This is another piece of Singapore’s rich history which the government of the day missed to capture and preserved as it was considered as a dying trade. Remember as it was barely 3 years since Singapore left the Federation of Malaysia to become a republic and there are many urgent and important issues for the government to handle. Thanks to the documentary film maker who have the foresight to remind the younger generation on the the colourful life of the past in Singapore.

Nice video capturing the life of ordinary Singaporean on a market day at Chong Pang. Singapore multi ethnicity was beautifully recorded and seeing young Sikh boys without the turban,Malays’ women without head coverings(tudung) and the Chinese aunties wearing cheongsams and baggy pants- a rare sight today!

First generation, living with dirt, thats why we are so strong

I was 5 years old in 1968 and grew up in that neighbourhood including attending the nearby schools - West Hill Primary and Naval Base Secondary.

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Nostalgic memories recalled

How about Samsui womens...

1968, the year I was born. This is amazing to see how people those days leads their daily routine. Thank you for the nostalgic video.

Very well done and loved everything about it. As a child visiting HK in the 1970s this brings back so many happy memories, this was a great time to live and a great place to live. Loved the traditional music, of course, and the narration, so British!! I have not been back since the 1980s and now things are so different under China's control. The memories will always however be there and this short video was a blessing. Many thanks for this

A very nice documentary with beautiful music.

I lived there 1970 So many memories

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Such a poor third world country, looks more primitive than Guyana. But a little better than South Sudan where they live in grass huts.

Not aure about the poetic imagery.

Was this shot on 16mm or 8mm film? Looks like 16mm but a second copy of the original.

以前的🌳桐卡车…三个人🉐一个站在车头后边…在大马，若是拉格罗里，若没下雨…或没载货，跟车的就🉐站在车斗内…下雨或🈶载货才能坐车内！死斗6轮的，跟车🉐坐在车顶…以前车顶是木造的…下雨或者晚上才能坐车内…🥺😮‍💨🙄以前的政府与交通部长真的满脑💩

Wish you had shot in 16mm instead of 8mm

I am a sailor from sg

Hong kong hic güzel değil

Sadece yuksek binalar baska bisey degil.dogal güzel lik yok

I firewalked once with Anthony Robbins. My whole sole came out after that. Looks like his Unleashing of the Power Within doesnt work on me

These footages are so clear. Thanks for sharing this. I believe the scenes of hell were taken from Haw Paw Villa

Leong San See Temple means Dragon Mountain temple. The current one is located at Race Course Road, in the Little India area

My friend is currently also a Monkey God medium. He tried to enrol me into the organisation, saying I have the X factor to be a medium 😱

Actually if using Chinese pinying it should be Bai Shen, which means Praying to the Gods

Nice. No wonder they erected a statue of an old man with a straw hat carrying a pole with two loads at the ends. I like the narration of this video and not the sleep inducing accents of local production during that era

I stay near Clark quay

Amazing 🙋🇸🇬

It a lost craft

These are real skillmen. No engrg drawings or calculation or machine needed. No Class Certification needed. They beat OCEANGATE submarine hands down...nothing to proof, no egos involved...just working hard for a living n toiling under the hotsun...put our younger generations to great shame.

The security guards of Hell are the twos one with 'a horse head' and the other with 'a cow head'. During the 7th month of the hungry ghosts the Hell's gate opens to release various kind of ghosts on one month visa for enjoyments. When the visa expires it 😊is a must for them to return back before the Hell gate closes. On head count, if there are 'overstayers' The 'cow head and horse face' security guards are out to search and arrest them. The candles are actually 'lamp posts' to guide them at night when they visit those 'dirty bars' plucking big and small papaya. They need those 'Bank of Hell' currency for daily transaction as a result stacks of these 'legal tenders' are burnt for tthem. In fact a Chinese lives a poor man, dies a rich man. They upgraded themselves too from 'a taxi driver' to 'an airline pilot' if the family burns him 'an aeroplane' It's a strange strange world we live in Master Jack!

Thank you for sharing your precious video. I hope you can cheer for us and have a great time on KZbin

across the Kallang River would have been British Naval shop builders, "Vosper Thornycroft" located in Tanjong Rhu. where they build patrol boats and small frigate vessels.I think it closed operations in the late 80s. But i remember as a young child in the late 80s. Anywya such a contrast from the Geylang side. which did all these traditional boards

These is really a precious n valuable historic video in 1968 reflecting the old neighourhood n kampong style living togather in such a friendly n peacefully old chong pang estate.....❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍

These historic n memorial video was so precious n valuable, myself only 10 years old in 1971 n at present in 2023 myself already an senior citizen with the age of 62 it reflected how the island have becoming one of the most advancing countries in the world.Deeply n greatly appreciating for uploading such a marvellous video.....❤❤❤👍👍👍👍👍

An eye-opening short documentary that bring me back to the Lion City in 1971. I love it.

聽得懂視頻的人like一下

HONG KONG IS NOT "HONG" LE.....................

Over population.

小時候看見過這些景象，當時覺得理所當然，冇乜特別，但原來它們一直慢慢地轉變至消失。雖然，轉變或消失沒有好壞之分，但我們都好好享受和珍惜當下。

Port of incense.

👍 🇬🇧 Fragrance Harbor 🇬🇧 A city where the British and Cantonese co-exists well , peaceful and prosper into become the Pearl of the Orient . ❤👍🙏. 👨🏻‍🦳🧑🏻‍🦳 ☕️🍰🥨🍪🍫🍦 🐇🐈

小時候看見過這些景象，當時覺得理所當然，冇乜特別，但原來它們一直慢慢地轉變至消失。雖然，轉變或消失沒有好壞之分，但我們都好好享受和珍惜當下。

Thank you very much for putting this video up and congratulations on the time and effort you must have spent in restoring it. When I found it, I was looking for a word to describe the clutter of boats on Singapore River at the time I first saw it in January 1977, so this is very nostalgic and perfect for my needs. In '77 I walked everywhere and could not believe my eyes when I saw such a battered clutter of wooden boat-like structures across what appeared to be a road, until I realised that they were indeed boats and that beneath them was an actual river. The next time I returned to Singapore, the mess, along with the Bhugi Street attractions and much more, had disappeared into modernity. The last time I was there, not even Raffles was recognisable. Have you videos or photos of any other countries around that time? I'm writing up the story (for my four adult children) of our nine months overland trip in 1977-78, taking public transport from New South Wales to old South Wales. The kids tell me they remember so very little of it after all these years that I need to recall it myself and write it into 'a book'. All the best to you and thanks. E Liz

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