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Karikal Lane houses : general view [3]

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This 1986 photograph shows Karikal Lane with terraced houses along one side. A grove of trees can be seen at the far end of the photograph. Title devised by Library staff.

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All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

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A kiss of good wishes for the future from Joan Cornelius to her brother Mervyn at his 27th birthday party at Karikal Lane, near East Coast Road
[ON MONDAY NIGHT, MADAM CHAN WAS WASHING HER FACE AT A SINK IN THE HALL. THE TWO BOYS, LYE WOO AND KOK HOO WERE SHARING A NEWSPAPER. A NEIGHBOUR, MISS MARY LIM AND A LODGER, MISS MAGARET LIM WERE IN THE HALL. SUDDENLY THREE MEN APPEARED IN THE HALL. THEY HELD THE HOUSEHOLD AT BAY WITH A REVOLVER AND A DAGGER. THE THUGS GAGGED AND BLINDFOLDED THE TWO BOYS. WHEN THE KIDNAPPERS TRIED TO TAKE AWAY LYE WOO, MADAM CHAN ANGRILY POUNCED ON TWO OF THE MEN. IN THE STRUGGLE, ONE THUG STABBED HER ON THE ARM WITH A DAGGER. THE KIDNAPPERS LEFT BY THE BACK DOOR AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE BACK LANE.] THE HOUSE IN KARIKAL LANE, SCENE OF THE KIDNAPPING.