SAMSUI WOMAN WITH STRAW HAT FETCHING WATER AT A CONSTRUCTION SITE. SHE BELONGS TO A DYING BREED OF WOMAN LABOURERS WHO MIGRATED FROM SOUTH CHINA. THEY ARE USUALLY DRESSED IN BLACK SAMFOO (CHINESE JACKET AND TROUSERS), THEIR UNBOUND FEET SHOD IN CRUDELY-MADE 'SANDALS' OF RUBBER TYRE PIECES AND ROPE AND THEIR CAREFULLY-OILED AND OFT SILVERY HAIR PLAITED INTO A PIGTAIL. BEFORE A DAY OF TOIL BEGINS, THEY COIL THE PIGTAILS SNUGLY BENEATH A SCARLET HEADCLOTH - A DEVICE TO KEEP THEIR HEAD CLEAN.
Samsui women are working within the compound of the Thian Hock Keng.
19/05/1978
PCD0503 - 0062
SPH/2005/035599/2/24
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