Episode Details

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Jason Boh grew up in a Hainanese family residing in the Medical quarters of the Naval Base. His father was a fitter while his mother was a domestic servant for British families. It was a vibrant, diverse world from ‘Medical’ and the Canberra Asian quarters to the Sembawang Village also called the 14th Mile. Jason’s brother left for Portsmouth when the British forces pulled out, while young Jason played football with Indian boys and picked up Tamil.

Part 1 | https://youtu.be/09uy8ANKTjA

Part 2 | https://youtu.be/8qVvwKbAiCg

00:00 Introduction

01:28 The Medical Quarters

11:15 Father, a Fitter

14:00 Brother Migrated to UK

19:21 Mother, a Domestic Servant

26:33 How Parents Met

30:50 14th Mile Then & Now

39:12 Nelson Bar

43:36 Indian Friends & Speaking Tamil

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian, and I document people’s memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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