A rickshaw puller and his customers

As a cheap yet efficient mode of transportation, rickshaws were popular in every stratum of society in Singapore. From shopkeepers, sailors and pedlars, to colonial officials, businessmen, housewives and schoolchildren, many looked to the rickshaw puller to send them to their destination.

 

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