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About This Image:
Labourers, also known as coolies, were commonly employed for strenuous manual labour and physically demanding tasks, such as loading and unloading cargo. In early Singapore, it was a frequent sight to see these workers carrying gunny sacks filled with goods near the Singapore River. The goods were loaded from a tongkang (a bumboat) onto a lorry that would transport them to warehouses for storage.
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Transport , Cultural and Historical Sites , Pre-Independence , Livelihoods