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欢迎来到旧新加坡记事录。郭绍愷讲述了新加坡工艺学院中文协会关闭的原因以及 在1999 年协会如何举行第一次大型校友聚会，其中包括来自不同年代的会员。他谈到了协会出版的刊物及与当年新加坡其他大专学生团体的交流。如今，协会为贫困学生提供助学金，体现了其长期以来关心与回馈社会的宗旨。
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Quek Siow Kai recounts why the Singapore Polytechnic Chinese Language Society closed down and how its first major reunion came about in 1999, including members from various batches. He talks about the periodicals published by the society and its collaboration with other student groups in Singapore. Today, CLS offers a bursary for needy students, reflecting its longstanding efforts to help others.
00:00 校友聚会 Reunions
10:23 刊物 Publications
15:18 中文协会助学金 CLS Bursary
19:11 学生的社会角色 Social Role of Students
23:14 协会与其他学生团体 CLS & Other Student Groups
32:00 未来计划 Future Plans
36:18 学生情侣 Student Couples
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Professor Bernard T.G. Tan shares his love of electronics and computers as a kid and how when he saw the sleek Apple II, he knew he had to have it. He talks about spending too much time browsing computer magazines and the early computer shops, including Lee Miles’ Computer Centre at Golden Mile Complex.
00:00 Introduction
04:29 A Brief History of Computing
09:52 The Wonder of Computers
14:51 The Apple II
21:46 Computer Magazines
24:17 Lee Miles’ Computer Centre at Golden Mile Complex
30:36 Other Early Computer Shops
Bibliography
Bernard Tan on the history of microcomputing in Singapore, 2018:
http://sms.org.sg/download/Microcomputing_in_Singapore.pdf
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Maria Yap reflects on managing parents and the culture of parenting in Singapore. She considers other common challenges faced by teachers, such as the workload and outbreaks of pandemics. She enjoyed her half a century of service in the education system, but feels more can be done to conserve school heritage. She urges teachers to take better care of themselves and to learn to say, no.
00:00 Managing Parents
08:11 Culture of Parenting
12:25 Teaching My Students
17:04 TSLN, SARS & COVID-19
24:49 Enjoyed Teaching in More Than 10 Schools
31:28 School Heritage & National Heritage
39:31 Teachers’ Self-Care
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dr Edmund Monteiro relates dealing with two major infectious diseases at Middleton Hospital/CDC: cholera and HIV-AIDS. He reflects on social stigma, his colleagues and patients, the need to be ever-vigilant against infectious diseases, and what to do with the grounds of the hospital.
00:00 Cholera Outbreaks
08:52 Previous Medical Superintendents
13:36 HIV-AIDS
26:51 Stigma & the Name CDC
30:48 Old Photos of Middleton & CDC
38:37 My Contributions & Vigilance Against Disease
42:14 Heritage & the Future of Middleton Hospital
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欢迎来到旧新加坡记事录。郭绍愷讲述了过去大专学府华校生的一个普遍问题：英文基础薄弱。这就是为什么新加坡工艺学院中文协会在1962年成立的宗旨之一，协助华校生融入新的学习环境并帮助克服课业上的难题。他在1972年加入该协会，参与戏剧组的活动、也参加协会主办的假日营及对外文娱演出。会员对当时的社会问题也给予关注。
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Quek Siow Kai relates a common problem of Chinese-stream students in higher education in the past: poor command of English. This was why the Singapore Polytechnic Chinese Language Society was established in 1962 to help these students in their studies. He joined the CLS in 1972, becoming involved in its drama group and holiday camps at a time when the members were also keenly interested in social issues.
00:00 介绍 Introduction
00:52 中文协会两本书 Two Books by Chinese Language Society
03:29 协会成立理由 Reason for Forming the CLS
16:31 英语的困难 My Struggle with English
24:51 戏剧组 Drama Group
30:04 假日营 Holiday Camps
40:52 社会问题 Social Issues
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Maria Yap was in the education service from 1973 to 2023. She recalls her early struggles as a beginning teacher and how she learned to manage students. She gives her views on the streaming policy and teaching students from the Normal stream, whom she found to be very intelligent.
00:00 Introduction
01:54 Joined Teaching in 1973
08:18 I Loved to Learn
17:33 Institute of Education & Her First Classes
23:28 Managing Students
28:27 Streaming & Mother Tongue
32:20 Teaching Normal Students
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dr Edmund Monteiro was the Medical Director of Middleton Hospital & CDC from 1980 to 1993. He remembers the first time he stepped into the hospital with his family during the Japanese Occupation. An Indian boy his age welcomed him at the gate and asked him, is the water here safe to drink, and can you swim?
00:00 Introduction
02:53 Earliest Memory of Middleton Hospital
11:38 The Houses & Wards
20:55 My Father Ernest
28:56 My Mother Una
38:51 The Japanese at Middleton
42:47 Posting to Middleton
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Maria Yap remembers unforgettable places in Old Changi Village like the cinema, the beach, the creek, and the sea. The village diminished when the British forces left and her family moved to Chai Chee Estate. But Maria and her husband still visit Changi Village today for its unique charm.
Memories of Changi Village:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/358860330966889
00:00 Changi Cinema & Other Places
08:09 The British & RAF Changi
12:17 The British Pullout & Moving to Chai Chee
14:41 Decline of Changi Village
16:10 Changi Beach
24:04 The Memories of Changi Village Group
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Maria Yap recalls her tough but memorable childhood growing up in Old Changi Village before the British vacated RAF Changi. Her father was a cobbler in the village and her mother a washerwoman in the airbase.
Memories of Changi Village:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/358860330966889
00:00 Introduction
02:40 Moving to Changi Village
08:32 Father’s Shoe Shop
15:13 Our House at Jalan Bekukong
22:55 Mother was a Washerwoman
28:36 Childhood Friends
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Brian Richmond takes us back to the ways football was played, strategised and refereed in the past. He tells us his best game and what an honour it was to captain the Singapore team. He pays tribute to the greatest team in Singapore football and considers the Lion City’s football heritage.
00:00 Tactics & Formations in the Early Days
04:15 Strict Referees & Great Referees
10:04 My Best Game
17:00 The Kallang Roar & the Malaysia Cup
22:28 Taking Care of the Body
27:12 Tribute to the Greatest Singapore Team
30:46 The Problem of Corruption
32:16 Singapore’s Football Heritage
36:09 Local Teams
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Yeo Hong Eng remembers illegal wine distilling and secret societies in Kampong Chai Chee, as well as how the villagers tried to maximise their compensation when they were resettled in the 1970s. His sisters worked in the Rollei factory at the new Chai Chee Estate, and he became an avid collector of Rollei cameras.
00:00 Moonshining in Kampong Chai Chee
06:42 Secret Societies
11:49 Avoiding the Authorities
13:34 Rehousing & Compensation
24:23 Rollei at Chai Chee
28:18 My Collection of Rollei Cameras
Mr Yeo can be contacted at yeohongengATyahoo.com.sg
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Brian Richmond, the beloved voice of Singapore football, talks about a lesser known side of his romance with the sport – his early playing days from the 1950s to 1971. He represented the Singapore/Malaysian youth teams before being promoted to the Singapore national team. He recalls some great players and coaches he met in his playing days and afterwards.
00:00 Introduction
00:58 My Football Story (in Short!)
17:22 Early Romance with Football
22:17 The 1966 Singapore Football Team
26:42 Uncle Choo Seng Quee
32:49 As a Versatile Player
37:42 The Great Players
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. American geographer Jack Humphrey looks at his old photographs of Kampong Potong Pasir and recalls its houses, residents and flora. We talk about the resettlement of the kampong in the early 1980s and the politics that happened during that time.
00:00 Potong Pasir’s Houses
10:39 Malay Fishermen
16:05 Resettlement
20:07 Politics & Chiam See Tong
27:19 Ingenious Uses of Space
39:28 Conservation of the Kampong
In his research, Jack conducted a preliminary survey of Kampong Potong Pasir before it was demolished. The report has not been published though Jack hopes to do so. His students from the NUS Department of Geography conducted research on Potong Pasir for their Honours theses:
• Lee, Hoong Cheng. Kampong Potong Pasir: A Survey of its Existing Economic Activities 1979.
• Lee, Lye Hoon. Resettlement of the Potong Pasir Community: A Study of Attitudes and Destinations. 1979.
• Heng, San-san. Mental Mapping of Potong Pasir. 1977.
• Jebamoney, Ebenezer. The Use of Space in Potong Pasir: Two Micro-studies. 1976.
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Yeo Hong Eng, a retired teacher, wrote two books on the places of his childhood – Tanah Merah Kechil, which was part of Bedok Village, and Kampong Chai Chee. He talks about both kampongs and working on his family’s farm in Chai Chee.
00:00 Introduction
07:11 Tanah Merah Kechil & Bedok Village
13:28 Moving to 262-B Peng Ghee Road
19:56 The Family House
30:21 Working on the Farm
36:27 Floods
40:21 Peng Ghee School
Mr Yeo can be contacted at yeohongengATyahoo.com.sg
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Jack Humphrey was an American geographer who conducted a study of Kampong Potong Pasir in the late 1970s with his Singaporean students. He talks about its layout, origins and multiracial population. He found that unlike what people had told him, Potong Pasir was not a bad slum, but a safe and friendly community. It was also being demolished but people were determined to stay.
00:00 Introduction
04:19 Coming to Malaya & Singapore
11:17 Fieldwork in Potong Pasir
20:10 Map of Potong Pasir
29:25 Misconceptions
37:27 Potong Pasir’s Origins
44:07 Ethnic Groups
51:36 Houses & Structures
In his research, Jack conducted a preliminary survey of Kampong Potong Pasir before it was demolished. The report has not been published though Jack hopes to do so. His students from the NUS Department of Geography conducted research on Potong Pasir for their Honours theses:
• Lee, Hoong Cheng. Kampong Potong Pasir: A Survey of its Existing Economic Activities 1979.
• Lee, Lye Hoon. Resettlement of the Potong Pasir Community: A Study of Attitudes and Destinations. 1979.
• Heng, San-san. Mental Mapping of Potong Pasir. 1977.
• Jebamoney, Ebenezer. The Use of Space in Potong Pasir: Two Micro-studies. 1976.
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. Jean Ang remembers setting up a games stall at Duxton Road when she was young and moving out to a HDB flat at Lengkok Bahru. She talks about the different jobs she concurrently held in the hospitality industry, and why it is important for seniors to continue to ‘look up over the rainbow’.
00:00 I was a Stallholder at Duxton Road
07:05 Gangsters & Brothels
13:17 Moving to a HDB Flat at Lengkok Bahru
17:34 The Conserved Shophouses
22:51 My Job & My Many Gigs
31:32 Always at the Front of the Class
35:19 Looking Up Over the Rainbow
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. As a teenager in the early 1960s, Jean Ang and her mother went to the wharves to work as longsai, a corruption of the word ‘alongside’. Jean describes how they cleaned the insides of ships, braving the dangers of work that was done by women. Jean lived at Duxton Road and her mother was previously a samsui woman.
00:00 Introduction
02:24 The Longsai, or Ship Cleaners
08:20 Cleaning the Ship
15:32 Hazards & Accidents
20:50 My Mother was also a Samsui Woman
24:29 The Samsui Woman Painting
27:23 My Schools
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Rey Pereira remembers growing up in a kampong at Jalan Wijayay (now expunged), part of Kampong Kembangan. He also loves collecting mementos. One fateful day in 2008, he felt Singapore has changed so much that he decided to set up a Facebook group and a blog called Nostalgic Singapore to share memories of Old Singapore.
Nostalgic Singapore:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/48000673979/
https://nostalgicaboutsingapore.blogspot.com/
Rey Pereira’s book on Uncle Choo:
https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/13203#t=aboutBook
00:00 Introduction
05:16 Collecting Mementos
11:38 Jalan Wijaya
18:53 Kampong Kembangan
25:37 Communal Kampong
28:15 24 Jalan Wijaya
36:08 My Childhood Friends
45:26 Sussex Estate
50:01 Nostalgic Singapore
01:01:12 My Book on Uncle Choo
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Charmaine Leung talks about the community at Keong Saik Road and her struggle to find her identity after moving out. She wrote her book with her mother’s agreement and was overwhelmed by the response. The heritage of Keong Saik Road, she says, should include the lives and struggles of the women who worked there.
Charmaine Leung, 17A Keong Saik Road: A Personal Story,
https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/17a-keong-saik-road
Take Charmaine Leung’s audio tour of Keong Saik Road:
https://www.klook.com/activity/117053-untold-stories-singapore-red-light-district-keong-saik-road/
00:00 Stigma & Shame in the Singapore Story
09:10 Leaving Keong Saik Was Painful
15:49 The Hungry Ghost Festival & the Community
23:21 Shaping My Character
26:07 Writing the Book
32:49 The Overwhelming Response
38:59 Keong Saik Road’s Women and Its Heritage
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Irene Hoe remembers her childhood at Old Dhoby Ghaut. She recalls the two businesses her mother Wu Chuen Chuen ran – Stamford Café and a hairdressing salon. I was surprised by her story of how her mother gave her up for adoption when she was very young so she could have a better life (though she returned home soon), and how she obtained closure over the matter years later.
00:00 Introduction
02:00 19 Dhoby Ghaut
08:22 Rex Bookstore
12:15 Our Hairdressing Salon
19:57 My Mum as a Businesswoman
27:45 Stamford Café
50:20 My Parents & Siblings
55:12 My Adoption
01:04:30 What Girls Did in Those Days
01:09:47 Second-hand Bookstores
01:14:28 Heritage & the Real Singapore
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