Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Former engineering apprentice Yan Yim Tong later married his wife Laura and they sailed together around the world on a missionary ship. He recounts the legendary apprentice Chua Chor Teck, who rose to become managing director of Keppel Shipyard. Finally, he reflects on the engineering apprenticeship as a phase in the history of technical education in Singapore, as well as his achievements in the marine industry.

00:00 Further Studies in London & Strathclyde

07:34 Marrying Laura

11:45 The Missionary Ship

23:17 Chua Chor Teck

30:47 Engineering Apprentices in Perspective

35:00 Engineering No Longer ‘Sexy’

38:32 Working Culture Onboard Ships

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Meeravathay P.S. relates her wondrous childhood growing up in the Nelson Road staff quarters provided by the Singapore Harbour Board and attending Silat Primary School. These were parts of old Tanjong Pagar before the port was taken over by the Port of Singapore Authority and redeveloped for container terminals.

00:00 Introduction

01:38 The Nelson Road Quarters

10:51 Silat School

14:48 Old Photos of Nelson Road

24:24 The Harbour Board Police

30:27 Leaving Nelson Road

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Yusof Wanjor relates the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday celebrations of the past and why the wound (luka) from the 1964 race riots will never heal. He talks about growing up in a compound house at Penaga Place at Haig Road and old Geylang Serai as a rural settlement. He wrote Islamic books and cherishes his independence.

00:00 Introduction

01:26 Prophet Muhammad’s Birthday Celebrations

07:45 Luka from the 1964 Race Riots

18:07 Penaga Place

27:31 Old Geylang Serai

33:01 Redevelopment & Moving to Queenstown

37:11 Writing, Business & Being Independent

41:33 Being in a Hadrah Group

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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• Old places or kampongs.

• Communities – their way of life & culture.

• Childhood & schools.

• Work or business.

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