Keong Saik Rd Gift Bundle

A very special gift bundle for your history-buff friends consisting of one 100% silk twill Keong Saik Road scarf and one copy of 17a Keong Saik Road by Charmaine Leung - presented in an exclusive gift box. 

17a Keong Saik Road is a beautiful dedication to the past, to memory, and to the people who have gone before us, it tells the rich stories of the Ma Je, the Pei Pa Zai, and the Dai Gu Liong - marginalised, forgotten women of the past, who despite their difficulties, persevered in working towards the hope of a better future.

17a recounts Charmaine Leung's growing-up years on Keong Saik Road in the 1970s when it was a prominent red light precinct in Chinatown Singapore. An interweaving of past and present narratives, 17A Keong Saik Road tells of her mother's journey as a young child put up for sale to becoming the madame of a brothel in Keong Saik. Unfolding her story as the daughter of a brothel operator and witnessing these changes to her family, Charmaine traces the transformation of the Keong Saik area from the 1930s to the present, and through writing, finds reconciliation (Ethos books).

Let your friend get immersed in this story-telling gift!