Chronicles Research & Education

21/03/2025

New flats in Kreta Ayer Phase 1 Redevelopment with shophouses to be demolished.

HDB Annual Report 1974.

21/03/2025

Farming is not some backward activity, but hard work that requires skill, knowledge and luck. Yeo Hong Eng remembers farm life in Kampong Chai Chee where he grew up.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2Fmpf8U4GY

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Write to [email protected] if you have any of these stories:
• Old places or kampongs.
• Communities – their way of life & culture.
• Childhood & schools.
• Work or business.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Yeo Hong Eng recounts his childhood and work on a farm at Kampong Chai Chee.Full clips:Ep1 | https://youtu.be/8fR8rW8...

19/03/2025

Ex-principal Koh Boon Long talks about why he and other educators were against the streaming policy and why it took so long for it to be removed.

https://youtu.be/S_Sdd10kdJo

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Write to [email protected] if you have any of these stories:
• Old places or kampongs.
• Communities – their way of life & culture.
• Childhood & schools.
• Work or business.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Koh Boon Long discusses the streaming policy that grew out of the 1979 Goh Report and its drastic effects on Singapor...

16/03/2025

In Part 2, Mejar Singh relates how the British classified the Sikhs as a 'martial race' and what the Sikhs did when Singapore became independent.

He also talks about lesser known aspects of the Sikhs - the Kaurs, jagas, moneylenders, and Sikh festivals.

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Write to [email protected] if you have any of these stories:
• Old places or kampongs.
• Communities – their way of life & culture.
• Childhood & schools.
• Work or business.

YouTube | https://youtu.be/GxotVkAnuf4
Spotify | https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks/episodes/Chronicles-of-Old-Singapore--Mejar-Singh--Sikhs-of-the-Naval-Base--Singapore-Part-2-e307ln2

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. LTC (Retd) Mejar Singh Gill relates how the Sikhs were classified as a martial race by the British and how this chang...

15/03/2025

Growing up in a new Singapore after 1965. How much of that youthfulness, excitement and hope still remains?

14/03/2025

Rey Pereira remembers his childhood friends at Jalan Wijaya in Kampong Kembangan.

https://youtu.be/pa6bpQrQW5o

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Write to [email protected] if you have any of these stories:
• Old places or kampongs.
• Communities – their way of life & culture.
• Childhood & schools.
• Work or business.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Rey Pereira remembers his house and childhood friends at Jalan Wijaya, part of old Kampong Kembangan.Full episode of...

12/03/2025

Follow Alex Tan Tiong Hee on a walk back in time along colonial Orchard Road. He starts from the old C.K. Tang to a pair of Teochew areas (Ngee Ann Building & the cemetery), before reaching Cold Storage, Magnolia Snack Bar, an open air hawker centre, and yet more hawker stalls at Koek Road.

Ep1 | https://youtu.be/0n2dcVPbTuY
Ep2 | https://youtu.be/89K049WGC8c

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Write to [email protected] if you have any of these stories:
• Old places or kampongs.
• Communities – their way of life & culture.
• Childhood & schools.
• Work or business.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Alex Tan Tiong Hee takes us back to colonial-era Orchard Road in the ‘50s and ‘60s. Some landmarks are still around t...

10/03/2025

Dilip Doshi talks about the festivals and food of the Gujaratis, and their close ties with the Chinese on Market Street. His godfather was the Indonesian Chinese merchant Ong Wai Tjoei. This came to an end in 1979 when Market Street was acquired for redevelopment and the shophouses demolished.

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuWs6z8RIyw
Spotify | https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks/episodes/Chronicles-of-Old-Singapore--Dilip-Doshi--Gujaratis-of-Singapore--Market-Street-Part-2-e2vuh24

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Write to [email protected] if you have any of these stories:
• Old places or kampongs.
• Communities – their way of life & culture.
• Childhood & schools.
• Work or business.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dilip Doshi talks more about Gujarati traders and their food and festivals. He acknowledges his debt to his Indonesia...

07/03/2025

I asked Jack Humphrey about the resettlement of Kampong Potong Pasir in the late 1970s and its possible political implications. Jack was a young geographer doing a survey of the kampong at the time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h_DCu058Ew

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. American geographer Jack Humphrey recounts the involuntary resettlement of the villagers of Potong Pasir in the late ...

05/03/2025

Mejar Singh Gill recalls three historic Sikh temples in Singapore: the Naval Base Police Sikh Temple and the ⁠Sembawang Sikh Temple in the north and the Silat Road Sikh Temple near Sepoy Lines.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kStEvIYFmjs

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. LTC (Retd) Mejar Singh Gill recalls three historic Sikh temples in Singapore: the Naval Base Police Sikh Temple and t...

02/03/2025

Mejar Singh tells me the fascinating history of the Sikhs, especially in the Singapore Naval Base where he grew up, and why their temples (gurdwaras) are so dear to them.

YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogOR3Rf6jo4
Spotify | https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks/episodes/Chronicles-of-Old-Singapore--Mejar-Singh--Sikhs-of-the-Naval-Base--Singapore-Part-1-e2vivc3

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. LTC (Retd) Mejar Singh Gill talks to me about growing up in the Singapore Naval Base in the ‘50s and ‘60s where the S...

28/02/2025

The remarkable James Kwok recalls his days at Victoria School at the historic Tyrwhitt Road campus. He became a PE teacher at Kwong Avenue School but left to join the private sector. I think he would have made a great teacher if he had stayed on.

Ep1 | https://youtu.be/gwnxMAGmY-0
Ep2 | https://youtu.be/gG9GkY7D6Fk

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. James Kwok has fond memories of studying in the historic Victoria School@Tyrwhitt Road in the 1960s. There was the cu...

26/02/2025

Mary Abishagam, Vijayan Nambiar & Alfred Dass recount what happened to the Naval Base community when the British closed down their military bases in Singapore in the late 60's and early '70s.

https://youtu.be/pkt4Jqb8I1A

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Mary Abishagam, Vijayan Nambiar and Alfred Dass relate what happened to their families, relatives and friends when th...

23/02/2025

Islanders Adam Giman and Fawzi Nasir remember the freedom and leisurely pace of life on St. John’s and Lazarus Islands, and the changes when they were relocated to the Singapore mainland. One of these was land sickness - a sense of vertigo when they have been on land too long.

YouTube | https://youtu.be/UGDBE0PogaQ
Spotify | https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks/episodes/Chronicles-of-Old-Singapore--The-Islanders-Adam--Fawzi--St--Johns--Lazarus-Part-2-e2v889d

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Islanders Adam Giman and Fawzi Nasir recount their sadness at leaving St. John’s and Lazarus Islands in the 1970s and...

22/02/2025

Did you ever win at tikam tikam?

Got this from By My Old School. I especially like the banner for 虎山行, which came out in 1969.

21/02/2025

Tong Siew Yin recalls the landmarks of Old Orchard Road - theatres, markets, hawker stalls, and Emerald Hill where she studied.

Do share your memories of pre-makeover Orchard Road!

Ep1 | https://youtu.be/YD_B87867Gc

Ep2 | https://youtu.be/fihcnpDpgkk

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Tong Siew Yin grew up in a shophouse at 198 Orchard Road and attended SCGS at Emerald Hill in the 1950s and1960s. She...

20/02/2025

Khoo Ying Hooi recounts her journey researching human rights in Malaysia and Southeast Asia. She talks about why it is important for scholars to support one another and how they can write freely to a general audience.

YouTube | https://youtu.be/hB8-1-VpySQ
Spotify | https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ks6/episodes/The-Scholar-Chronicles--Khoo-Ying-Hooi--How-Scholars-Can-Write-Freely-e2v4987

Welcome to the Scholar Chronicles. I am Dr Loh KS, a historian, and I ask scholars to share their stories from the field. These stories shed light on the research we do, the challenges we face and the relationship between scholarship and society.

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Welcome to the Scholar Chronicles Podcast. Political scientist Khoo Ying Hooi relates how she decided to do a PhD when she was working in the Human Rights Co...

19/02/2025

Alex Tan remembers one of the fun pursuits of the middle class after the war: Magnolia Snack Bar.

https://youtu.be/xlfUHqpZV6M

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.

Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Alex Tan remembers the old Magnolia Snack Bar in Cold Storage.Alex Tan Tiong Hee on Old Orchard Road Ep2: https://you...