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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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...
View Article60th 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...
View ArticleNAS '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...
View ArticleGor 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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