Mr Praphakaran a/l K. R. Narayanan (1954) Accession number: SW1502 Track Number: SW1502_0001, SW1502_0002, SW1502_0003, SW1502_0004 Duration: 01:59:27 Language/Dialect: Malay
Track: SW1502_0001 Time frame: 00:00:00 - 00:10:00 Synopsis:
Lahir di Perak pada tahun 1954. Latar belakang ibu bapa. Pendidikan. Berpindah ke Pulau Pinang pada tahun 1973 untuk bekerja di Majlis Daerah Luar Bandar. Kawasan yang dirangkumi oleh Majlis Daerah Luar Bandar. Menjadi penyelia pasar sewaktu mula bekerja. Syarat kelayakan kerja. Proses permohonan kerja. Tempat tinggal di Pulau Pinang. Melaporkan diri di Dewan Bandaraya pada hari pertama bekerja.
Track: SW1502_0001 Time frame: 00:10:00 - 00:20:00 Synopsis:
Menghuraikan pakaian seragam kerja. Tugas pada hari pertama bekerja. Orang yang membimbing beliau dalam kerja. Menghuraikan kursus kerja. Bertukar daripada bertugas di Pasar Air Itam ke Pasar Chowrasta. Bagaimana syif pekerja ditentukan. Pengagihan kawasan kerja antara pekerja. Kawasan George Town yang pernah bertugas. Bidang tugas. Aduan yang pernah diterima.
Track: SW1502_0001 Time frame: 00:20:00 - 00:31:03 Synopsis:
Teruskan huraian aduan yang diterima di Jalan Tamil dan cara mengendalikannya. Menghuraikan keadaan dahulu di George Town yang banyak dihuni oleh penduduk tempatan. Sejarah kedai kain pelikat yang diduduki sekarang. Kes-kes yang dikendalikan sebagai penyelia pasar. Kesalahan lazim di Pasar Chowrasta. Tindakan yang diambil jika didapati bersalah. Pihak yang membuat aduan. Aduan yang biasa diterima dan tindakan yang diambil. Membandingkan jumlah pekerja kerajaan dan penjaja di Pasar Chowrasta pada masa dahulu dan masa kini. Menghuraikan susun atur Pasar Chowrasta.
Teruskan huraian tentang susun atur Pasar Chowrasta. Pembahagian tugas di Pasar Chowrasta. Hari cuti. Tempat orang ramai membuat aduan. Kekerapan menerima aduan. Aktiviti pada hari cuti. Menghuraikan kejadian di Sungai Ara yang mana seorang penyembelih ayam mengambil pisau apabila siasatan dijalankan ke atas dia. Rintangan kerja yang dihadapi di Pasar Chowrasta dan cara penyelesaian. Cara menguji penyakit Hepatitis B.
Track: SW1502_0002 Time frame: 00:10:00 - 00:20:00 Synopsis:
Teruskan huraian mengenai penyakit Hepatitis B. Langkah berjaga untuk mengelakkan penyakit ini. Menghuraikan pengalaman mendapat demam kuning sebelum suntikan dibuat. Penyakit lain di George Town. Bidang tugas beliau dalam mengelakkan penyakit-penyakit ini. Masalah tikus di George Town. Track: SW1502_0002 Time frame: 00:20:00 - 00:31:03
Synopsis:
Kerja pemeriksaan parit. Bidang kuasa penyelia pasar dahulu dengan sekarang dalam pengeluaran saman. Kadar dendaan. Kes penjajaan tanpa lesen di Lebuh Tamil. Tabiat penjaja di Chowrasta yang suka membuang sampah. Masalah gerai ayam yang banyak di Pasar Chowrasta. Sebab masalah sampah yang banyak tidak dapat diatasi pada masa dahulu. Menerangkan prosedur kerja.
Track: SW1502_0003 Time frame: 00:00:00 - 00:10:00 Synopsis:
Penguatkuasaan undang-undang dahulu dan sekarang. Kerjasama antara Majlis Daerah dengan Jabatan Kesihatan. Prosedur kerja penyelia pasar sekarang. Kesalahan penjaja yang pernah ditemui sewaktu bertugas di Padang Kota Lama. Pembahagian kerja pembersihan di Pasar Chowrasta.
Track: SW1502_0003 Time frame: 00:10:00 - 00:20:00 Synopsis:
Teruskan huraian mengenai kerja pembersihan. Ketidakpuasan pekerja, peniaga dan orang awam yang berlaku di Chowrasta. Bagaimana pengagihan tugas harian antara pekerja dibuat. Tempat yang biasa bersarapan pagi. Pengangkutan ke tempat kerja. Menghuraikan suasana pagi di Pasar Chowrasta. Track: SW1502_0003 Time frame: 00:20:00 - 00:31:03
Synopsis:
Gerai-gerai yang berdekatan dengan Pasar Chowrasta. Menghuraikan keadaan di George Town pada zaman 80-an. Rutin kerja. Tempat makan. Cara pembayaran makanan. Berkahwin pada tahun 1985. Rutin harian selepas berkahwin. Menjadi pekerja di kedai kain pelikat selepas bersara.
Track: SW1502_0004 Time frame: 00:00:00 - 00:10:00 Synopsis:
Menghuraikan bagaimana beliau menjadi seorang pekerja di kedai kain pelikat. Mula membantu di Kedai Nasional Pelikat sewaktu bujang lagi. Negara pengeluar kain pelikat. Harga kain pelikat. Pelanggan. Sebab kain pelikat sekarang mengecap lambang kuda.
Track: SW1502_0004 Time frame: 00:10:00 - 00:20:00 Synopsis:
Sebab semakin kurang orang membeli kain pelikat. Cap yang digunakan oleh negeri masing-masing. Kain untuk pergi haji. Tempat simpan barang. Pengangkutan yang digunakan untuk menghantar barang. Orang yang biasa pakai kain pelikat. Musim yang banyak orang membeli kain pelikat. Track: SW1502_0004 Time frame: 00:20:00 - 00:26:18
Synopsis:
Pelanggan yang datang membeli kain pelikat. Menghuraikan sejarah perniagaan kedai pelikat tersebut. Kerja di kedai pelikat pada masa dahulu dan sekarang. Cara mengeksport kain pelikat.
Accession number: SW1502
Track Number: SW1502_0001, SW1502_0002, SW1502_0003, SW1502_0004 Duration: 01:59:27
Language/Dialect: Malay
Track: SW1502_0001 Time frame: 00:00:00 - 00:10:00 Synopsis:
Born in Perak in 1954. Parents’ background. Education. Moved to Penang in 1973 to work in the Rural District Council. Areas covered by the Rural District Council. Became a market supervisor when first started working. Job requirement. Job application process. Places he had stayed in Penang. Reported at City Hall on the first day of work.
Track: SW1502_0001 Time frame: 00:10:00 - 00:20:00 Synopsis:
Described work uniform. Task given on the first day of work. Person who guided him at work. Described training courses. Shifted to work from Air Itam market to Chowrasta market. How the working shifts were decided. The working areas division amongst colleagues. Areas in George Town he had worked in. Job scope. Complaints received.
Track: SW1502_0001 Time frame: 00:20:00 - 00:31:03 Synopsis:
Continued with the complaints received in Tamil Road and way to handle them. Described the situation in George Town in the past when it was much populated by local residents. History of the sarung shop where he stayed. Cases handled as a market supervisor. Common misconducts at Chowrasta market. Action taken if found guilty. Complainants. Common complaints received and action taken. Compared the numbers of government staff and hawkers at Chowrasta market in the old days and now. Described the layout of Chowrasta market.
Track: SW1502_0002 Time frame: 00:00:00 - 00:10:00 Synopsis:
Continued with the description on the layout of Chowrasta market. Distribution of work at Chowrasta market. Day off. Places to lodge complaints. Frequency of receiving complaints. Activities on off days. Described an incident in Sungai Ara in which a chicken butcher took a knife when investigation was carried out on him/her. Obstacles at work in Chowrasta market and the solution. Hepatitis B testing method.
Track: SW1502_0002 Time frame: 00:10:00 - 00:20:00 Synopsis:
Continued with the description on Hepatitis B. Precautions against the disease. Described getting yellow fever before getting injected. Other diseases in George Town. His job scopes in preventing the diseases. Rat problem in George Town.
Track: SW1502_0002 Time frame: 00:20:00 - 00:31:03 Synopsis:
Drain checking. The market supervisor’s authority then and now in issuing summons. Fine rates. Cases of trading without license in Tamil Street. The habit of Chowrasta market hawkers who liked to litter. The problem with large number of chicken stalls at Chowrasta market. Reason of not being able to tackle the problem of huge amount of garbage in the past. Explained working procedures.
Track: SW1502_0003 Time frame: 00:00:00 - 00:10:00 Synopsis:
Law enforcement then and now. Collaboration between the council and the health department. The current working procedures of a market supervisor. Misconduct of hawker found at Padang Kota Lama. Cleaning job distribution at Chowrasta market.
Track: SW1502_0003 Time frame: 00:10:00 - 00:20:00 Synopsis:
Continued with cleaning job description. Dissatisfaction amongst workers, hawkers and general public taken place at Chowrasta market. How the daily work distribution was carried out. Usual place for breakfast. Transportation to work. Described morning atmosphere at Chowrasta market.
Stalls around Chowrasta market. Described George Town in the 80’s. Work routine. Place to have meals. Paying method for food. Married in 1985. Daily routine after marriage. Became a worker at a sarung shop after retirement.
Track: SW1502_0004 Time frame: 00:00:00 - 00:10:00 Synopsis:
Described how he became a worker at sarung shop. Beginning to help in Nasional Pelikat Shop when he was still a bachelor. Sarung producing countries. Its price. Customers. Why sarung at present were stamped with a horse symbol.
Track: SW1502_0004 Time frame: 00:10:00 - 00:20:00 Synopsis:
Why there were lesser people buying sarung. Trademarks used in different states. Cloth for pilgrimage. Transportation used for goods delivery. People who usually wore sarung. Peak season for sarung business.
Track: SW1502_0004 Time frame: 00:20:00 - 00:26:18 Synopsis:
Walk-in customers who bought sarung. Described the history of the sarung shop. His work at sarung shop in the old days and now. Way to export sarung.
