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Interview with Raymond Wong

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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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