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Historic Chikan Post Office exhibit showing vintage mailboxes, remittance-themed artwork, and old postal signage—symbolizing how letters connected Singapore migrants with Wuyi families.

Letters Across the South China Sea: How Singapore Connected Wuyi Families for Over a Century

The Letter That Traveled 2,600 Kilometers Imagine standing on Telok Ayer Street in Singapore, 1925. The air is thick with humidity and the salt smell of the harbor. Around you, shop signs in Chinese characters announce businesses selling rice, medicine, cloth. You're holding a letter and a small stack of Straits Settlements dollars—money you've saved…

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