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This is a “Dark Heritage” tour – meaning this tour carries a dark history that some of us may well want to forget. We shouldn’t.
Comfort women is a subject well-known (and well-spoken) in some countries like South Korea and elsewhere. In Singapore, this subject may well be a taboo – but, really, it shouldn’t be.
It happened right here in Singapore too – From Teo Hong Road, all the way to Jalan Jurong Kechil – and all the way down to Pulau Blakang Mati.
“Sook Ching” is a term well-taught in schools, but “comfort women” is rarely mentioned. Even “infant massacre” receives more exposure – especially on Battle of Singapore tours.
As time rages on, most comfort women are passing on. Indeed, most comfort women have passed on! The world has barely but a few of these ageing ladies left. So that we may learn, it is important that we remember these dark days.
Our tour today will focus on where, how, why and what they did do before, during and after the war. The catalyst for this tour is Professor Kevin Blackburn’s book “Comfort women of Singapore” (which is just recently released).
On our tour, we’ll pay our respects to the late Kim Bok-Dong who once worked as a “comfort woman” right here in Singapore.
Meet me at 9am at Outram Park MRT, Exit H, on Saturday, 18th February 2023. This tour will end at one of the former “comfort houses” (where soldiers used to take their turn at the comfort women) at Jalan Jurong Kechil. It may sound sinister – and it was…
Note:
• We do the worldwide practice of tipping at the end of the tour.
• We also reserve the right to accept or reject habitual late cancellations and No Shows.