Kilat Senja by Prof Hadijah Rahmat (2005) is a seminal work on Singapura’s kampungs. It is a labour of love based on the author’s extensive fieldwork conducted in the 1980s. It contains information gleaned from her interviews with elderly residents and is thus a record of settlement and social histories of kampungs in Singapura that would otherwise have been lost entirely.
Cover of Hadijah Rahmat’s (2005) book Kilat Senja
The book provides information on numerous settlements and related pioneers/founders or influential figures, including:
- Kampung Bedok – the three settlement clusters
- Haji Kahar Palembang
- Haji Abdul Salam
- Tok Janggut, Johor Lama
- Aji, Sulawesi
- Kampung Sambau (Palmer Road), Tanjong Pagar
- Kampung Selat Sengkir & Telok Saga, Pulau Brani
- Kampung Siglap
- Penghulu Lasam (Pagar Ruyong)
- Geylang Serai, several streets and clusters
- Engku Aman
- Kampung Lorong Fatimah
- Fatimah bte Haron, JP
- Kampung Lorong Muallap (Teck Hock village and plantation)
- Yeo Teck Hock alias Mohd Ali bin Abdullah (Chinese-Muslim convert / muallaf)
- and several other settlements and related personalities.
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