Leisure & Entertainment

Source A: A photo taken in Nationl Museum

Description: Two coolies smoking opium

From Source A, I can tell that the Chinese coolies of Colonial Singapore smoke opium as their entertainment.This can be seen from the picture which shows two coolies smoking opium. Most of the coolies use their savings on opium. Since coolies do laborious jobs, they have muscle aches everywhere. They believe that opium can relief severe pains. However, the coolies started to get addicted to opium and started treating it as a necessary part of their lives.

Source B: "China Street was known for its numerous gambling dens." ~ quote from History textbook. 

Description: A group of  Chinese gambling

From Source B, I can tell that many of the Chinese went to China Street to gamble as a form of entertainment/leisure and this can be seen from the photo provided which shows a group of Chinese men gambling. The men who come to gamble use up their savings to gamble and if they do lose, they might end up bankrupt. Furthermore, gambling can be addictive. Thus, this means that the Chinese men who gambled and lost might have led miserable lives because they ended up bankrupt and were unable to resist the temptation to gamble. 

Source C: A picture of brothels along Kreta Ayer

There were cabarets and brothels that were open all night long. They serve as a way of destressing. These chinese immigrants drank and got prostitutes. There were licensed and unlicensed prostitutes. Most of the unlicensed prostitutes were Cantonese who were either sold at young age or were born and brought up in Singapore. These were not cheap and they lost all their earnings and probably owe others money.