BUMBOATS BERTHED AT BOAT QUAY ALONG SINGAPORE RIVER
Bumboats (also known as tongkangs in Malay) berthed at Boat Quay along Singapore River, which were used principally to transport cargo between ships in the outer harbour and godowns along the river. They were mostly operated by Indians until 1900 when Chinese Hokkiens and Teochews took over the trade and named their bumboats "twakows" after their dialect.
1942-1945
19980005838 - 0119
96,023/05
142497
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Singapore Federation of Chinese Clan Associations Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore

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Bumboats (also known as tongkangs in Malay) berthed at Boat Quay along Singapore River, which were used principally to transport cargo between ships in the outer harbour and godowns along the river. They were mostly operated by Indians until 1900 when Chinese Hokkiens and Teochews took over the trade and named their bumboats "twakows" after their dialect.

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