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Chronicles of Old Singapore | Wan Chan Peew – Naval Base, Kowloon Road & Sembawang Shipyard Ep2
Episode 2
Published 1 year, 11 months ago
Description
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Wan Chan Peew reflects on the steep learning curve for his and his father’s generation when the British pulled out of Singapore in the late ‘60s. Employees of the newly formed Sembawang Shipyard received something new and wondrous called bonuses, but there were also the 1968 Employment Act and the enforcing of labour discipline.