Reflection : kaiboon

Our blog is badly done.I think we should improve on our group particpation and the editing of our posts.We also do not have our scripes and our storyboard posted.I think this made us fail the project by jus a few marks.
We are now going to do more posting and we will try to put our storyboard on the blog as soon as possible.We can also improve on our grup particpation by reminding each other to do their own job in the project.
We are also trying very hard now to find more information of our topic as we had visited most of the websites and we had no more ideas of what we can do research on.

Roles on trip to fort siloso

wei xiang is in charge of taking photo of information for people suffering under japanese rule.

wei xiang is in charge of taking video of information of how singapore people were treated.

kaiboon is in charge in editing video and picture.

eulo is to help out in making sound effect for the video.

zhi bing and wong hao help to take note of what the guy were explain of the cannon,how they work and place that were important to singapore when japanese invade.

meng hock is in charge of the presentation.

The "Chop" of Life

This must have been the most treasured item during the Japanese Occupation. Without it, you might have to die.
Troops of the Japanese Imperial Army would conduct spot-checks. The people had no way of knowing whether they would be given security clearance. If they were cleared, they would get this rectangular mark.
If it had been a triangular mark, they would be taken away and killed.

Some had the mark printed on their clothes. The printed area would then be cut and carried around wherever they went.
Others had their arms or legs marked.
Some people would go for months without bathing for fear that the marks would be washed away.

Skyrocketing prices

The scarcity of goods sent prices sky-rocketing. The table below show how different prices were just before - and after the war broke out.


items -------------------------1941($) ------------------1945($)
Rice -
1 picul (about 60.5kg) ----------5- -----------------------5000

Egg - 1 dozen----------------- 0.24----------------------- 120

Quinine powder--------------- 1.50------------------------ 15

Shophouse---------------- 5000-6000------------- 160000-250000

During the War

During the war , ration cards were often the only way to get food. However, the quality of food was not always good. Rice had weevils and stones in them.

One of the most serious problems during the Occupation was food shortage.
The people of Singapore were encouraged to grow their own vegetables.
In addition, the Japanese also issued ration cards to control supplies of rice and other essential items.
You could not get any provisions from shops if you did not have this ration card.
Each adult was given a ration of 4.8kg of rice per month and each child 2.4kg. This amount was subsequently reduced to 3.6kg per month for adults.
Even then, these ran out before long.

some pictures of sook ching

this pictures are found in google of the japanese occupation in singapore(sook ching). this means that chinese were killed cruely without any reason .

Sook Ching massacre

The Sook Ching massacre was a systematic extermination of perceived hostile elements among the chinese in singapore by the japanese military during the japanese occupation of singapore, after the british colony surrendered in the battlefield of sinapore on 15 februay 1942 during world war 2. Sook Ching was later extended to include chinese and malayan. The massacre took place from february 18 to march 4 1942 at various places. The term Sook Ching is a Chinese word meaning "a purge through cleansing". At the time, the japanese also described the massacre as such (it was referred to as the Kakyoshukusei lit, or "purging of Chinese"). The Japanese also referred to it as the Shingapōru Daikensho. "great inspection of Singapore".
Although the term "Sook Ching" appeared as early as 1946, it was not commonly used in the Chinese press or other publications until the 1980s. It is not clear whether it was the Japanese or Chinese who first used Sook Ching/shukusei, which is in both languages.
The current Japanese term for the massacre is Shingapōru Kakyoshuyakusatsujiken lit. " Singapore Chinese massacre".