"Singapore, My Singapore" Documentary 1960s-1970s

I used to love the Satay Garden..

Since the 60's Singaporeans are already highly educated and articulate with the same verve and vigour in inplementation.

Who made this neat video?

i am not anciant but i could not even whatch this if am anciant. mmhmm. becouse i am indian.

Chinatown was where Cantonese was widely spoken as the majority of residents came from Quandong (old Kwantung) China. Also multi lingualism was already in effect and everybody understands each other. In its place now stands the People's Park Complex.

Another nugget the young Singaporeans should know. Majority of the married women residents who need to shop or work there wears a kind of clothing called "samfu" (of Cantonese origin) of same cotton material/colour blouse and loose pants. Sometimes with mandarin collar. Usually worn the whole day doing chores like cooking, washing clothes, feeding the baby, neighbourhood street wear, and lastly as pajamas as well. And the footwear is a pair of wooden clogs which they also use for the bathroom. Also during those times, there were lots of Nepalese itinerant hawking wares such as rings with precious stones, jade bangles, Nepalese trinkets etc. What's amazing is the winter clothing they wear loosely on their shoulders. The police/locals always treated them as locals.

This was my Singapore as well when I grew up as a teenager. I have the same feelings of nostalgia for the traditional slow paced way of life. It was lovely to see the Amah's market, which was our favourite Friday night activity in Changi village. All gone now in modern tour videos. I also remember the traditional Chinese clothes worn by the women in the market and the vest and shorts worn by the men. Our Amah had walked from Hainan in China to Singapore to escape the Japanese during world war II. She always wore a traditional Armah's clothes that you can see on Chinese brush paintings more than a thousand years ago. She had a big golden smile from gold fillings that you can see in this film. I lived near a traditional Kampong with a duck pond and neatly laid out vegetable gardens. A way of life that has gone forever. Maybe we are better off today with our iPhones but I know that I am not.

I love Singapore, I spent time there between tour's of the Sarawak jungle and the jungle around Jahore ( the confrontation) 1965
Visited a few years ago still wonderful in a different way. But old Singapore was the best

Wow! Who is that guy in black glasses! He really had foresight !

Human morality level can change anything including life quality, that why Singapore can so fast become first grade country just short term, singapore still is village on 70s, compare Hong Kong 40s already is city, but now life level is lose to Singapore

Very interesting! to see the old Singapore of the 60s and 70s

Singapore was not founded in 1819, Singapore was colonised in 1819. Modern Singapore was founded in 1965 by a group of brilliant men led by LKY.

Mr Chua Peng Chye , thank you for you ingenious planning and leadership and massive thank you for your service, despite its been more than 3 years since you pass on , I still would like to send my deepest condolences to your immediate family and friends. Without you and your colleagues there’s no Singapore of today.

heartwarming.

He just described the very present time we are living in his opening intro

This is an immensely amazing watch, much of the precious footage has rarely been seen before

My late father worked in Singapore from 1959 to 1971. He knew Singapore would eventually emerge a nation by itself given its identity and culture that differentiates it from Malaya.

The majority of Chinese were brought to Singapore as coolies, not traders as the Chinese Singaporean narrator incorrectly presents

thank you,

I missed the village life (Tampines) except the larva in the latrine pits and the mozzies that it developed into.

I used to be around, went to Chinatown (Guchachui)with my servant (maid)to buy bakchang,when she did'nt have time to make them,sometimes to eat dim sum, seiok!Life was good to me. Thank goodness I managed to chabot after N.S.before hard times came. 😄

Best times of my life can never forget i miss my old singapore 🎉❤🎉😢

My grandad and his brother were born in Singapore. What a melting pot. German and Welsh ancestry. Thanks for showing.

This documentary is truly a masterpiece 👏 😊

Man, Mr.Chua is a brilliant guy. Though I’m from a younger generation, his vision & knowledge really impressed me. I analysed every single word he said & found it still relevant today as though he’s speaking for today. He could very easily been the PM of Spore. A really wonderful documentary & a glimpse into the past. The elders in this video may have passed on & the young that we saw, maybe of Pioneer & Merdeka generation today but lets not forget, and accept that even today’s modern developments & changes wont last in another 30 to 50 years for the sake of progress & changes in lifestyles. Maju Singapura.!

これ途中の女性中国人？日本人？
髪型が時代を感じる日本っぽいな

Precious!

Singapore my place of birth ( Kandang Kerbau Hosp). Love it and I remembered the good old days when I was a kid . Walking to School ( Trafalgar primary School. Now No more) from my hse at Police Barracks at Cantonment Road in the 60s. All left as history and the good old days. 😢❤

From Singapore Improvement Trust to Housing Development Board and Urban Redevelopment Authority.
If anyone has doubts in the local government planning process just do some research.
Do visit URA and see how fortunate Singaporeans are to have such dedicated pioneers.
Kudos.

My father was S.ad.O. of Changi from 1955- 1958, we lived in Abingdon Rd. Loyd Lees. Taken to school in a Garry truck and guarded when there was 'Merdeka' riots. It was best part of my childhood, I still favour the S.E. Asian culture, at the time I didn't realise who fortunate I was.

Is like seeing two different countries. a poor developing country, and now a fully developed first world country.

Chua Peng Chye was one of Singapore’s pioneering urban planners, and served as the country’s Chief Planner from 1973 to 1976. Peng Chye joined the public service in 1959 as a town planner with the Singapore Improvement Trust. In 1967, he was appointed to a project team established by the Singapore government with the support of the United Nations, to develop the country’s first island-wide land-use plan — the Concept Plan of 1971. This plan served as a blueprint for the physical development of Singapore, guiding the creation of infrastructure such as housing estates and transport networks across the country. He passed away on 16 April 2019 at the age of 87

I lived in Singapore as a young child in the mid 1960s. My father was in the British army and we were stationed there for 2 years. I have the happiest memories of our time there, and this video brought lots of 'memories' back. I have been back to Singapore twice since those days, only last month I was there on a short visit. Obviously today's Singapore bears almost no similarity with that of my childhood but there are areas that still have that original feel. I lived on the Wessex Estate and went to Pasir Panjang junior school. On my visit in 2018 I was able to actually go inside the apartment I lived in as a child, believe me when I tell you it hadn't changed at all. Thank you Singapore for giving me two years of the perfect childhood!

Those old days were realistic about living and making things work. No virtual scams. 😊 When we meet for football, we are on time and meet at the correct location without any issues. Now with mobile phones and social media, people came late and can't find each other in the same building 😂

i was born in the 80s, missed the old days when I was a child.. even though i'm not that old as shown the in video. Present Singapore is "just another city" nothing more to look forward to as a citizen.

So interesting, 50+ years have passed and the Singaporean accent is still the same !

Love my Singapore ❤❤

The "People's Park" replacement (People's Park Complex) is going to be replaced again after 50 years.

Free of PMD pests.

do you have any more of such videos? so educational, enjoyed and learnt so much, thank you

Wet market back in the 70s-80s were the best, you can really feel the vibrant energy of the people making a living. Weird enough, you no longer feel that in the modern era.

1 and a half years in singapore as a child. 70's . what a thing, we had an amah too. named ahlin spelling probablbly wrong. she wore those clothes the women had in the market scene. later told through my mom she had harrowing stories of japanese occupation. I wonder does holland village still exist. saw the fire walk and have dads pictures still. the younger ones dashed tthe experienced ones walked. if it was not the very same place shown in the clips it looked just like it. just my indulgent childhood singapore reflections. saw another indian hindu ritual as well where they wear these skin piercing harnasses on ther torsos and headress peircing thorough their toungue and cheeks. my understanding is that they had all survived some life periiling condition or circumstance. as a child just at play there were many artifacts of the war to be found bullets of all sizes. my dad knew a local sucsessfull entrupenuer name park who owned 4 sail boats. on many sundays we were invited to sail with this singaporean. I remember in that great harbor we were incredibly close to those huge cargo ships.

This film I think takes in the years in 1969 .

Very nice documentory.
sanjay Pune India

We are thankful for what they did. Thank you to our pioneers!

The day when the old guards of the most efficient Civil Service 'farm out' and 'out-sourcing' to agency and authority in the name of restructuring that is the end of the Civil Service for good. Hence, the society must suffer from their antagonising the unhappy general public with resentment.

Without the English educated of multiracial borned 'British Subject' will there be a Singapore today?

Ok my country's capital is Singapore in this video.