Chronicles of Old Singapore | V. Maheantharan – Remember our Port Workers & Singapore Polytechnic

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Chronicles of Old Singapore

Loh KS

177 episodes

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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. 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. Caveat: this is 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.

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Chronicles of Old Singapore | V. Maheantharan – Remember our Port Workers & Singapore Polytechnic

Chronicles of Old Singapore

51 minutes 21 seconds

1 month ago

Chronicles of Old Singapore | V. Maheantharan – Remember our Port Workers & Singapore Polytechnic

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. V. Maheantharan studied at the University of Southampton on a government scholarship before being posted to the Singapore Polytechnic. There, he oversaw many innovative programmes which made the polytechnic an exciting alternative to the university, which it was unfortunately not allowed to develop into. He talks about the need to acknowledge the roles of both the port workers and the Singapore Polytechnic to Singapore’s development.

00:00 Nautical Studies at University of Southampton

08:55 My Father Struggled with Containerisation

13:06 Tanjong Pagar is Unrecognisable

16:49 Acknowledging the Port Workers

20:23 Singapore Polytechnic in Singapore’s Development

26:13 Polytechnic & Industry

31:48 Turning the Polytechnic into a University

36:41 The Polytechnic has Become Sexy

43:28 Acknowledging the Polytechnic and its Students

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. This is Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian, and I speak to people on their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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Write to lkshis@gmail.com if you have any of these stories:

• Old places or kampongs.

• Communities – their way of life & culture.

• Childhood & schools.

• Work or business.

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