Singapore 1983: Another day at the quay

Life before the demolishment of North Boat Quay, finishing with the delight of an opium pipe. A film by Ronni Pinsler. Do the viewers know what the old shopkeeper is selling and what do the three puppets shown represent? Which chess? game is being played? Viewer Persimmone informs me: The entire area has been demolished. What stands on the spot where the temple was, is now a shopping center called The Central. The area is now called Clarkes Quay, with lots of trends pubs.
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[@tankaihong3207]

I"m an old man, watching the film brought me memories , happiness, sadness, laughters n tears in my eyes.Those were the gd old days, so free n easy n less stressful. How wonderful n happy it will b if technology wouldn't have been advancing so rapidly.Thks once again 4 making me feel young again while watching. Greatly appreciated Michael n may the good God bless u n yr family in this period of the pandamic now n the days to come. Amen n Amen!

[@serena13100]

谢谢分享, 那是我们的童年和回忆, 还有些熟悉的面孔。

[@linnhmaw]

Tan Kai hong come to myanmar, its still a little stress free

[@tankaihong3207]

@@linnhmaw ok, when the time comes, i will!

[@Tone_SA]

Then again, technology also allowed us to see this, I guess everhthing has its ups and downs haha!

[@tankaihong3207]

@@Tone_SA well said!

[@michaelijsbrand]

Thanks. I have many more clips on old Singapore on YT and will upload one more in a few weeks' time

[@patricktay4442]

Uncle MichaelRogge, Thanks in advance with your contribution and sharing those days image and video in singapore whenever you visit and your pleasant stay just like you are half of singaporean personal.Appreciated with your effort

[@alexburns6783]

Mr Rogge, I lived in Singapore during 1983 and you have a keen eye for detail and the foresight to capture for posterity what I and many took for granted. You filmed the old part of town where I would seldom go or have reason to go. Like most people of my day I tended to stay in the newer parts of town. Well done.

[@titaniumsteel9114]

Thanks you uncle Muchael R.

[@TKLau1990]

How u made this?

[@vetiverose128]

Where did u get these clips from?

[@aloynium]

Wow the last panoramic shot of Marina Bay is absolutely priceless and captures how the whole area was before it is developed to how it is today.

[@FelonMusk2021]

Thank you for sharing this. Pleasantly surprised to see my late grand aunt in this video at 4.17. My family members get to see another facet of her life.

[@juliemcgugan1244]

Hard to believe this is just one year before I came to Singapore! It is so familiar, yet so different from everything I came to know, as I only left in 2021. Singapore has developed so much, in such a short amount of time. I love looking at old photos of SG, contrasting with how those same landmarks look today!

[@rahuldave5928]

This is amazing sir. I am teaching students currently here in Singapore, and them watching these videos is an amazing experience to how far Singapore has come. Thank you much for this!

[@ksy1862]

Thank you for sharing these videos of Singapore in the early days. I am born here in 1972 and I have never seen these scenes before. It is fascinating to discover how life was like back in those days. I am really grateful for your sharing of these valuable videos which you have archived. Thank you once again.

[@yhong9733]

Michael's channel is like a time machine.

[@jowyong6769]

To think I was 6 years old in 1983...a little kid staring at the world with wide-eyed wonder. I seem to remember Singapore being alot more modern though... But I do remember those switches mounted on a wooden board in my great-grandma's place. Pretty awesome! Thanks for the memories of a much simpler, much happier time...

[@sarafiansalleh6200]

When I reminisce, it makes me want to travel back in time to enjoy fun experiences again. Thank you Michael !

[@christinealcazaren6568]

I'm staying at Robertson quay now..and seeing this was amazing..it's really good to see the old times..feels like so stressed free..

[@EnidColeslaw]

I doubt they were stress-free. The '80s were a time of major transition for Singapore. Urban renewal had just begun, and it was still quite common then to come across the sort of difficult living conditions and poverty you can see in this clip. Life might have been 'simpler', but not easier, for those who had yet to make their way into the middle classes.

[@adrianjamestansmu]

This is great! I was born in Singapore but left in 1986. Images like these are still etched in my mind. This is the Singapore I remember.

[@andrewlee8110]

I missed sitting at the round marble table every night with my family while waiting for supper. I also used to play with the round, black switches. The red chairs in front of the stage... everything brings back memories. Thank you for uploading the clips!

[@AmbientWalking]

It’s incredible that there is absolutely not one strand of this Singapore in this recording that exists today. How things have changed.

[@ctr24k]

yeah.. I was looking for any landmark of that filming took place, but found nothing

[@KevinWithAY]

80s Singapore really looks like it has heart and character to the country

[@bermuda747]

Remarkable that these buildings lasted so long - most of 'Old Singapore' had long gone by '83 .. good that Pinsler had the presence of mind to film before the demolition. I believe he's still alive and living between S'pore & Penang. North Boat Quay as it was 'back in the day' can be seen in the film 'Saint Jack' and the Hawaii 5-O episodes 'The Year of the Horse' (both filmed in 1978)

[@stevenjonathan5432]

Many vilages at indonesia are still like old singapore today

[@woodennature]

I love this! You have a great eye and a wonderful illustration of Singapore to its more authentic days.

[@mohdyusuffsharif944]

Now fake?...yeah those days authentic smiles...authentic gestures...authentic friendliness now the money has dominated everything.

[@ezannedennis9399]

thank you for preserving singapore older days omg this is so wonderful

[@raypratt3611]

@@mohdyusuffsharif944 so sad bro,they have destroyed our world,we are supposed to be able to live off our resources,but theyve taken it all away and now everyone depends on their diabolical governments,give us chemical coated foods,bad water and make sure were sick all the time so they can make BILLIONS off us in medical and pharmacy drugs!!its the 1% of the 1% that have EVERYTHING and are now after our souls cuz theres nothing left to take,its truly a LUCIFERIAN WORLD NOW!!

[@dany1247]

Thank you so much for this video Michael. So long ago...I was still a teenager then.

[@ahersa392]

I miss Golden days were people who work hard..traditions, culture.. Peace and liveliness..healthy and active ..unlike now ...

[@ChloeBC2023]

I was 9 years old then but i can still remember some parts of this quite vividly. nice video

[@bush-b5330]

I was 9 years too! But never benn to Singapore

[@kumars6144]

Miss those good old days...life was much simple and the feel was so great.. so sad that things have to change to this level😕

[@tlcchuang742]

Singapore in the 80's captured in a time capsule through the lens of Mr Rogge, thank you. Hopefully for future generations to come, they will forge their own stories to be told in such beautiful images, different but nonetheless, equally moving

[@tf-ok]

A film by Ronni Pinsler.

[@ajisenramen888]

An actual recording of opium pipe smokers, that is so rare and definitely needs to be preserved.

[@terencelew8228]

No need to doubt Mr Rogge's life long passion. Excellent job!

[@blossomingplum]

Recently visited Singapore in Oct 18. Oh the vast difference!

[@mavelch]

Thank you very much MichaelRogge to show the old time Singapore.

[@SuperKumantong]

Those days , when I was still a kid, there is a feel of Real Singapore. Look at what Singapore has become today? You cannot feel "Singapore" anymore.

[@limrosemary8536]

Super Kumantong u wont even feel cities in Guangong ... there are few places that look like tis

[@themusicgaragetmg2330]

hopefully more wake up and stop voting for the pap.... they've lost their moral high ground and have become self serving

[@nelc2399]

Felt like either in manila or bombay at times

[@flappypunch8334]

You wanna live in third world country?

[@asirf.3634]

I mean now i go singapore all the kids my age are decked in gucci balenciaga

[@sese75kenneth12]

Hi Michael, the Chinese old temple along the shophouses is now a Hooters restaurant that occupies that shophouse. The old area of Boat Quay and Clarke Quay has been refurbished and already becomes a night life hang out for many singaporean. Central Mall is actually opposite the Chinese temple which used to be a block of HDB flats that being demolished in the early of 1980s which is featured in your another clip of Boat Quay demolishment in 1983.

[@hauts1]

How times have changed ..🤣

[@JP-kx6kr]

Thanks for that. I was privileged enough to live and work in Singapore from 2000 to 2010, amazing place and people. Miss it a lot.

[@rollie206]

Oh my goodness Michael - great initiative!! Thanks to you we now have a little piece of Singapore history captured on film......

[@boldmaster5467]

Singapore old days are now the present day for other countries! Simple yet joyful

[@michaelijsbrand]

No, I'm a Dutchman living in Amsterdam, Netherlands

[@michaelijsbrand]

@Aaron Tan I'm interested in all countries in the world, whatever size.

[@jamest6822]

@Aaron Tan What a question......what does the country's size have to do with anything? Be thankful that there was someone able and willing to document daily life and scenes like these before they're lost to memory and then to history.

[@penguine3388]

Dutch ：Nijntje：Miffy 💋～🐇

[@marksamuelbeck]

And I am from KOLKATA (CALCUTTA), INDIA.

[@jhf4930]

Thank you Michael, brought back a lot of memory for many of us. It is very kind of you. Heart felt appreciation.

[@miiigoreng]

Thank you for these beautiful glimpses of my country, during the days i never saw.

[@RajaPamungkas87]

I am from Indonesia, but I work for a multinational company whereby HQ is located in SG. I often flew to SG for a meeting or vacation, and because of this, I started admiring this country.

[@cheramannan]

Michael, many thanks for encapsulating all that character that depicted the charm of this place. We have certainly thrown the baby out with the bath-water in the massive urban spring cleaning.

[@mikey6538]

the shots of the seafront.. definitely not 80s.. 1973 there is already national stadium.. and there isnt a stadium there.. still great memories..

[@fedayinijan9533]

80s lah dis one..national stadium is at the leftside of the seaside scene which was not captured in the vid.

[@maaacccreee3543]

I love watching old video clips because I feel that Im in the time machine that going to the past.

[@exas4791]

Wow, authentic yet sufficiently clear video, in colour !

[@drchildsmile7224]

Beautiful, you have captured a slice of time and history through such a sensitive lens. It almost feels like you are a local. Please share more !

[@hillaryedmund6122]

Simply said, good old singapore, for me, singapore during late 90s and early 2000s are the best years.

[@GSThai]

I agree! My late teens, early 20s

[@HassanHabib2]

I was 3 years old. This clip pulled out all sorts of emotions from me

[@joycelow2667]

Thank you Michael for all your hard work all these years.

[@bryanchong3746]

Life so much simpler those days.

[@felix121984]

Developed, industrious yet humble days of Singapore.

[@softwaresplease]

For some reason this video popsup today in my timeline. How much transformation, how much hardwork has been put by the founders to reach the greatest level... Great..great.

[@jj6052]

Thank You for all your precious clips! They are priceless!

[@helloogieee]

This is the year I was born. It's surreal to watch how people were living during this time.

[@mikeyu5004]

All it takes is one generation to throw away what the previous generation worked so hard to achieve. Very sad and bittersweet

[@nyonya02]

Thanks, Michael for the clips! Memory lanes..🙏🙏🙏

[@VijayRagMalimNawar]

I was there in Singapore during 80's. It's sad to see that Singapore now lost his heritage by overdeveloping the country. But Malaysia still maintaining it's balance to his people to decide either to live in city or rural area.

[@dobmaster4412]

What happened

[@Colegegreen]

Not enough land and over populated.

[@huangzb8060]

We love the advance and drvelopments of Singapore and we pity you guys in Malaysia still living in poverty and in old rundown slums！！

[@syafsmith5085]

Of course Malaysia can maintain a balance. All can happen when you have land.

[@Potomacstud]

Priceless , thank you , Mike

[@xiaodhanan1]

olden days singapore was the best' but sadly we could never go back to the kampong days as we are too over developed

[@chrave1956]

xiaodhanan Want to go back to Olden Days ? Live in Laos , Vietnam ....grow up .

[@xiaodhanan1]

@@chrave1956 stfu old hag. I was just stating my opinion.

[@nickryan6787]

@@xiaodhanan1 OK m8, you had your points but be a bit chill can ya? Keep calm mate

[@xiaodhanan1]

@Aaron Tan omg the famous aaron tan AH BENG!!

[@foghornd1059]

@@chrave1956 fuck you

[@hongminghean8218]

Michael , thank you for the good memories of old Singapore . Appreciate your effort 👍🙏

[@boonkeng4079]

In olden days life is simple, no worry, people talk to each other

[@michaelijsbrand]

I wonder what people at the time would have replied when you had told them this!

[@azizismail4612]

In the year 1956 to 1965, my second uncle stay with my late grandfather at Geylang Rd, Singapore, our neighbours are all Chinese and few Malay family, one day while my late grandfather goes to work, suddenly my second uncle fell sick and have a fever, and he could not attend to his afternoon school session, latter my Chinese neighbour came in to my house and this two ladies are both sibling take care of me from morning up to my late grandfather came back home around 6 - 7 pm, this both ladies together with my late grandfather bring me to the nearest Chinese Temple, second uncle was ok after midnight the next morning, very sorry I could not continue more this story as it cause very sad for me, ok thank you to my Singaporean who knows me.

[@ziakhan-qw9zi]

I am living in Australia since last 13 years but, I always spend my holidays in Singapore, I like Singapore v much but, it's nice to see Clark Quey area, I couldn't believe that Singapore developed v quick.

[@dragb6281]

This video is gem, a piece of our history. Thank u!

[@alanyong9242]

Wow, beautiful video, brings back lots of memories. I think people were more down to earth those days, not so pretentious. A city with soul those days.

[@mad_in_2020]

Wow, Singapore was beautiful then and now also.

[@rolandlau2573]

All these developments are called progress and all credits should be given to one man - the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. He kept his promises that Singapore will be developed. I’m am now in my 70’s

[@spinerocker]

Great work! I knew videos aged better with time. I'll try to follow your documentary and I'm gonna make one for my hometown.

[@cawan6746]

I love all this vedio, money can't buy ,good you shoot it for us to see how Singapore was. I love old Singapore style.

[@ellipurn]

I was born in the same year the video was filmed. This was my parents' Singapore. Some of these do look familiar to me though, particularly the precursor to Comic Sans at 1:47.

[@johanbusy]

Dank je wel voor het delen van deze mooie historische beelden!

[@malthus101]

Very nice - I loved the 80s!

[@berttkltan]

Thanks for bringing back my childhood memories

[@nfs7799]

MichaelRogge....I feel sorry u gotta put up with so much nonsense comments despite sharing such wonderful archive footage. I appreciate it and thank u

[@mitsurikanroji9548]

i love the 80s can see the old building with the new hdb very nice contrast

[@OperafanSingapore]

Another priceless video from you. Thank you for uploading.

[@Pawpaw71]

The year i was born. Seems so much calmer and relaxed compared to now...

[@SingSnags]

A long-forgotten Singapore - one my niece and nephew have never seen before! Thanks very much!

[@michaelijsbrand]

Thanks for the addional info.

[@kerdak]

i was 3 years old then in Kampong Nee Soon! now 37 years later still living in Yishun!!

[@12dougreed]

I spent a few weeks in nee soon in 1965 on the way back to the UK after a time in Borneo I had a sports jacket made over night at the cost of £3 I also bought a split cane fly rod in a wooden box for about the same price The shops were jus outside the gates of nee soon camp

[@chrislee4485]

Thank God for LKY n team who brought about great law n order n hygienic Green spaces with booming economy.

[@crosbyong]

Wow! Thank you for the memories. How certain are you this was filmed in 1983? I know for a fact that Sheares Bridge (end of video) was completed in 1981. Most of us forget how rapidly we have changed to become what we are today. Some may think that portions of your video were ore-independence (ie 1965). Surreal to watch even though I am a living witness of these transformation.

[@mrgongbenwuzang]

我竟然可以耐心地從頭看完，因為極有電影感，一組組，都有情感與故事。讚👍！

[@twayapeh]

Michael... "The Film Entertaining The Gods" is now uploaded in full on youtube with the original soundtrack. Btw it was shot in 1979 not '83 as claimed.

[@michaelijsbrand]

Thanks, I'll have a look. Regrettably I cannot change the date in the title anymore. How are you?

[@Forty3Stories]

Singapore today is so much different. Amazing transformation yet I can see how the food, culture and activities still same in the singaporean society. I hope there are few lucky people out there who experienced both worlds.

[@boonkeng4079]

After watching, remind me my childhood days, full memory

[@ilhamsutanbustami4536]

the island of Marina Bay Sands was created at that time. at the end of the video there was no MBS, Merlion, Singapore Flyer, Durian Building. and brigate

[@katyu16]

06:05 Opium smoking in 1983? Probably mid 1970's.

[@krollpeter]

That is what I thought. But it is not true. Death penalty was introduced in 1989. The authorities were not able to stop it until then.

[@obama8888]

Mr. Rogge, do you have any video on Brickfields or Bangsar Kuala Lumpur in the 1960s ?

[@wong517]

this type of enviroment is more happy, now singapore is totally super stressful and super expersive to live on , i really hope this type of enviroment can come back😢

[@liekiokling3552]

哈 往日的新加坡。。往事不堪回首，喜欢新加坡，不知何时才能再去。。👍👍👍🙏❤️❤️❤️😁谢谢分享

[@G_5POT]

Wow what an Archive! Beautiful work🔥

[@kirankhare5630]

We lived at Hillview and before that Jurong East. Been back a few times . Changes are very common there now.

[@Ray-wm8dz]

This looks more like early 1970s Singapore, not 1983. The film is good. However, opium was definitely illegal in 1983 and practically eradicated from Singapore in the 80s.

[@exs1803]

It is the early 80's. Only the very few and very old continued with the habit behind closed doors......

[@nadrini300]

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

[@Laren1982]

Thank you for the awesome videos. I have searched the old videos and it did found nothing. U gave me hope today and able to see the past! Looking forward for more!

[@Zog696]

Magical little video.

[@lktan589]

Many of the scenes in the documentary can still be found in Malaysia, especially around outskirts of the city

[@PhuongMai-ql9gg]

I love Singapore deeply from my heart ❤️ Im from Vietnam

[@jasonncs18]

Hi Mr Rogge, love your videos! I was wondering if I could use short clips from your videos. We're doing an exhibition on wood and the timber industry in Singapore. It would be nice if we could get in touch.

[@kcchiew4247]

1983， I was 15 yo. Sg changed a lot in the last 40 years.

[@zhixuanchen6914]

Thank you sir for your legacy. You’ll be missed 😌

[@dargon1084]

thanks for sharing this treasure of a video

[@limyp64]

Many thanks Mr Rogge !!!

[@02logan]

Wow! Incredible indeed.. THank you for this :)