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

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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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

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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• Old places or kampongs.

• Communities – their way of life & culture.

• Childhood & schools.

• Work or business.

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