Singapore Lifeline: The River and Its PeopleText is bilingual. Over the years, old timers of the Singapore river have stacked up a lifetime of memories; now, through personal interviews with the Oral History Department, many of their recountings have been recorded for posterity. They were the Hokkien and Teochew towkays, twakowmen, twakow owners, coolies and stevedores hardy people who worked on the river and made it a vital artery of trade for Singapore. From their experiences, and also