新加坡當鋪業與客家

Pawnshop And Hakka In Singapore

林瑜蔚(Yu-wei LIn)

指導教授 ： 張翰璧

國立中央大學/客家學院/客家政治經濟研究所/碩士(2008年)

摘要

本研究主要探討新加坡族群經濟與客家文化之間的關連性，透過二次戰前後新加坡當商法律的變遷與典當文化特殊性，探討新加坡典當業為什麼可以成為客家族群獨佔的族群經濟產業。
新加坡的當鋪產業與大埔客家人關係密切，大埔客家人從原鄉移民到新加坡之後，開始從事許多傳統產業，並透過族群網絡關係，而拉近原鄉與新加坡之間的關係，1872年大埔客家人，開始進入新加坡典當業，並開始經營當鋪，透過網絡關係，讓更多原鄉客家人進入新加坡典當業，也開始了客家人百多年的族群產業，到了2008年的今日，新加坡的典當業大埔客家人依舊保有百分之八十到九十的經營權。
不同族群的性格，影響其經營事業的態度，因此藉由本研究討論客家文化如何影響典當文化，而客家人如何利用本身的網絡關係與人力資源的掌控，使新加坡的典當業為客家人所獨佔，而形成專屬新加坡客家族群特有的文化特性。

關鍵字

族群經濟 ； 當鋪 ； 新加坡 ； 大埔客家人

並列摘要

The research that is mainly probes into the relationship between the ethnic economy of Singapore and the cultures of hakka. According to around the second war, the law of pawnshop business in Singapore has been changed with the particular mortgage cultures. Now i am going to discuss about why pawnshop business can be the one of economic industries, which has been monopolized by hakka ethnicity in the Singapore.
The relationship between pawnshop business in Singapore and da-pu is very close. Hakka people in Da-Pu are from former township immigration to Singapore. After moving to Singapore, they began to work in a lot of traditional industries, and then through the internet relationship of ethnicity to make the distance between former township and Singapore to be closer.
One of hakka people in Da-Pu, Lan qiu-shan, has begun to manage the first pawnshop in singapore since 1872, and because one of fujian people, Liu king-ban, helped him to set up his own business. However, the relationship of ethnicity is more and more important in the final period of pawn business. Through the internet of ethnicity group, more and more hakka people from former township in Da-Pu to participate in pawnshops of singapore who began the ethnicity industries for over one hundred years. In nowadays 2008, hakka people in Da-Pu work in pawn business in Singapore, their right of management still reach 80% to 90%.
Besides, does the personality of different ethnicities influence on the attitude of management? We must realize the interference to these cultures between hakka and mortgage in this research by discussing the relationship between the cultures of hakka and mortgage. And how do hakka people use the internet and control of human resources to monopolize the pawnshop business in Singapore to create the special characteristics of hakka culture.

並列關鍵字

Pawnshop ； Singapore ； Da-Pu Hakka ； Ethnic Economy

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