16 hours ago ... I could not think of a good answer until I took some clues from a stack of old photographs about Jardine Steps, a name much better known to ...
Exactly 6 years ago, our then Minister for National Development, Mr Mah Bow Tan shocked Singaporeans with the announcement that they were planning to increase our population to an unbelievable 6.5 million. After much protest and complaints, he clarified that the figure 6.5 million was...
After the government’s announcement of the Queen’s first visit to Singapore in 1972, the whole island was in a frenzy with the preparation for her visit. The whole of Tanjong Pagar, where our port was located, was to be cleaned up. Since this part of the country was quite unsightly th...
Last time I went down Orchard Road, about 10 years ago, I was astounded at the change. It was almost impossible to get a sense of where I was, because there was almost nothing left that I recognised. MacDonald House was still there, and the Presbyterian Church, but everything else was...
![[Daily Blog Reads] Then and Now – Queenstown Library](http://static.sgblogs.com/assets/pages/8a/48/8a48786c108ec185391af56aa12e1e10_100.jpg)
The second photo technically is not a ‘Now’ photo because I took it about 2 years ago in October 2009. Among all the public libraries, Queenstown Branch is my favourite. I have been going there for decades. I can remember clearly what the layout was like before the renovation. As you ...
I have similar recollections of the dispersal area and watching out for interesting aircraft in that area. Two spring to mind: a squadron of Fairey Gannets with the contra rotating propellers flew in and parked on the dispersal area having come from a carrier undergoing work at the na...
The land on which the modern city stands was occupied as far back as the second century AD, and has been ruled by a long series of different political bodies since that time. In 1819 Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles signed a treaty with the Sultan of Johor and established Singapore as a Br...
Hi, my name is Lam Chun See. I was born in 1952. This site is for Singaporeans and friends of Singapore of my generation to share stories of Singapore back in the kampong days when we were kids. I started this blog because I realised how much our country has changed in our life time, ...
Hi, my name is Lam Chun See. I was born in 1952. This site is for Singaporeans and friends of Singapore of my generation to share stories of Singapore back in the kampong days when we were kids. I started this blog because I realised how much our country has changed in our life time, ...
