Charles Ngui – Old Clementi Before Polytechnics & Universities Part 3 | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Charles Ngui answers my questions: does Clementi have a heritage trail? Were there villages serving the British in Old Clementi Road? He tells of the levelling of the hills as development arrived in the ‘70s and a little-known story of how Ngee Ann Kongsi played a proactive role in property development. Charles Ngui was one of the young officers who joined the early Economic Development Board. He has a deep working knowledge of the tool and die industry, and the businesses, big and small, in Singapore in the ‘70s and ‘80s. Ep1 |    • Charles Ngui – Old Clementi Before Polytec...   Ep2 |    • Charles Ngui – Old Clementi Before Polytec...   Ep3 |    • Charles Ngui – Old Clementi Before Polytec...   00:00 Charles: Call for Podcast Guests 00:51 Heritage Trail for Clementi? 03:03 Local Villages Serving the British? 12:48 Industries of Bukit Timah 18:13 Malay/Muslim Presence 21:14 Levelling of the Hills 24:16 Educational Institutions 28:54 Ngee Ann Kongsi’s Counter-Strategy I’m Dr Loh KS, a people’s historian. I’m interested in the history of Singapore and the lives of its people. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city today. We discuss three topics: 1. People and places. 2. Change and continuity. 3. The importance of heritage. As a historian, I try to stay true to the oral history method on a video format and social media platform. I let the interviewee speak, as the ‘voice of the past’ as Paul Thompson put it. No clickbait, no BS, no posturing. The aim is to canvas a wide range of voices on various aspects of Singapore history and heritage – physical, social, cultural, economic. Do like the video, share your memories below and subscribe to the channel for future episodes. Write to me if you have questions or thoughts on Old Singapore or want to come onto the podcast: [email protected] Support Chronicles of Old Singapore on Patreon:   / chroniclesofoldsingapore   Follow the channel on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... Chronicles Research & Education is my research consultancy on the history of Singapore: https://www.chroniclesresearch.com/ Caveat: this is above all a podcast based on personal memory. As has been well-documented in oral history, memory is not always reliable and what is recalled here should not be taken as fact. However, as Alessandro Portelli noted, the subjectivity of oral history is also its great strength, and what is inaccurately remembered may point to how deeply meaningful the past is to people. #singaporehistory #memory #heritage #nostalgia #oralhistory #socialhistory #history #singapore