Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Tea man Kenry Peh and I discuss the ongoing revitalisation of Smith Street by the Chinatown Business Association. We talk about bringing Nanyang tea to the street and to Chinatown more generally.
00:00 Revitalisation of Smith Street
05:01 Tea & Culture at Smith Street
14:58 Encouraging Interest in Chinatown
18:03 The Nanyang Tea Challenge
23:10 The Steward of Intangible Cultural Heritage Award
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Wilson Chua rounds up the podcast by recounting how he joined the Changi Beach Club in 1982 and what he did for the club over the years, especially as its Chairman. He also reflects on his grassroots work among the residents of private housing in Paya Lebar and meeting the weightlifter Tan Howe Liang, who won the silver medal at the 1960 Olympics.
00:00 My Time with Changi Beach Club
11:58 Grassroots at Paya Lebar
18:10 Tan Howe Liang, the Weightlifter
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Ullas Kumar and I discuss the process of integration for new citizens and recent migrants from India. We talk about finding the balance between retaining practices from Kerala or India and accepting local ways and customs. When Ullas first came to Singapore, he thought that a 10 am meeting would only start an hour later, as in Kerala. The key for migrants is to be sensitive to local sentiments and find opportunities to interact with locals.
00:00 Why Malayalam is not Taught as a Second Language
09:48 Malayalee Associations Formed by New Citizens
18:35 The Question of Integration
20:42 Singaporeans’ Sense of Time
23:07 Employment & Economic Issues
26:28 Bridging Locals & Migrants
35:36 How Locals can Help Integration
41:44 How New Citizens & Migrants can Further Integration
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dr Darinee Alagirisamy talks about the history of Tamil migration (both involuntary and voluntary) to Singapore from the vantage point of Tamil Nadu. We discuss the contributions of Indian convict labour, abuses in the kangany system, colonial self-interest, and the social reformers who tried to uplift the Tamil working class.
00:00 Introduction
02:16 My Research & Teaching
08:35 The Perspective from Tamil Nadu
14:06 Convict Labour
19:13 Tamil Migration
23:41 Abuses of the Kangany System
30:17 British Self-Interest
36:11 Tamil Reformers
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Kenry Peh is the proprietor of the hundred-year old heritage tea merchant Pek Sin Choon. A professed tea man, he talks about how his great grandmother Bai-Zhuang Dan Niang & her son Pek Kim Aw migrated from Anxi, Fujian to the Nanyang. They set up a tea shop at George Street in 1925 before moving to other streets of Chinatown. Blending different varieties of tea, he explains, was part of their business survival strategy since the early days.
00:00 Introduction
00:39 One Hundred Years of Pek Sin Choon
07:19 Bai-Zhuang Dan Niang & Pek Kim Aw
13:44 Small Family Business
21:10 George Street
25:03 New Market Road
27:35 Tew Chew Street
30:03 The Tea Merchants Association
36:01 Blending Tea as Survival Strategy
45:27 Sharing Tea with Arts & Community Groups
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. How did it start? Dr Loh Kah Seng looks at the evidence for the most controversial part of the 1961 Bukit Ho Swee fire: the rumours that the government wanted to remove the kampong for public housing.
00:00 Introduction
03:00 Researching the Rumours
03:51 Arson?
09:28 The Historical Context
10:25 The Thinking Behind the Rumours
15:20 Police Investigation
16:58 40 Years Later
21:58 Wild Talk
23:59 My Professional Opinion
26:49 Debating the Rumours
30:53 Further Research
32:17 Outro
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Controversial History Education in Asian Contexts:
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. After leaving Dunearn Technical, Wilson Chua worked in sales of air freight services for multinationals in Singapore, including the German multinational Birkat. Forced to leave the company, a friend encouraged him to set up his own company. Thus, UT-Ways, a freight forwarding business, was born. Wilson talks about manpower issues, competition from the big companies, treating his staff, and the need for honesty and good customer service.
00:00 A Novice Salesman in Air Cargo
05:52 The German Company Birkat
11:38 Working in (German) MNCs
14:05 The Air Freight Business in Singapore
19:19 UT-Ways
27:32 Labour & Competition
33:18 My Son Joined the Company
40:03 Advice for New Businesses
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. V. Maheantharan studied at the University of Southampton on a government scholarship before being posted to the Singapore Polytechnic. There, he oversaw many innovative programmes which made the polytechnic an exciting alternative to the university, which it was unfortunately not allowed to develop into. He talks about the need to acknowledge the roles of both the port workers and the Singapore Polytechnic to Singapore’s development.
00:00 Nautical Studies at University of Southampton
08:55 My Father Struggled with Containerisation
13:06 Tanjong Pagar is Unrecognisable
16:49 Acknowledging the Port Workers
20:23 Singapore Polytechnic in Singapore’s Development
26:13 Polytechnic & Industry
31:48 Turning the Polytechnic into a University
36:41 The Polytechnic has Become Sexy
43:28 Acknowledging the Polytechnic and its Students
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew promised a new home for every fire victim within 9 months. Find out how the Bukit Ho Swee fire became what the HDB called a ‘God-sent opportunity’ to rebuild the kampong into a housing estate and changed the lives of Singaporeans forever.
00:00 Introduction
03:45 Fire Site
05:32 Relief Centres
14:36 Temporary Housing
15:01 5 Ogres
19:10 God-Sent Opportunity
20:54 New Emergency Flats
26:50 Housing Chain Reaction
30:00 Squatters to Citizens
34:07 Further Research
36:00 Conclusion
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. The Malayalees are the largest minority within the Indian population. Ullas Kumar came to Singapore to work in 1999 and almost immediately joined and volunteered with the Singapore Malayalee Association. He talks about the Malayalees’ rich history, culture and community – the waves of migration from Kerala, the migrants’ mindset, the importance of education, and an almost innate ability to use their hands.
00:00 Introduction
02:08 Coming to Singapore
09:45 Joining the Singapore Malayalee Association
18:23 Malayalee Migration to Singapore
23:07 Post-1965 Migration from India
29:57 Kerala as a Migrants’ State
33:22 Importance of Education
40:00 Our Technical Talent
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dr Loh Kah Seng traces a history of seven calamitous fires in urban kampongs before the 1961 Bukit Ho Swee inferno. These paved the way for emergency housing the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) built for fire victims in the 1950s. Such semi-permanent housing – many being 1-room flats with shared kitchens and toilets – has mostly been forgotten. But it was to play a key role after the disaster at Bukit Ho Swee.
00:00 Introduction
00:34 Recap
02:40 Seven Forgotten Fires
06:13 The Fire Risk
14:06 Bukit Ho Swee 1934
15:04 Kampong Bugis 1951
17:27 Geylang Fires 1953
19:09 Emergency Housing as Slums
20:33 Tiong Bahru 1955
22:02 Kampong Koo Chye 1958
26:04 Tiong Bahru 1959
31:38 Further Research
34:39 Outro
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Winston Wong remembers other interesting parts of Farrer Park and nearby Serangoon and Race Course Roads – curry restaurants, Tekka Market, Kandang Kerbau Hospital, and the various schools he attended. He talks about the demolition of the Farrer Park sports grounds in the 1990s and his wish to lead another tour of the area’s unique mix of sports, food, religion, and business heritage.
00:00 Places of Worship
05:59 Muthu’s Curry & Race Course Road
10:28 Tekka Market
14:34 Princess Elizabeth Flats
16:57 Kandang Kerbau Hospital
19:10 Towner, Owen & Dorsett Schools
21:49 Gan Eng Seng School
27:00 Demolition of Farrer Park
29:13 Heritage Tour of Farrer Park
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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
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Loh Kah Seng begins a new series on the 1961 fire at Bukit Ho Swee – the biggest in Singapore history and the place where he traces his roots. He relates the terror and chaos on that fateful day on 25 May 1961 as the inferno crossed two main roads and rendered 16,000 people homeless in a matter of hours. The fire was the topic of his PhD dissertation. In subsequent episodes, he will talk about what the fire meant to the people and how it changed Singapore forever.
00:00 Introduction
00:51 My Story in Bukit Ho Swee
02:15 The Fire as a Milestone for Singapore
06:30 A Typical Kampong
09:08 174-A Kampong Tiong Bahru
11:18 Battling the Fire & Fire-fighters
14:14 Arc of Destruction
18:03 In the Inferno’s Path
20:13 4 Dead
22:26 The Fire Site
24:27 Further Research
25:54 Outro
My book, Squatters to Citizens:
https://nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/squatters-into-citizens
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. V. Maheantharan remembers three types of early housing he lived in – a cramped house at Cantonment Road, a ‘palatial’ 2-room HDB flat at Taman Ho Swee and one of the flats at Blair Plain newly built by the PSA. He talks about his father’s work and influence among the Indian port workers of Tanjong Pagar and how the community revolved around the Sri Mariamman Temple and other temples. He went to Raffles Institution where he had to fight his way up from the bottom of the class.
00:00 Introduction
02:06 First Home at Cantonment Road
05:18 ‘Palatial’ Taman Ho Swee
11:12 PSA Flats at Blair Plain
22:49 Blair Plain Photos
30:49 Lee Kuan Yew Asked for My Father’s Support
40:38 Indian Community in Tanjong Pagar
45:53 Importance of Sri Mariamman Temple
51:15 Early Trauma at Raffles Institution
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. By looking at life in the urban kampongs after WWII, Loh Kah Seng unpacks the myth that they were black areas. While there were poor housing, insanitation and secret societies, the kampongs were legitimate communities. There were many efforts towards self-help and gotong royong: celebrations of Chinese festivals, tontines and voluntary fire-fighting squads. Though jobs were few, kampong dwellers generally worked hard and sent their children to school, so they might find a way to a better future.
00:00 Introduction
01:36 Urban Kampongs as Black Areas
02:21 A Children’s World
08:08 Housing & Living Conditions
11:23 Battle for Space
16:22 Living with Pigs and the Dead
19:00 Samseng & Pai Kia
20:46 Wa m chai
22:17 The Kampong Economy
25:32 Kampongs as Communities
28:30 Education & Progressive Kampongs
29:49 Further Research
31:10 Outro
My book, Squatters to Citizens:
https://nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/squatters-into-citizens
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Gerard Ee reflects on the difference between community development and social service and how both can co-exist. He talks about how the problem today has shifted from the youth to low-income families and elderly. I asked him about the valuable research his team did on vulnerable families during the COVID-19 pandemic and the need for practice research.
00:00 Community Development vs. Social Service
11:33 Community Projects at Beyond
15:34 Voluntarism in Singapore Today
18:28 Low-Income Families in Bukit Ho Swee Today
23:45 The Pandemic Research
31:13 Practice Research
35:33 Advice for the New Social Worker
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Loh Kah Seng begins a new series on the 1961 fire at Bukit Ho Swee – the biggest in Singapore history and the place where he traces his roots. He relates the terror and chaos on that fateful day on 25 May 1961 as the inferno crossed two main roads and rendered 16,000 people homeless in a matter of hours. The fire was the topic of his PhD dissertation. In subsequent episodes, he will talk about what the fire meant to the people and how it changed Singapore forever.
00:00 Introduction
00:51 My Story in Bukit Ho Swee
02:15 The Fire as a Milestone for Singapore
06:30 A Typical Kampong
09:08 174-A Kampong Tiong Bahru
11:18 Battling the Fire & Fire-fighters
14:14 Arc of Destruction
18:03 In the Inferno’s Path
20:13 4 Dead
22:26 The Fire Site
24:27 Further Research
25:54 Outro
My book, Squatters to Citizens:
https://nuspress.nus.edu.sg/products/squatters-into-citizens
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. On and off, Laura Yan sailed and lived overseas with her husband from 1976 to 1984. Upon returning to Singapore, she taught at Fuhua Primary School till she retired in 2001. She then taught class management to trainee teachers at the National Institute of Education for a few years. She highlights the importance of caring for the students and providing them emotional support.
00:00 Sailing with Yan Yim Tong & Cleaning Toilets
07:34 My Son was Born While Sailing
15:25 Friends in Glasgow
19:29 Back to Teaching: Yuhua Primary School
23:14 Thinking Schools, Learning Nation
27:14 Class Management at NIE
37:17 Reading & English Literature
39:19 Emotional Support for Students
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Winston Wong grew up in a SIT flat at Farrer Park, named after Princess Elizabeth. His balcony looked out to the famous Farrer Park sports ground. He recalls the diverse range of sporting events at the grounds, especially football. Many football teams played in the open fields, including a team of his neighbours called Hampshire United, as well as renowned national players.
00:00 Introduction
01:50 Kampong at Bencoolen Street
09:35 Princess Elizabeth Flats at Farrer Park
16:18 Sports at Farrer Park
23:37 Christian Cemetery at Kampong Java
25:18 Football at Farrer Park
31:40 Residents Playing Football
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