Samsui women - who originate in the district of Samsui ... in quarters referred to as coolie fong (Cantonese 估俚房 "coolie houses"). The word coolie had emerged in the 1600s as the derogatory ...

“I created the story of ‘Coolie’ 30 years ago ... who portrays the key role of the young Chinese woman’s grandmother – she is both a financial burden and a source of wisdom.

A larger-than-life mural of a Samsui woman, cigarette in hand, on the exterior of a Chinatown shophouse in Singapore, has been the subject of public debate the past month. Discussion has centred ...