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Charles Ngui – EDB’s Masters & Apprentices Part 2 | Chronicles of Old Singapore
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Charles Ngui remembers the 'espionage' in industrial services in the 1970s. The EDB's Light Industries Services made prototypes and did reverse engineering for its clients. Singapore did not need money to industrialise, but industrial expertise.
He later joined the National Engineering Services, a government-owned company, as a marketing officer. He talks about its struggles 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
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