Final Project

In this project, i am interviewing Mr.Lim, 57 years old, a retired man who loves photography. He had shared his memories back to 1980's at Cheras, as well as his esperiences during May 13, 1969. The photo above is Mr.Lim, the first time he bought his car.

May 13, 1969

According to Mr.Lim, when the May 13 incident took place in Kl, he was actually at Kota Tinggi, staying at his Malay friend's house. He said that, during his time at Kota Tinggi, they were ordered to be quarantined, somewhat like what was described in our history books on the "Darurat" situation. Everyone was fear and panic.

Mr.Lim's graduation photo in 1970's in ITK; Mr Lim (count from right, 3rd person)

Apart from that, he mentioned that, in Kl, when he studied at Institut Teknik Kebangsaan (ITK) in 1970’s, which is now known as UTM in Kuala Lumpur, there weren’t much problem with Malays and Chinese around his institute. The Malays and the Chinese was friend and they didn’t border about the incident. There wasn’t fight and conflicts aroused among the Malay and the Chinese in the institute. He explained that it might due to the fact that they were all students and did not border much about the politics. He didn’t see any killings between Malays and Chinese, probably most of the killings happened at Raja Chow Kit and other areas around there. He said, at that time, his parents were busying stocking canned food and rice. As for him, he was still go to campus and mixed around with his Malay friends. He added, in that time, even though Malays hated Chinese, and Chinese hated Malays, he was still being friends with his Malays friends and he even learn Jawi from that. He said that at that time, the BM paper was divided into 2 categories, which were one for the Malays and another for the non-Malays. He passed the paper.

Development in Cheras in 1980's

According to him, Cheras has developed a lot. He said that, in 1980’s, there was a dumping site which was located very near to his house, and now it has become a commercial area and surprisingly buses crowd around that area nowadays. He mentioned that during 1980’s, it was very difficult to get a bus at Taman Megah. Due to this, his eldest son had to walk approximately two kilometers to his school in Perimbun. According to Mr. Lim, in 1980’s, he often dining out with his family every weekend at Taman Connaught and Taman Midah. And now UCSI had brought the sudden development of the commercial area in Taman Connaught. Before UCSI was built, there was less shop lots and less crowded as compare to now. According to him, he used to bring his children to the Taman Connaught playground in 1980’s. He had a picture of his first daughter who played happily at the playground.

His first daughter at Taman Connaught playground in 1980's; his house was just at the back

Taman Connaught playground now

His house now

His Student Life in ITK

He said, when he was studying in the ITK, the female Malays teachers didn’t wear scarf (tudung). And now, it has become a rule for Malay students to wear scarf. In his opinions, he thinks that they should have their own freedom to do what they want instead of making it a rule. Apart from that, during the recess time, his Malays friends would sit with him and eat together, regardless of whether he ate pork or any non-halal food.