Hiap Chuan Joo was one of the largest sawmill factories in Singapore. Located at Balestier it produced wooden crates used for beverages including Coca-Cola and Tiger Beer. Taken in the 1950s this photograph shows Ng Siew Hoo, second son of the owner of the factory, with a representative of the forklift factory posing with the sawmill's first forklift. Title devised by Library staff.

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All rights reserved. Helen Ng Bee Loon

Subjects

• Forklift trucks--Singapore--Photographs
• Sawmills--Singapore--Photographs
• Factories--Singapore--Photographs
• Businessmen--Singapore--Photographs