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Secret societies in Singapore: featuring the William Stirling Collection

by  Irene Lim / W. G Stirling

Table Of Contents

  • A brief history of secret societies in Singapore: history background
  • Tiandihui: root of the Ghee Hin Kongsi
  • The arrival of the Chinese in Singapore
  • Ghee Hin Kongsi: the first secret society in Singapore
  • The economic dominance of the Ghee Hin Kongsi
  • Rivalry and struggle: the proliferation of secret societies from the 1840s
  • Riots: thd clash of the secret societies
  • Policing the secret societies
  • Supperssion and a rise in gangsterism
  • A final clamp down
  • Introduction to the William Stirling Collection
  • The collection: Alter Paraphernalia
  • Seals
  • Membership certificates, notices, forms and receipts
  • Illustrations and folios

Subject

Tongs (Secret societies) / Triads (Gangs) / Organized crime

Details

Published Singapore : National Heritage Board, Singapore History Museum, 1999
Language English
Material 109 p.
ISBN 9813018798
Location
HV 6439 .S5 L732 1999
TCDC Bangkok - Closed Stack

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