抗日战争前,新加坡加冷路(俗称火城)一带,是火锯业的集中地,有十多家火锯厂(木类加工工厂),总共雇用一千多名工人。火锯厂里管锯木、从事技术性工作的工人人数较少,当时称为内工,工资是计件制;管搬运树桐和板料的工人占大多数,叫做外工,工资是日薪制。火锯厂工人的伙食、住宿都由资方供给。他们工资少,伙食差,每天工作超过8小时,星期日没有休息,工伤和疾 Prior to the war of resistance against Japan, Singapore’s Kallang Road (commonly known as the City of Fire) was the site of the fire saw industry. There were more than 10 fire saw factories (wood processing factories) employing a total of more than 1,000 workers. In the fire sawing factory, pipe sawing sawed less workers engaged in technical work, at the time it was called internal work and wages were on a piece-rate basis. The majority of workers who took care of tree tress and sheet metal were workers, whose wages were on a daily basis . Fire saw factory workers food, accommodation are provided by employers. They are paid less, have poor food, work more than eight hours a day, have no rest on Sundays, work-related injuries and illness