AUDIO
Interview with Raymond Wong
- Date
- 5 April 2003 - 05 Apr 2003
- By
- Wong, Raymond Ling Yui, 1911-2009
- Reference
- OHInt-0747-10
- Description
Interview with Raymond Wong, born in Wellington in 1911. Talks about family life in New Zealand and being sent to China for further education at the age of 14. Refers to his training and employment as a radio officer on coastal ships for a British company in Hong Kong. Mentions meeting his New Zealand-born wife Betty in China, marrying her in 1935, then returning to New Zealand. Discusses his father having returned earlier and set up another fruit and vegetable shop in Cuba Street and working for the family business (Wong Tong and Sons) which he joined when he came back. Comments about working in the green grocers markets and moving to Nelson in 1954 where he joined another family firm. Talks about his father's choice to immigrate to New Zealand, family experiences as Chinese immigrants and reflects on his cultural identity as a Chinese New Zealander.
Interviewer(s) - Kitty Chang
Arrangement: Tape numbers - OHC-014101
Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 interview(s). 30 Minutes Duration.
Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5057.
Colour ink jet print image of Raymond Wong and his wife (no date).
Search dates: 1911 - 2003
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Lisening copies available at OHLC-008036 to OHLC-008037
- Use/Reproduction
- Public use of the Interview requires the written permission of the interviewee. Public use may also require the written permission of the copyright holder. Copyright: Copyright held by the Tung Jung Association of New Zealand
- Access restrictions
- Restricted - Content cannot be accessed without permission - Access requires written permission of the interviewee
- Part of
- Tung Jung oral history project
- Format
- 1 C90 cassette(s), 1 printed abstract(s), 1 interview(s), 30 Minutes Duration, Oral histories, Illustration: Colour ink jet print image of Raymond Wong and his wife (no date).
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Interview with Raymond Wong, printed abstract
Date: 5 April 2003
From: Tung Jung oral history project
Reference: OHA-5057
Description: Interviewer(s) - Kitty Chang Quantity: 1 printed abstract(s). Colour ink jet print (no date). Image of Raymond Wong and his wife.
Interview with Raymond Wong, tape one
Date: 5 April 2003
From: Tung Jung oral history project
Reference: OHC-014101
Description: Arrangement: Tape sequence - 1 of 1 Quantity: 1 C90 cassette(s). Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-5057.