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Set in the 1960's, Kampong Chempedak tells the story of a Singapore kampong (village) surrounded by local chempedak trees. The elderly residents are forced to move out of their village into new, high-rise apartments. There is anxiety and complex human conflicts which test the relationships of the residents. However, it is in difficult times that brings out the flavor of friendship - like the chempedak fruit that is tough on the outside but has sweet fruit side by side on the inside. This play is performed in multiple Chinese dialects, English, Malay and Tamil, just like the way the many races communicate with each other in a kampong.
