Singapore 1970s: A Nation Comes Of Age | In Our Time | Full Episode

[@aaronm8143]

Singapore’s rise is truly inspiring. Such a hardworking generation, I bet the older generation feels proud seeing the world their children, and grandchildren live in.

[@TonyRule]

You too can live in high-rise shoebox under a totalitarian regime, slogging yourself to death to make the rich richer!

[@januskaminsky5399]

I just visited Singapore 3 weeks ago, it's a slice of heaven, it has everything and seeing different cultures living together in one place is truly exemplary. Well done Singapore despite being the home of the $120000 Toyota Corollas.....

[@bowlampar]

Back then, disco the night away is a way of life. Living condition may be tough and difficult in the 70', but we have never gave up music; song and dance as part of life.

[@wongfrancis]

I had the good fortune of working at the opera scene in Singapore from 2018 to 2023 (stopped 2 years during covid). The month stayed in Singapore for rehearsal, and it opened my eyes to all things Singaporean, friends, food, closer look to daily living. In many ways, Singapore is similar to my home, Hong Kong. Singaore will always be very dear in my heart ❤️ sending the Lion city my love from Hong Kong ❤️

[@jamalparra5879]

this series is awesome. never thought singapore was so happening back then. thought people just worked and worked. but looks like they had a great time.

[@georgeanddaddecker7563]

I loved growing up in Singapore. It changed my life. I miss it to this day. It is sad to me how much heritage had to be sacrificed for progression. You would have to be a millionaire to live the type of life I did in the 70's and 80's. COF tax for driving, insane the true cost of owning a car or home . I would still move back if I had the opportunity. I love Singapore.

[@Hello-uk5xp]

Where you live now

[@georgeanddaddecker7563]

@@Hello-uk5xp I live Rhode Island USA. It’s very nice but not the same. I still miss Singapore so much. I wish we never left.

[@thiruari7488]

Rhode Island Singaporean? Sounds familiar. Do you love to fish by any chance?

[@JohnLee-gt3sr]

@@georgeanddaddecker7563 The "food" scene had been pretty much left out. The variety of food in Singapore is simply exceptional because of the different races. I'm sure you'd know that. Like they say "the stomach is not too far from the heart". 🙂 Just taste them again and you'll miss Singapore even more. As a retiree now, I'm so grateful to have been born here.

[@azamshahuddin781]

WOW, Isetan opened its' branch in Singapore as early as the 1970s.We only got ours in KL in the early 1990s.

[@RatedJBR]

i didn't know that there's isetan in Singapore. PH also has isetan too.

[@veekwok5611]

The 1970's, the decade of discos, long hair, drugs, flower power, hippies and bell-bottoms. A decade of the most draconian rule in Singapore but also the most exciting decade ever to be a Singaporean. Pioneer generation will definitely agree with this.

[@satansfans]

Why do you call it was the decade of most Draconian rule?

[@veekwok5611]

@@satansfans Well, the first thing that came to my mind, when I wrote the above comment was of course "Operation Snip Snip", where it was an offence for males to keep long hair. At 1:18 of the video you can see the poster, "males with long hair will be attended last" which is so discriminatory. Long hair was defined by the authorities as hair-cut above collar-length, covering the ears or touching the eye-brows and the law was enacted strictly. It was common then where schools would not allow students into the premises until you have a "decent short hair-cut". Police would round up males with long hair-cut and were fined for flouting the law. Bands like Led Zeppelin, Bee Gees and Kitaro were refused from performing here because they have long hair. Restriction on public gatherings were put in place in 1973. During 1970, sterilization and abortion were legalized to support the "Stop At Two" family planning campaign. Women who borne more than 2 children were penalized. Jay walking was made illegal and offenders were heavily fined. I don't know why but jukebox was banned, and oh yes it is illegal to possess PlayBoy magazines. During the 70's people were quite fearful of the Government.

[@satansfans]

@@veekwok5611 oh my god,it almost feels like an authoritarian regime similar to North Korea.After all it seems like Singapore miracle came at a cost! But looking at the 70s,80s you can be proud that Singapore made it to the big stage, joined the ranks of Asian tiger economies like Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea.

[@Amidat]

those so called "draconian rules" are exactly why Singapore didn't fall apart and become full of slums like many other cities.... or didn't face the torrent of social ills that other cities have.

[@Amidat]

@@satansfans In the 70's and 80's Taiwan and South Korea were both under military dictatorships.... people seem to forget these things... it takes strong rule to develop a nations. Hong Kong was still a british colony and had way more crime and corruption than Singapore.

[@captaincool2453]

Awesome job CNA! It´s a great way to look into the past and how things developed

[@dangoh2237]

Wish that i am struck in the 70s or 80s. Today, living is very plastic! Those simple & happy days! OMG!

[@shashvatshukla]

Thank you for documenting the past and making the documentation easily accessible.

[@thamtham4000]

reminising olden days of Singapore is truly inspiring to us, thank you for those days of yore, enjoyed viewing it, CNA

[@lisa-mariegray5510]

Wonderful memories of our holidays in Singapore and KL when I was a young kid.

[@schwartzenheimer1]

Saint Jack is one of my all-time favorite films. The story of its production in Singapore is one of the most intriguing portraits of clandesine film production, by one of the best filmmakers ever, Peter Bogdanovich, with Hugh Hefner, among other celebrities, was a producer. 'Kinda hot'...

[@Funkst3R]

Where did the 80s video go? It suddenly got privatised...

[@evarangie]

Abdul Rahim Adam precisely im watching halfway and now i cannot find it anywhere 😤

[@Funkst3R]

@@evarangie yeah! I wanna see more Far East and Centre Point Kids!!!

[@palamirtammarimuthu1752]

love of books was nurtured at home...by my oldest brother and his English books.....in the 1970s....while primary schools introduced books to us in the 1960s.......22/4/20

[@almasmuhammadali4157]

How we loved growing up in Singapore when u say Singapore u say Lee Kuan Yew Amazing

[@azia5051]

Nowadays people just look at their phone in the year of 2020! But the 1970s look so cool🥳💃🏻🕺🏿

[@earlocasla7129]

Yeahh 1960's to 1980 is golden age of era

[@chanceryan1757]

That was so good. Absolutely beautiful.

[@georgewee1227]

All those memories.OMG!

[@foghornd1059]

I don't mind shorten my life for few years just to relive the 70s again. Life sucks now here in singapore

[@georgeanddaddecker7563]

Why? It looks so good now! It was great then!

[@kimchiba4570]

Life is amazing in Singapore .. Cheap if one manages ones expectations

[@polee2004]

Excellent documentary. Thank you CNA.

[@Drone_PilotSG]

Lee KWAN yews vision. The current guy is a sad shadow of his dad

[@david888a]

Can’t imagine Brian Richmond is still working in radio, that’s a very long career. My best years growing up in Sg was late 60s n 70s, 16 years old, shoulder long hair…then..T dances every weekend, watched The Quest, The Trailers, Fried Ice,Western Union Band n many others, Ganja n MX were weekend drugs of choice…n make love n not war , Hippie period. left Sg 1977 at 25 for Canada.

[@CaiZai]

Veteran architect Professor Tay Kheng Soon is brother of ex Senior Minister of State for Education Tay Eng Soon, who died during his term as Minister in 1993.

[@begotten59]

Kudos Singapore!!!

[@JGreen-ec9uo]

The Age of Real Life ! 70s, 80s People were People. No Hand phone life.

[@lewiss.3786]

wow sg in 70s look like KL liao

[@ghiberti]

Singapore is an inspiration to its fellow ASEAN countries. Diversity and progress are its best attributes la. Mandarin and English two of the most widely spoken languages are easy for Singaporeans. Neighbors should learn from Sg la.

[@stacieberries]

why do you type la so many times that’s so unnatural 😂

[@ghiberti]

@@stacieberries i tried my hand on Singlish la. Hahaha

[@yeoedwin1619]

Hope to see Ring Of Fury and Cleopatra Wong in HD remastered, either in Netflix, Celestial Movies Channel or whatever.

[@kiayungko7731]

很喜欢这种纪录片👍🏼

[@JesusLovesHisCreations]

Omg... I didn't know McDonald's has been in Singapore since 70s... I only knew there's KFC & A&W ... 😅

[@mindislife]

those disco dudes are all old uncles now.

[@ericchin3416]

Reclamation land at Marine Parade i remember clearly, Changi Airport coming up😊

[@troygundam]

sure hope to have drive in again

[@ResidentNotEvil5]

Respect old generation and I don't like the current generation full of attitude

[@jansg405]

The current generation especially the young is a deprave generation

[@drpk6514]

In this show I did not see even one Malay person speeking who are the original inhabitants of the place. It is not nice and rosy for everyone forsure.

[@juz12wach]

Great documentary with solid comments from people in the know. But, what? Did CNA just stretched 1.33 formatted footage horizontally to fit 1.67? That's the only that spoilt the enjoyment for me. But still, I'm happy this programme was made.

[@flikcof7910]

Now buzzing with FTs

[@MrbonitoMrCai]

You don't see isetan staff greeting people at the entrance anymore leh

[@NN0888]

Checkout uniqlo

[@palamirtammarimuthu1752]

home cooked food was a hallmark of my family....outside food was only in school tuckshops.......during recess......NO macdonald's till 1980s....

[@seebauong9593]

Was living in Singapore between 1968-1974, as a bachelor I ate out all the time, I do remember the hawker center at Orchard Road, Newton Circus, Thompson Road, Fish Head Curry at Hevelock, the girls and boys are quite fashionable, boys with long hair and bell bottom pants are common despite being a no no by Lee Kuan Yew and girls wearing "Hot Pants" are quite common too.

[@mike04574]

True

[@georgeanddaddecker7563]

@@mike04574 My brother had to cut his hair at the airport when returning from Summer vacation in 1974, he was beside himself when customs told him they were going to cut his hair.

[@andrewlee8110]

Where is the episode for 1980s?

[@ilovecayline]

Why isnt there Singapore 1980s?

[@oneuponzero]

Very often, videos of past Singapore were on the 50s, 60s, 70s and probably 90s. The lack lustre 80s were left out because of the "MeeSiamMaiHum" leadership.

[@sjmachrihanish]

Progress? Yes it's a richer country but at what cost? Communities had the heart ripped out of them when low rise dwellings were knocked down for soulless high rise - even though many of the above-shop homes could have been refurbished with modern utilities. It was a way of removing reminders of colonial times which mattered to the political class. The once beautiful coastline has been decimated along with much flora and fauna. No one talks about the appalling loss that land reclamation caused to the country's natural appearance. The cityscape could be any modern metropolis anywhere in the developed world. Singapore has wealth, prestige and comparatively low crime for the Far East. I'm sure it is a better place in many ways to live than when I was a small boy living in Changi in the mid sixties. But it will never, ever, be as wonderful.

[@armyong9882]

And in the 2020s, more AI and smartness

[@ciarankelly4338]

The Club at Marco Polo Hotel was the best!

[@manerosnf8449]

Almost forget about that ,but there is also Chinoserie, music room ,library, lost horizon, black velvet and of course studio M which I never went because I am too young or broke.

[@bobbyt1318]

Singapore has always had a very, very low crime rate. It's also one the list of one the best places to do business (and least corrupt). So many great things to say about this economic tiger, but I'm curious why the number of executions rose so steeply during the 1990's.

[@x6621]

The crime rate rose dramatically from 1989, when the last British soldiers (operating from the British New Zealand garrison) left Singapore, until the Asian financial crisis in 1998. Crime in Singapore reached a shocking peak in 1996, before dwindling down after the Asian financial crisis.

[@manithangavalu7885]

Larry lai sounds like a Matsalleh and Brian Richmond sounds like a singaporean.

[@palamirtammarimuthu1752]

wow...Brian Richmond was an actor????........so handsome.....

[@Jackkhoo01]

Remember, we all came to the basketball court to stared at TV

[@leowls3713]

as expected all singaporeans commenting here

[@rudytruly2669]

People are nicer too

[@jlcdrivewayramps7343]

Definitely not. Believe me.

[@wakboy7499]

The 1970s destroyed the Adelphi Hotel... A landmark that could easily outmatch the Raffles

[@ongkhuongduy3498]

It is funny how even the white deejay started speaking Singlish. That is how you know he has spent a big part of your life in the place.

[@cadbellu6370]

Back then, Covid-1970 hadn't bite in then😁

[@ezahh]

Why does the thumbnail look like Hwasa

[@renawong1601]

8:05 sounds like Corona to me

[@p6h14]

32:58 did anyone notice he is wearing a Mac ring?

[@Underdog9898]

2:39 Daddy is that you?

[@palamirtammarimuthu1752]

what disco???.....only Saturday Night Fever and Bee Gees....cassettes la........audio only ......22/4/20 for me....

[@mike04574]

What radio station played popular music from bee gees, and foreign bands in the 70s and 80s?

[@ctwasus2738]

Oh my gosh. Brian Richmond is old.

[@cadbellu6370]

Because Blind Rich Man is not young anymore.

[@mvp2526]

my friends all say no to having kids in singapore i also join in.

[@georgeanddaddecker7563]

Why?

[@palamirtammarimuthu1752]

how come Golden Mile lacks DBS atm?????

[@michellelimmy]

lol the whites also speak in singlish slang

[@sadiomane1071]

How come nothing on 1950s Singapore??

[@Zenocius]

Flying Dutchman?

[@danceoffAsh]

11:58. If I were the cameraman I'd be running to her to try holding the taxi door and ask for her home phone number to watch a drive-in movie. She's cute!

[@mariakissyouloveyoudaylisa1055]

Im glad to see u...DJ BRYAN

[@palamirtammarimuthu1752]

conservation means NO atm??????

[@thegardenranger]

Dem aber, der euch zu befestigen vermag nach meinem Evangelium und der Predigt von Jesu Christo, nach der Offenbarung des Geheimnisses, das in den Zeiten der Zeitalter verschwiegen war, jetzt aber geoffenbart und durch prophetische Schriften, nach Befehl des ewigen Gottes, zum Glaubensgehorsam an alle Nationen kundgetan worden ist, dem allein weisen Gott durch Jesum Christum, ihm sei die Herrlichkeit in Ewigkeit! Amen.

[@Callsign-Blade_RunnerSG]

Singapore’s Nightlife even till today. Boring and Dead…

[@meekhinglim4829]

Luckily Lee Kuan Yew made the wise decision to withdraw from the Federation of Malaysia. Unlike Sarawak, its own people sold its people to Malaya .

[@GrilledChickenRamyun]

Melayu mana eh?

[@manithangavalu7885]

Anytime there's documentaries about singapore, Malays and Indians don't exists. Even the promotions for tourist board doesn't include Malays and indians. So much so for being a Multi Racial Country.

[@abdulhamidmanaf3887]

Not mention any Malay movies Productions The Malays is being sideline ...

[@akifiskandar4186]

Its an insult that no credit is given to the Malay Film Industry that made Singapore cinema thriving in the 50s and Mid 60s before having no native cinema industry between separation and the early 90s

[@jrukawa11]

Old sin

[@diysg1632]

Time of squat toilets everywhere, don't miss those

[@syedadeelhussain2691]

LEE KUAN YEW

[@johantan5305]

*it's just full of propaganda...* 😒

[@leederek]

i believe it's the person , not the country. ppl like you will whine in any country

[@desaturated6049]

You have a very strong loser mentality lol

[@certifiedbruh2180]

“Propaganda is when information”

[@yeoedwin1619]

Hope to see Ring Of Fury and Cleopatra Wong in HD remastered, either in Netflix, Celestial Movies Channel or whatever.

[@Touchgrassplz]

its on Amazon prime i think