Samsui Women
'From the Sansui Province, China, we emigrate young and
frugal,
To the Lion City in Nanyang, we labour and struggle.
To seek employment and fortune for our families
We toil and sweat and witness the building
Of Singapore, our pride and future.'
The figures, carved from solid dusky-pink granite with rough
textured finishing, reflects the hardship and preseverance of these
tough women during the 1950's and 1960's.
Professor Liu Jilin, June 1999
