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This is a photograph of a rural scene at Lorong Tai Seng showing a Chinese boy, catching fish with a net. In the background, there are attap houses nestling among coconut trees. It was once a Chinese kampong near Paya Lebar. Photograph donated by Tan Que Seng and displayed at Heritage Roadshow 2007. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2007. The original work (c) Tan Que Seng.
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