Episode Details

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. After making Chief Engineer, Kan Seng Chut decided to come ashore to work in ‘land jobs’. He reflects on the revolution brought about by container shipping, which benefited Singapore’s global trade. At the same time, it was a mistake, he feels, for his one-time employer, the pioneer shipping line Neptune Orient Lines, to sell off its container ships. Kan himself part-owned three container vessels when he went into the marine business, though this was affected by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis.

Part 1 | https://youtu.be/0uBWysUostU

Part 2 | https://youtu.be/dDXJqIZEsnU

Part 3 | https://youtu.be/F877qyiKwWA

00:00 The Container Revolution

04:36 Australian Port Workers

09:19 Chinese Ports

16:45 My Time at NOL

21:52 Discussion of the NOL Question

29:38 Killing the Golden Goose?

34:58 Buying Ships at Singapore Shipping

40:16 Odesta & Venturing into Business

49:56 Crisis in 1997

54:58 Office at Golden Mile Complex

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. This is Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian, and I speak to people on their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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