Island Life, Working At The Port: Stories From Singapore's South | Let Me Tell You A Story S2

Singapore’s story began in the south - the island’s first gateway to the world. From Pulau Brani to Pasir Panjang, former residents who grew up along these coastlines recall a childhood shaped by the sea, thriving industries and a young nation on the cusp of greatness. Pulau Brani was once a tropical haven: home to a vibrant seaside kampong and a tin-smelting factory that exported refined tin across the globe. Across the water, the mainland was rising fast. The harbour expanded to rival the world’s best, breweries brewed for export and power stations ran day and night to light up the island. WATCH MORE Let Me Tell You A Story    • Let Me Tell You A Story | Full Episodes   00:00 Life on Singapore's southern islands 02:24 Orang Laut and arrival of the British 04:35 Living on stilts 07:22 Island life: getting water, using the bathroom 09:13 Tin smelting and export industry 12:15 Origins of Keppel Harbour 14:35 Life of dock workers 18:05 British family life captured on video 21:07 Living off the sea 22:52 Singapore's first power plants 24:58 Power plant workers and their families 28:17 1960s: Singapore bets on industrialisation 29:12 Tiger Beer's start 31:16 Civil unrest and gang fights 33:37 A trip to the mainland 35:54 Running Singapore's busy port 38:13 Railway from Tanjong Pagar to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 42:09 Moving out of Pulau Brani ==== About the show: These are the stories of the last surviving historians among us. Hear the vivid memories of a time gone by, told by a generation who grew up in a completely different Singapore nearly 100 years ago. ======== #CNAInsider #LetMeTellYouAStoryCNA #Singapore #SingaporeHistory #Island #OrangLaut For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Instagram:   / cnainsider   Facebook:   / cnainsider   Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider