Pulau Ketam吉胆岛的历史

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Long time ago, Pulau Ketam was desolated, small island full of “Mangrove Swamps” and famous for its crabs. Three Hainan fishermen from Bagan Hainan, Port Klang, were the first to arrive at Pulau Ketam catching crabs for their living. At first, the came and returned to Port Klang daily. The journey took almost a day. A few month later, they built a small house to stay over nights. They rowed back to Port Klang the second day selling crabs and buying daily sundries it return. After that, they had decided to stay permanently.
In 1883, the population increased almost to hundred. The Major activities were catching crabs, fishes and prawns. Some of them built sundries shops, and fish dealer shops. As time past, population increased gradually, the Hokkien and Teochew Group also came to this island to earn their living. They stayed at Jalan Besar, Sungai Dalam and Bagan Teochew. Wooden house name “Kongsi House” were built. (“Kongsi” Mean Sharing). Those who were than 20 “Kongsi House” in this island. Now, every villager had his own house, thus the “Kongsi House” became a history testimony.
Since Tanah Melayu was conquered by Japanese, a lot of people flee to Pulau Ketam, because it was safe and peace from war. So the population boomed. At the time, “Hai Ann Ferry” company provided ferry Services to the population. In 1950′s, the diesel engines and new fishing net had been introduced to this island, thus improving the fishing skill, increased the captures. The number of residents, houses, shops had increased tremendously. Soon, The Pulau Ketam Electric Company was built to provide electricity supply for this island.
From 1960′s to 1970′s, post office, primary school and the other basic facilities sprouted in this island as well. 早期，在吉胆岛捉鱼的渔夫采取每日捉鱼后就回到巴生港口的生活方式。开始吉胆岛是盛产螃蟹的地方，大部分当时从事渔业的人来自巴生港口的海南村。经过几个月渔夫们在岛上兴建小屋子，结果搬进来居住的人越来越多。 在1883年，岛上居住的人已经上百人了。大家主要的工作仍是捕捉螃蟹，鱼类与虾。 一些人在岛上兴建商店，一些人也开始在岛上修补鱼网与渔船。 在这期间，岛上的人数不断增加。福建人与潮州人也开始搬进吉胆岛居住。 他们主要居住在大河，内河与潮州河。 那些用木材兴建的屋子，叫做“公司”屋子。当时这种“公司”屋子大约20间左右。 现在所有岛民都有各自的房子，那些“公司”屋子已经成为历史。 自从马来半岛被日军侵占。更多人移居到吉胆岛居住，自此，一家叫“海安浮渡”开始进行航运工作。 在1950年，使用柴油的渔船开始在吉胆岛使用，由于捕鱼技巧的改善，从事渔业工作的人越来越多。在各个领域庞大发展，电力公司也开始在岛上投入服务。 在六十到七十年代，岛上增添了邮政局与学校，各种设施日趋完善。