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Chronicles of Old Singapore | Ullas Kumar – Malayalees of Singapore & Kerala Part 1
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. The Malayalees are the largest minority within the Indian population. Ullas Kumar came to Singapore to work i…
8 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | The Bukit Ho Swee Fire Part 4 – The Other Fires
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dr Loh Kah Seng traces a history of seven calamitous fires in urban kampongs before the 1961 Bukit Ho Swee in…
8 months ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Winston Wong – Farrer Park, Serangoon Road & Sport History Part 2
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Winston Wong remembers other interesting parts of Farrer Park and nearby Serangoon and Race Course Roads – cu…
8 months, 1 week ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Wilson Chua – Part 1 Lavender Street & Dunearn Technical School
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Wilson Chua is one of the pioneers of independent Singapore’s technical education system and small-medium ent…
8 months, 1 week ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | The Bukit Ho Swee Fire Part 1 – The Biggest Fire
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Loh Kah Seng begins a new series on the 1961 fire at Bukit Ho Swee – the biggest in Singapore history and the…
8 months, 1 week ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | V. Maheantharan – Life at Blair Plain, Cantonment Rd & Taman Ho Swee
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. V. Maheantharan remembers three types of early housing he lived in – a cramped house at Cantonment Road, a ‘p…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | The Bukit Ho Swee Fire Part 2 – Black Areas
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. By looking at life in the urban kampongs after WWII, Loh Kah Seng unpacks the myth that they were black areas…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Gerard Ee – Part 2 Community Development & Social Service
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Gerard Ee reflects on the difference between community development and social service and how both can co-exi…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | The Bukit Ho Swee Fire Part 1 – The Biggest Fire
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Loh Kah Seng begins a new series on the 1961 fire at Bukit Ho Swee – the biggest in Singapore history and the…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Chronicles of Old Singapore | Laura Yan – My Love for Teaching & Sailing the World Part 2
Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. On and off, Laura Yan sailed and lived overseas with her husband from 1976 to 1984. Upon returning to Singapo…
8 months, 4 weeks ago