Early stage of tin mining industry in then Malaya was dependent on manual labour. Photo by Foong Pek Yee.
THEY braved 10 to 15 days of sailing in search of living in a new land.
Those who survived the journey had to undergo quarantine on an island off Singapore for a few days before getting deployed to work in the tin mines in Perak.
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