Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Wilson Chua is one of the pioneers of independent Singapore’s technical education system and small-medium enterprises (SMEs). He talks about growing up in a shophouse at Lavender Street and studying at Dunearn Secondary Technical School. His PE teacher was the famed national sprinter C. Kunalan and he enjoyed scouting and sports more than his studies.

00:00 Introduction

03:05 The Story Behind UT-Ways 有地位

05:21 My Shophouse at 239-A Lavender Street

10:20 Move to Pasir Panjang Estate & Back

19:17 Living in a Shophouse

25:01 Dunearn Technical

32:21 Interest in Scouts & Sports

38:28 C. Kunalan

46:36 Discos & Long Hair

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. This is Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian, and I speak to people on their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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