Primary research - location

The old 'Chinatown' was around the Hason street/Frederick street area and was known as the city slums around the late 19th/early and mid 20th century. Rumours spread about the area and newspapers spread fear about this gambling drug den that will sell your women and eat your children. 'Stay away!' the public warned. Upon deeper research if this wasn't already obvious, the residential area was mostly home to working families who studied and work hard. There was a game they played similar to the lotto which became so popular it attracted people from all over the country. And there was probably opium use which the police used as an excuse to ransack and raid homes. 

I went to the area and luckily the first thing I found was an information board explaining that only three buildings still stood of the original area, so I went around finding these places. I believe all the other buildings of the time were poorly made wooden shacks which didn't last long and needed to be demolished, whereas the few that still stood were made of concrete or plaster. 

Also like T-Wei's dragon even more now that I realise it's nodding to both the memorial park with it's poppies and the old Chinatown 

I found the plague dedicated to Joe Kum Yung as well