sweet revenge

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 22 May 2005 Last week, Revisiting WWII talked to people who remembered the hard times as the Jap...

Holding the fort

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 8 May 2005 Back in Alor Star, things were tense, too. TUNKU ISMAIL JEWA, grandson of the Sultan of...

War-time memories

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 1 May 2005 Written by: Bulbir Singh, Seremban THERE were interesting tales in Revisiting WWII...
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Fan of a hero

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 1 May 2005 HAROLD Speldewinde’s tales of World War II are often tributes to the late M. Saravana...
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When barbers became police chiefs

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 1 May 2005 AS a volunteer with the 3rd Battalion of the Straits Settlement Volunteer Force (SSVF...
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History preserved

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Source: "Lifestyle"-The Star- 1 May 2005 THE mighty British military fortress at Batu Maung was rendered impotent when the Bri...
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