Episode Details

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Charles Ngui talks about the work of the Light Industries Services, in creating prototypes for local and foreign companies and doing reverse engineering with these clients. He also recounts the efforts of the National Engineering Services, a government-owned company where he was a marketing officer, and why it eventually failed.

Part 1 | https://youtu.be/6-u7rymWSKk

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

Part 3 | https://youtu.be/v2eHkDbDJ3Y

Part 4 | https://youtu.be/Tz-PjDMHJvk

00:00 Why Light Industry was Crucial

06:43 Returned Scholars

11:43 Prototypes & Production

16:13 Working with local & foreign companies

22:27 Reverse Engineering

27:12 Clients & Cases

35:59 National Engineering Services

42:03 Closure of NES

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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