Wan Chan Peew – Naval Base, Kowloon Road & Sembawang Shipyard Part 2 | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Wan Chan Peew reflects on the steep learning curve for his and his father’s generation when the British pulled out of Singapore in the late ‘60s. Employees of the newly formed Sembawang Shipyard received something new and wondrous called bonuses, but there were also the 1968 Employment Act and the enforcing of labour discipline. Ep1 |    • Wan Chan Peew – Naval Base, Kowloon Road &...   Ep2 |    • Wan Chan Peew – Naval Base, Kowloon Road &...   Ep3 |    • Wan Chan Peew – Naval Base, Kowloon Road &...   Ep4 |    • Wan Chan Peew – Naval Base, Kowloon Road &...   00:00 The British Military Withdrawal 06:45 Getting a Job at the Finance Department 15:03 Retraining the Clerical Workers 18:39 Computerisation & Premier Dock at Sembawang Shipyard 27:34 The Carrot: Bonuses! 31:13 The Stick: Employment Act & Labour Discipline 38:52 My Sembawang Shipyard Experience Relive the Naval Base days and join our efforts to document its rich heritage and memory. Facebook:   / 275356295817629   Blog: https://thenavalbase.blogspot.com/ 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?... TikTok:   / lks992002   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