Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Venugopal Kurup talks about how he returned to Singapore, studying in Beatty Secondary School and the Singapore Polytechnic. He worked for a while in the Ministry of the Environment before becoming a civil engineer with Shell, based on Pulau Bukom. He started his own business as a building and maintenance contractor but eventually returned to Shell and retired there.

00:00 My Passport & Returning to Singapore

02:30 Old Serangoon Road & the Messes

09:05 Structural Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic

13:03 Shell at Pulau Bukom

21:10 Explosions

24:16 Starting My Own Business

32:44 Finding a Site Office

37:49 Conservation & Memory

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Jack Tan, Eric Ko and Edwin Ng from the Chin Woo Athletic Association tell Angela Sim and I about the art of liondancing. They talk about how younger members learn differently from the older generation and the future of the association and liondancing – in terms of finances and membership.

00:00 Discipline & Coordination in Liondance

08:34 The Head & the Tail

12:42 The Younger Generation

19:44 Female Members

21:31 Finances & Sustainability

29:03 Lionhead Making

44:01 Hope for the Future

Singapore Chin Woo (Athletic) Association

https://sgchinwoo.com/

Angela Sim aka Hakka Moi:

https://www.youtube.com/@HakkaMoi

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Roger Ting & Ting Min Long from the Singapore Dragon & Lion Athletic Association talk about the origins and development of Foochow dragondance in Singapore. They explain why martial arts and wushu were historically crucial for dragondance and some of the interesting performances they did in the past. The podcast is in Mandarin and English.

00:00 Introduction

02:43 History of the Singapore Dragon & Lion Athletic Association

07:50 Foochow Coffee Trade

13:49 Our Interest in Dragondance

23:03 Martial Arts & Wushu

30:58 Learning Dragondance

38:50 The Dragon Pearl

Singapore Dragon & Lion Athletic Association 星洲龙狮体育会

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https://www.instagram.com/explore/locations/1538439753079635/singapore-dragon-lion-athletic-association/

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Wan Chan Peew applied to Tanjong Katong Technical School in 1960, eschewing both the grammar schools and apprenticeship scheme in the Naval Base. He remembers taking two jam-packed buses to Tanjong Katong Road where the school was, his classmates and the strict principal N. Vaithinathan, who walked around in a white shirt and shorts with a cane in his hand.

00:00 Introduction

05:14 I chose Tanjong Katong Technical

12:54 Two Buses to the School

18:10 Threatened by Another Boy

28:07 Principal N. Vaithinathan & School Discipline

36:53 Samuel Robinson

41:09 My Classmates

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. James Kwok relates the difficult moments in his MNC career, including moral dilemmas when working with clients in other countries and a particular cash-on-delivery deal involving a kidney patient. He reflects on what he learned from sales, how he helped raise his daughters and why at the age of 60, he decided to leave the private sector and become a school counsellor.

00:00 Fresh Challenges & Another Mentor at Draeger

11:15 From Sales to Counselling

15:45 Moral Dilemmas: Everybody Has a Price

19:08 Difficult Customers

26:59 Different Rules in Other Countries

29:59 High & Low Points

39:05 The Dialysis Machine Deal

47:25 Switching to a Lower-Paying Job

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Sathasivam Kolandaivelu takes us back to Old Tanjong Pagar, where his father was a mandore with the Singapore Harbour Board (SHB). The family lived in the SHB staff quarters at Breeze Plain being moving to the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) flats at Everton Park. Sathasivam recalls the community spirit at Everton Park, the pasar malam during weekends and the Silver Chariot Processions from the Sri Mariamman Temple at South Bridge Road.

00:00 Introduction

01:14 Breeze Plain Staff Quarters

03:51 My Father was a Mandore

18:05 The Everton Park Flats

25:45 Silver Chariot Processions

32:03 My Mother Had Us Remain in Singapore

41:06 The Everton Park Community

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Hidayah Amin talks about winning the 2021 NUS Singapore History Prize with the Kampong Glam book, why she writes, her publishing business Helang Books, and her current book projects.

00:00 Winning the NUS Singapore History Prize

09:29 Learning from Mistakes in History

14:34 Helang Books

22:29 What am I Angry About These Days (Current Projects)

26:23 Geylang Serai & the Haj Trade

Hidayah’s books are available at Helang Books:

https://helangbooks.wixsite.com/hello/books

Haji Yusoff Memorial Museum

https://www.instagram.com/haji_yusoff_memorial_museum/

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Maria Yap reflects on managing parents and the culture of parenting in Singapore. She considers other common challenges faced by teachers, such as the workload and outbreaks of pandemics. She enjoyed her half a century of service in the education system, but feels more can be done to conserve school heritage. She urges teachers to take better care of themselves and to learn to say, no.

00:00 Managing Parents

08:11 Culture of Parenting

12:25 Teaching My Students

17:04 TSLN, SARS & COVID-19

24:49 Enjoyed Teaching in More Than 10 Schools

31:28 School Heritage & National Heritage

39:31 Teachers’ Self-Care

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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