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CH LEONG Aft Malt was called. 653. Chainnan.-What is your name ?-LEONG AH Molt. 654. You are No. I Blacksmith, Singapore Harbour Board?-Yes. 655. Are you a Cantonese?-Y ea. 656. What is your age ?-51. 657. How old were you when you first came here ?-20. 658. Have you been back to China at all ?-Yes, altogether about 4 times. 659. How many men have you got under you?-The average is about 40. 660. Are they al1 Cantonese ?-Yes. 661. Any opium smokers among them?-Yes, about 8 or 10 among the 40. 662. That is more opium smokers than the other No. I men of the Harbour Board have told us they have in their gangs. Why is that ?-I do not know. I only guess that is the number. Some live elsewhere, and I do not know if they smoke or not. 663. Can you ever tel1 an opium smoker by looking at him ?-Not exactly. 664. You can tel1 a "sot" but you cannot tell a person who Bmokes a few pipes?-Yes, those who take a few pulls at a pipe I could not tell. 665.. Do you find the opium smokers in your own gang work much worse than the non-smokers?-Yes, they are not so strong. 666. Blacksmith's work requires strength?-Yea. 667. Do the opium smokers have to throw off work because they have not the strength for it?-Yes, once in a way. 668. As a matter of fact, there is not very much difference between a man who smokes a few pipes and a man who does not smoke at al1? That is so. 669· You would not turn a man away because he smoked a little ? No. I would not. 670. Do you drink liquor?-Yes, very little. WI. Have you ever smoked opium ?-No. . 672. Was there much smoking of opium going on in China when you were last there ?-I have not been back for more than 10 years now. 67J. Why is that ?-I am unable to afford it. 674. Is that because you spend your money on drink ?-No. I have a family and my household expenses are large . .. This concluded LEONG Au MOK'S evidence.
C 45 WEE SIONG was called .. 675. Chairman.-What is your name ?-WEE SIONG. 676. What is your age ?-62. I 677. Are you a Hinhua ?-Yes. 678. Born in China?-Yes. 679. How long have you been in Singapore ?-I came to Singapore 22 years ago. 680. What work did you do in China ?-I was a hawker .. 681. What is your work now ?-'Rikisha owner. 682. You are a Siong Thau ?-Yes. 683. You do not own any 'rikishas really?-I own more than ·10 'rikishas myself; the rest belong to other 'rikisha pullers. 684. And you are Siong Thau for how mar.y?-Over 500. 685. Do you smoke opium yourself ?-No. 686. Have you never smoked a pipe in your life ?-No. 687. Do many 'rikisha coolies smoke opium ?-Yes. 688. How many out of 10 ?-3 or 4. 689. At the very most 4 in IO?-Yes 3 or 4. 690. Are there many Cantonese 'rikisha pullers ?-N ot at my place. 691. But in Singapore there are not many Cantonese 'rikisha pullers ?-I do not know how many there are. 692. Most of them are Hinhuas and Hockchias ?-Yes, Hinhuas and Hockchias form the bulk of the 'rikisha pullers. 693. How much does a 'rikisha puller make in a day?-On a good day he can earn $1 or even up to $1.50. 694. How much of that would an opium smoker spend on opium? About 50 to 60 cents a day for each person. 695. Where does he smoke ?-In a smoking den. 696. Do you mean in the coolie depot or in a smoking shop ?-Some smoke in a den and some in a coolie house. 697. Do you own a depot yourself ?-Yes. 698. Have you got any opium divans in your depot ?-No. 699. Well, then, a coolie who wants to smoke in your depot, what does he do, just lie in his ordinary cubicle ?-Coolies who live in my depot do not smoke there. 700. How many does your depot provide for?-I have 28 coolies in my depot.· 701. Dr. Galloway.-Where do they smoke ?-They smoke in an opium smoking shop. 702. Do you know how many of the 28 in your depot go to the smoking shops ?-2 of them. 703. Chairman.-Do 'rikisha pullers often go back to China?-Those who do not smoke go back to China often; but smokers cannot afford to go back often.
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