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Singapore's last street barbers
Once a common sight in back alleys, they will soon enter pages of history.By Janice Tand and Goh Shi Ting[Source:Â The Straits Times, 19 October 2012]They were once a common sight in Singapore's back...
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A Village Remembered - Radin Mas 1800s - 1973
On 1 September 2013, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong launched the book "A Village Remembered: Kampong Radin Mas 1800s - 1973" which specially for former residents of Kampong Radin Mas. The birthplace of...
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Bound for posterity: Portraits of neighbourhoods
Books on beloved S'pore districts, including painting series, published[Source:Â The Straits Times, 12 August 2013]By Debbie LeeA growing wave of nostalgia is sweeping across Singapore as more...
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If the past is no longer present
Night life at Bugis Street (1980)I share my sentiments about heritage memories with Ong Soh Chin who wrote her article "If the past is no longer present" on People and Places at The Straits Times on 9...
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Raising the REX
Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, the Rex Cinema is once again resurrected.By Jason Johnson[Source: New Paper, 14 September 2009]Talking to business people can be frustrating. Here I was...
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The Moon Festival
Stall at Smith Street in Chinatown selling moon cakes for the Mid-Autumn Festival or Moon Cake Festival. The Chinese festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month, the night at which the moon...
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Happily Ever After For Queenstown Library
It will continue to serve the community and new generation of readersBy Joanna Seow [Source:Â The Straits Times, 25 July 2014]Standing two storeys tall, the grey building on Margaret Drive looks...
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Shaik Kadir's Birthplace, a National Monument
BY:SHAIK KADIRFOR THE STRAITS TIMESThe writer is a retired teacher and author of several books[Source:Â The Straits Times, 17 January 2011]Not many people in their 60s these days have the good fortune...
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A family takes in the museum
Raffles Museum (now National Museum of Singapore in 1950s. Photograph is taken by Dr Carl Gibson-Hill, Curator of Zoology, Raffles Museum, from 1947 to 1956 and Director from 1956 to 1963. [Courtesy...
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The real and reel of Edmund Chen
"To HOUGANG with LOVE ... from THE CHENS'I am surprised to bounce on this article by Lynn Lee in The Straits Times on 3 June 2005 to share on this blog.No, that's not the name of a new sitcom starring...
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People's Market - If Walls Could Talk
SundayLife! traces the 118 year history of Lau Pa Sat, which went from a wet market close to the sea to a foodcourt surrounded by skyscrapers.By Clarissa Oon[Source: Straits Times, 22 July 2012]With...
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Our Forgotten Zoo
Singapore's first zoo, housed on the grounds of a family bungalow, had so many exotic animals like seals, tapirs, zebras and orang utans that even a visiting Albert Einstein was impressed.By Yuen...
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Christmas spells merry-making
Christmas spells merry-making ... and jangle of cash registersBy Betty Khoo[Source: New Nation, 26 November 1971]Every year the Christmas cheer and celebration seems to get bigger and brighter. But...
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Memories of schooldays past
In a land-scarce country where urban renewal takes place at a breathless pace and buildings are torn down relentlessly to make way for new developments, lone, unoccupied buildings and houses are as...
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Countdown 2020 at Our Tampines Hub
When I was a child in the 1950s in Bukit Ho Swee kampong where I was born, I have not heard about the 'New Year End Countdown'.The New Year End (NYE) countdown celebrations is very meaningful for every...
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Traditional Chinese New Year Celebration
What is the difference of traditional Chinese New Year celebration and modern Chinese New Year celebration?Although Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year is celebrated by Chinese Singaporean in Singapore,...
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Old Buses in Singapore in the Past
My pioneer generation friends will remember how risky it was to cross the road after boarding the old bus in the 1960s.The bus commuters did not bother to queue and would rush for the bus once it...
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Royal Charter: From "Town of Singapore" to "City of Singapore" on 22...
This blog is inspired by Dr Tan Wee Kiat's latest "Singapore Stamp Stories" blog here . I haven't heard about 'City Day' in Singapore until this is mentioned in his blog. Every stamp tells a story....
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Making Memories Count
Emotional connections:Â A photograph of Mr Gene Tan, director of the Singapore Memory Project, with his mother and three older siblings growing up in a one-room flat in Circuit Road.By Jennani DuraiThe...
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MM Lee's Eulogy to His Wife
By Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew[Source:Â Straits Times, 7 October 2010]Ancient peoples developed and ritualised mourning practices to express the shared grief of family and friends, and together show...
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Bukit Ho Swee: The Turning Point
Dr. Loh Kah SengThe title of this blog "Bukit Ho Swee - The Turning Point" is the chapter based on Dr Loh Kah Seng's contribution to ICAS Publications Series. The International Convention of Asia...
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Zoom Teleconference Experience
 With the courtesy of the National Archives of Singapore, I am pleased and humbled to be invited to share my first person childhood memories of Bukit Ho Swee kampong.Due to Covid19 safe distancing...
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60th Anniversary of Bukit Ho Swee fire in 1961
With courtesy of The Straits Times published on 24 May, 2021 to remind Singaporeans the Bukit Ho Swee for 60 years ago here . The earlier Bukit Ho Swee fire happened when Singapore was then a British...
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NAS 'Zoom Live' Experience
 I would like to thank the National Archives of Singapore for giving me the opportunity to share my first personal experience and memories via 'Zoom'. This is the first time I am using 'Zoom' in the...
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Gor Zhang Chiu Kar
The spot where the five Angsana trees stand in Esplanade Park in popularly known in Hokkien as "gor zhang chiu kar", which means "under the shade of five trees". Between the 1960s and 1980s, this area...
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