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Chronicles of Old Singapore | Charmaine Leung – Keong Saik Road, My Home & My Mum’s Brothel Ep1
Episode 1
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Charmaine Leung grew up along Keong Saik Road in the 1970s and early 1980s, her house next to the brothel whi…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Ronald Chng – Golden Judoka: How Sport Shaped My Engineering Career
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. I didn’t realise that when I asked to interview Ronald Chng, Singapore’s golden judoka of the 1970s, he would…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Irene Hoe – CHIJ@Victoria Street & Stamford Café Ep2
Episode 2
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Irene Hoe recalls having non-Chinese friends during her childhood in Dhoby Ghaut, as well as Indian, Eurasian…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Wilson Tang & Elsie Fong – The Story Behind Ren Ren 仁仁Desserts
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Wilson Tang & Elsie Fong tell the story of Ren Ren Desserts, from his parents’ zi char business to studying a…
1 year, 9 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Irene Hoe – CHIJ@Victoria Street & Stamford Café Ep1
Episode 1
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Old girl Irene Hoe takes us back to the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus at Victoria Street, where she studie…
1 year, 10 months ago
旧新加坡记事录 | 何乃强 – 日治牛车水 Chronicles of Old Singapore | Ho Nai Kiong –Japanese Occupation of Chinatown
欢迎来到旧新加坡记事录。何乃强医生讲述，日本轰炸新加坡时，第一枚炸弹落在牛车水。他讨论肃清行动以及家人如何逃难到波东巴西。他最后谈到战争给新加坡的三个教训。
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dr Ho Nai Kiong relates that w…
1 year, 10 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Margaret, Dennis & Jimmy – Our Bedok Kampong House
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. The Tans – Margaret and her sons Dennis and Jimmy – go back in time to their kampong house at 614-3 (later 10…
1 year, 10 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Fong Hoe Fang – Youthful Idealism: Pioneers Club to Breakthrough Ep2
Episode 2
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Fong Hoe Fang runs through Breakthrough’s stories on the aged, world hunger and the 1981 Anson by-election. T…
1 year, 10 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Mary, Vijayan & Alfred – Child’s Paradise@Naval Base Quarters Ep2
Episode 2
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Mary Abishagam, Vijayan Nambiar and Alfred Dass recall how the British military withdrawal changed the lives …
1 year, 10 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | James Kwok – Victoria School & Kwong Avenue School Ep2
Episode 2
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. James Kwok went to the Teachers’ Training College after graduating from Victoria School and became a PE teach…
1 year, 10 months ago