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Chronicles of Old Singapore | The British Pullout from Singapore: Dark Days in the Bases
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Singaporeans living in the British military bases recall how their lives were turned upside down when the British announced they were pulling out of Singapore sooner than anticipated.
00:00 Wan Chan Peew, Retraining for Clerks
10:10 Vijayan Nambiar, Stay or Leave
11:41 Mary Abishagam, Everything was Haywire
13:52 Alfred Dass, Dark Days
17:44 R. Asokan, A Golden Handshake at Transit Road
24:11 Maria Yap, Changi Village
30:45 Chellapandi Chellaiyya, Jalan Kayu
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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