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Gloria Kwok – My Granny & Sago Lane, Sei Yan Kai Part 2 | Chronicles of Old Singapore
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Gloria Kwok recounts her special relationship with her grandmother Sum Yin Yong in the later years till she passed away. If Sago Lane played a key role as a community hospice for the people of Chinatown during the colonial period, Gloria is proud that her grandmother worked for many years in one of the death houses on the street.
Part 1 | https://youtu.be/PSDWCwFQ5-g
Part 2 | https://youtu.be/-KoBOxSM8-0
00:00 Life on the Five-Foot-Way
02:22 Granny & I: Later Years
13:06 Urban Renewal at Sago Lane
19:21 My Parents’ Attachment to Chinatown
23:44 Speaking about Sago Lane
28:10 Keeping Sago Lane in Memory
31:34 Poon Yue Association
35:09 The SAGE Programme
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