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Chinese smoking opium. Opium was first recorded in Singapore by a written document that recorded Stamford Raffles gifting opium to a local ruler in 1819 to establish Singapore. [1] Opium then became accessible through trading in the 19th century. [2] It was one of the most traded goods along the Sea Trade route after the end of the Opium Wars.
Kiong Kong Tuan held the revenue farms for opium in the 1830s, and also for spirits. He had a spirit factory at Pearl's Hill, and the site was known among the Chinese as Chiu-long-san ("Spirit Factory Hill"). [1] [2] He was known to have held the opium and spirit farms in 1848, [3] and was the last opium farmer in Singapore. [4]
On 28 December 1995, 82-year-old opium addict Ng Gee Seh (黄于成 Huáng Yúchéng), alias Ng Ee Seng, was found murdered in his flat at North Bridge Road, Singapore.Ng, who worked as a ragpicker, was slashed to death on the neck by his attacker, who surrendered himself days after the brutal killing.
Production of methamphetamine in the region has also surged in recent years, outpacing heroin and opium. Singapore’s anti-drug czar claims strict punishment serves as a deterrent to drug ...
Cheang was born to Cheang Sam Teo, a Chinese migrant from the Changtai District of southern Fujian, China.He was the eldest of four sons born to his mother Bek E Neo. When his father died, his brother Cheang Hong Guan filed a lawsuit against Cheang (and against Wee Bock Seng, Low Thuan Locke and Tan Beng Chie) alleging forgery of his father's
The Misuse of Drugs Act 1973 is a statute of the Parliament of Singapore that enables authorities to prosecute offenders for crimes involving illegal drugs.The law is designed specifically to grant the Government of Singapore, through its agencies such as the Central Narcotics Bureau, enforcement powers to combat offences such as the trafficking, importation or exportation, possession, and ...
Together, they established the Anti-Opium Society in 1906. Yin also established a refuge centre for opium addicts. [2] He was also a member of the Municipal Commission of Singapore and advocated for supplying ignorant coolies in the dispensaries on Victoria Street and Wayang Street with quinine as an experiment. He unsuccessfully campaigned for ...
Reflections at Bukit Chandu is a World War II interpretive centre developed and managed by the National Archives of Singapore, located on Bukit Chandu (Malay for "Opium Hill") off Pasir Panjang Road in Singapore. The centre was officially opened by Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan on 15 February 2002. This date also marks the 60th ...