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Journey to National Day Parade - Then and Now
National Day Parade - Then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew and his cabinet on the steps of City Hall on 9 August 1966National Day Parade 1966 at the Padang - President Yusof Ishak taking the salute at City...
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People's Parade - National Day Celebration For Everyone
"One idea is set up a "Celebration Row" divided into sections, each with a theme which could also be projected by hotels, restaurants and shopping centre in the area. Source:: The Straits TimesThis...
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New "Thingy" for National Day 2013
Almost everybody in Singapore, especially among the young and not so young, use a "thingy" smartphone these days to get connected to make mobile phone calls, send SMS or surf the Internet online.Stuff...
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Who's "Good Earth" Is This Anyway?
East Coast land reclamation in Singapore in 1966 to create more land for public housing.Every generation on this universe embrace the good earth (land) like "Mother Earth" with love and gratitude.Who's...
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More "Good Earth" for Singapore
Reclaimed land （right) along East Coast and Katong area in Singapore. The reclamation project is part of Singapore's Urban Renewal in 1971.Following the previous blog topic: Who's "Good Earth" Is This...
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Ways Done in the Past - School Admission
This is not a posed photo with actors and actresses in a film-shoot for a movie or documentary TV program.Primary One School AdmissionThe archived photo taken in 1970 and other selected relevant photos...
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Her Majesty's Birthday Parade in Singapore
What's the biggest event at The Padang in Singapore on 10 June, 1954? Did you notice the professional heavy-duty antique cameras used by the photographers from the newspapers and other mass...
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Growing Up in Sungei Road in Early Singapore
The Singapore Ice Works in Sungei Road in 1958Nobody in the world can be born at the same time (except maybe as twins or more siblings) and grown up in the same place with everyone. Even the twins...
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Chinatown Mid Autumn Festival 2013
Month-long festivities featuring highlight events - Lantern Making Competition, Lantern Painting Competition, a colourful lantern themed Street Light-Up, an Official Light-Up and Opening Ceremony...
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Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival for Young and Old
The 9.6 metre tall, 7metre by 7 metre wide giant lantern light-up"Kaleidoscope of Lantern - Lighting Up the World"The Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival 2013 celebrations and light-up was officially...
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Bread for Thought - Bakemanship
Courtesy of the National Library Board and Singapore Press HoldingsThis 42-year-old newsclip from The Sunday Times dated 15 August 1971 with the archived photo from NewspaperSG re-posted on the blog...
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Chinatown Mass Lantern Walk 2013
I was in Chinatown on the evening of 15 September 2013 to join in the finale of Chinatown Mid-Autumn Festival 2013 which was open to the public. Locals, new citizens, visitors from all over the world,...
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Ways Done in the Past - Lantern Walk
A small group of children carrying lanterns in the neighborhood in Singapore in the 1970s to celebrate mid-autumn festival.This is a personal "incidental" blog to express following the previous...
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How Old is the Moon?
Did anybody ever wondered what is the age of the moon?Nobody knows ... not even the planetary scientists who researched the study of planets (including Earth), moons, and planetary systems, in...
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Four Beauties of Simei
Photo Credit: Changi Simei Community CentreWhen my family and I moved to Simei in April, 1988, I kept an old newspaper clipping which appeared in The Straits Times published on 11 March, 1988.These...
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Primary School Autograph Books
A 1961 autograph book photos of front (above) and back (below). This primary school autograph book which I started on 24 November, 1961. The book covers are made of silk and oriental designs....
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Where was the "Red Lantern" in Singapore?
Who would ever believed that this same place in Singapore over 80 years ago was commonly known as "Red Lantern" (红灯)? This blog is not about the recent "Lantern Walk" at the Chinatown Mid-Autumn...
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Where Has The Moon Gone?
Where has the moon gone?Or for that matter, where has the sun gone?Initially without thoughts, this may be a silly question from a child. As a child, I once asked myself: "Why was the moon...
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Cantonese Sad Movies in the Early Days
Poster of [月林椰] (Moon over Malaya). Photo courtesy of the family of Ho Kian-ngiap. The above photos of the scenes from the Cantonese movie [月林椰] (Moon over Malaya), one of the popular movies made by...
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TYROS - Digital Storytelling
Source: NewspaperSGThe sombre story of the Hari Raya Haji inferno is vividly told in this Straits Times serial picture of the Delta-Tiong Bahru area fifty-two years ago.Another Straits Times headline...
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