Singapore 1990s: The Crash After The High | In Our Time | Full Episode

[@kentang1528]

Those were the good old days of Singapore...it was long gone now.... back in those days...the country use to have soul...lots of it...it made me proud to be a Singaporean. After year 2000...those feelings were gone . The country is now souless, monotonous, robotic...the kampong spirit that i used to know is not there, despite being modern now.

[@zhanquanye1255]

Looking back, entertainment options were limited compared to now, but most importantly, today you can remain 100% in your comfort zone in almost every aspect of life.

[@Kevin-ol7gj]

90s is the best era across the world.

[@thecatfromsingapore]

ahh miss those good old simple days when i'd countdown to PCK or Under One Roof :')

[@geraldine2458]

thecatfromsingapore for me it was the ones you’ve mentioned plus Moulmein High and Spin

[@Prometheus574]

@@geraldine2458 Still cannot beat Singapore's P Ramlee era in the 1960s and Hong Kong's 1960 film: The Enchanting Shadow. m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BMzFjNDUwYmEtYjg2YS00MzYwLThlM2EtYjY0ZGJmNzQ2YjNlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMzU0NzkwMDg@._V1_UY1200_CR110,0,630,1200_AL_.jpg www.imdb.com/title/tt0278094/

[@hermesz_]

Wish mediacorpse made shows like they did in the past, No need for the perfect English- what Singaporean doesn't use Singlish? No cliche plot about 1) Love 2) Family 3) Cheating and it's consenquences 4) hard work will always pay off 5) Breakup 6) Divorce 7) Hospitalisation 8) Back together after a fight and learning how to be better and reconcile No need for the usual characters 1) Unhappy rich family 2) Happy poor family 3)Super tight family Add more if you know any I missed

[@MrBoliao98]

Sitting in Lucky Plaza the kopitiam, often nice to reminisce the 90s

[@starorcarina8525]

I have always heard stories of the 80s and the 90s cause I was born into 2000s, seeing this added more knowledge

[@jont2576]

Even CNA agrees,the peak of Singapore was in the 90s and early 00s before the long inevitable decline of its former self and identity and soul.... Now Singapore is one of the richest in the world and $70,000 GDP per cap and it's covered with diamonds and rubies and skii masks and fts and it's roads are pave with gold but the emerald city is just a facade,and if u follow the yellow brick road u realise the Wizard of oz doesn't exist and it's just a wizardened old man and his son pulling the strings of this puppet show. I'm born in 88 by the way.

[@jont2576]

@Robace Kai Siang Tey so why are Hong kies complaining and protesting?now ur country is no longer urs and CCP is slowly closing its death grip around u destroying ur way of life and flooding ur country with prcs just like it did to the uhygurs,or Hong kies are idiots who dunno what they are fighting about?or maybe u are the idiot who dunno what's happening to ur country?it's ok,plenty of idiots in my country too blissfully unaware of what is happening around them the last ten......fifteen years.slow genocide of the locals and replacing with superior better faster global alternative imports.

[@shaythuramelangkovan5800]

if this isn't the realest thing ive seen from a possibly singaporean commentor

[@shaythuramelangkovan5800]

@Robace Kai Siang Tey well some educated people actually believe in expressing their views rather then bending over and letting the government have their way with them

[@aaronm8143]

Jon T China doesn’t own Singapore like the other places you listed. They aren’t going to take Singapore. Unlike Hong Kong, and Xinjang, China can’t just come in. Yes there’s Chinese Singaporeans, but they are all born in Singapore for generations, and have no relation to China’s mainland besides have ancestors from generations ago. It’s like saying England would be aloud to invade the United States. If they came in that would instantly lead to a massive world war. Plus Singaporeans wouldn’t allow it to happen, and ruin their way of life. Plus half the country has been trained in the military so China couldn’t just roll in, they’d have a fight right away.

[@jont2576]

@@aaronm8143 u don't understand we don't need china or anyone to do anything,we are being sold out from within......foreign born residents make up over 50 percent of the population now,15 years ago u would be hard pressed to find a single PRC,CECA,pinoy,south east Asian,Anglo Saxon on the streets,they are there but rare,now u have a harder time figuring out who is Singaporean, give or take another generation or two,true blue sinkies or the "originals" that made up "singaporeans" that resided on this colony for the past two hundred years would be gone,an endangered species....just like Aussie aboriginals,or the palestines or the Hong kies......not just China or India this is what globalists and capitalists wants ......to assimilate everyone until we become an indistinguishable beige mess.....and our government are fools for the better part of it,they happily go along with the globalists agenda,open mass immigration,"free trade agreements",trickle down economics,low taxes and no welfare policy,tripartism,basically selling out the country and the people to the highest bidder,all because they want to cling on to power and wealth in this country. Imagine one day the same thing happens to UK or Canada or Japan or Australia.....u go to Japan or korea or Canada or Australia expecting to find real Japanese and Korean and Aussies and Brits and authentic Japanese and Korean and whatnot culture,instead all u find is a slurry or sea of Chinese,Indians,Filipinos, Africans,viets,Malays,Thais,Caucasians,and maybe about 35 percent real authentic locals or natives.......tell me what then is real Japanese or Japanese culture if everyone and anyone can be and is a Japanese??????what's real British culture??????masala and vindaloo??? Oh by the way this is already happening to Australia........I was shocked when I first went there in 2012....... Australia and Singapore are two countries I shed a tear for........ beautiful unique authentic cultures ripped apart by globalisation and mass immigration......and we are only the pioneers....

[@veekwok5611]

1990's I finally got all the 5Cs. Y2k, kaput all my 5Cs gone. Belonging to the Pioneer Generation, the 70's, 80's and 90's were my best years.

[@skirtrunning]

Hahaha. U seem like an interesting elder to listen stories from.

[@miiigoreng]

I was born during 92, these must've happened while i was still learning to walk

[@conanabang1515]

Felt so good ...I was literally brought back to my youth. Thank you CNA

[@potatopotato9933]

Growing up

[@BaySean]

U watched on Okto?

[@potatopotato9933]

@@BaySean nah mediacorp channel 5

[@kentang1528]

U can watch it on netflix

[@aaronjoseph6659]

Good documentary! 1. Plenty of carefully curated and relevant archived videos and pics to effectively reminisce the 90s in Singapore. 1. Cheeky drug reference title of the documentary! Great effort and final outcome. You should use the director of this doc way more for other features.

[@shaunyip2153]

MTV Asia in the 90s watching Mike Kasem, Donita Rose, Utt and Jamie Aditya on 'Most Wanted', 'MTV Screen', 'Asia Hitlist' and 'MTV Land'. Good times indeed!

[@MelonLemon007]

I grew up in Singapore in the 90s. It was a beautiful time where money can't buy. Time flies *sigh

[@skirtrunning]

I remembered necklaces/'chokers' with a skull pendant and ear studs of different colours and friendship bands were so popular where all my friends would go to 77th street together in malls after school. 1987 kid

[@szewei85]

Thank you SBC/TCS 5 and 8 for completing my childhood memories with the best dramas and comedies every 7pm-9pm

[@riskidxer]

Do you have RCTI,SCTV,Premiere 12 right? More show on RCTI,SCTV and Premiere 12 lots foreign show

[@szewei85]

@@riskidxer RCTI yes cant get SCTV signal blur haha

[@riskidxer]

@@szewei85 SCTV signal blur in 2017 because using same frequency (47 UHF) for Media Prima digital TV In 90s-2000s SCTV in analog got clear

[@szewei85]

@@riskidxer haha cool

[@sugardaeday6511]

So nostalgic!! I really admire the y2k daysss thank you cna for doing this!!!!

[@donc7539]

Anyone, be it a foreigner or even a Singaporean who says that Singapore has no culture or identity should watch this documentary series, especially the episodes about the 80s and 90s. Those were years when the Singapore identity or at the very least signs of it were starting to emerge and crystalize. The fact that shows like Growing Up, Phua Chu Kang and Under One Roof were extremely popular and managed to cut across racial lines while Masters Of The Sea, helmed by "veteran American soap opera executives" was not well-received is testament that a sense of identity and culture recognized only by Singaporeans had already begun to germinate. People may argue that we shouldn't bemoan the loss of a Singaporean identity because it is continuously evolving. Yes, culture and identity keeps changing and evolving over time. The process of identity formation was going nicely until the rapid influx of immigrants (bringing with them alien norms and customs) in the last two decades. In case most people don't know, the period from the 1965 right up till the late 80s was a time when Singapore practiced relatively tight immigration controls. This allowed for a stable and settled population to emerge. And with it, an emerging sense of identity. The government did loosen controls in the years that followed but it wasn't until the late 1990s and even more so in the 2000s when immigration went into high gear. And the problems associated with it are manifesting themselves today. Think of how different it would have been if we didn't have mass immigration being thrown into the equation. While I accept that the Singapore identity and culture will change over time, it must be allowed to evolve on its own terms.

[@simonsimon2888]

Many are Malaysian 'blue NRIC' holders changed to Singapore's 'pink NRIC' to attain 'local citizenship'. In 1979, DengXiaopeng opened the flood gates of China to the world began the overflow of these Mandarin speaking PRC.

[@donc7539]

@@simonsimon2888 Let's not forget the massive flows of Indian nationals and Filipinos too.

[@simonsimon2888]

Yes! The rubber tappers in Malaya were mainly Indians. i dare say the Indians were in Indonesia too from the Cholan Empire from Southern India. For Filipinos, many worked in the broadcasting, Bernard Salosa was one of them. But, many were musical band boys at D'Starlight at Kitchener Road and The Fabulous Echoes with hits 'A Little Bit Of Soap' and 'Dancing On The Moon'. Those were the good old years!

[@donc7539]

@@simonsimon2888 I must clarify that I was referring to the influx of Indians and Filipinos that occurred during the post-independence years, especially the last twenty or so years. It was in response to the statement about the massive outflows of PRC nationals from China since 1979. And yes, most of the Indians who came to colonial Singapore and British Malaya during those years worked as rubber tappers. Many also worked as street vendors (think of the putu mayam and kacang puteh vendors), labourers, milkmen, dhobis and so on. The more affluent ones established themselves as merchants and moneylenders (like the Chettiars). While we still see Indian nationals working as low-wage labourers in the construction and cleaning industries today, we also have a large number who work in professional jobs such as IT, banking and finance. I would even go so far as to that that the number of foreign Indian nationals who work as professionals today is roughly equal to the less educated. low wage workers. In the past, the low-wage working class formed a huge bulk of the Indian community.

[@simonsimon2888]

Those were the days, the Indians worked with the PWD(Public Works Department) and the quarters are still there at Hindoo Road. After their contracts, majority went back to India. So, the infra-structures were built by them. Today, is just the same but with a different name, LTA.

[@rickwong9049]

Rip Zaibo.

[@paanazmi8062]

he died of cancer about 2 years ago :(

[@kancheongspidergaming]

26:24 it got me heartened when you guys literally added that 56kbps dialup modem sound. Even though my Internet life started on cable.

[@ZERO_0594]

Wow in 90s Singapore can be so crazy haha 😂 dame time have changed.

[@TudenJamir]

Nostalgia overload! I remember Mike Kasem, and Nadya was bae!

[@riskidxer]

90s memories in old days,lots TV Station total 14 channel, there's 4 Singapore channel = Channel 5,8,Prime 12 and Premiere 12 , 4 Malaysian channel from Gunung pulai transmission = TV1,TV2,TV3, Metrovision and Indonesian channel from Batam = 2 TVRI channel,RCTI,SCTV,TPI,ANTEVE

[@ultragarrison]

Singapore in the 90s was pretty wild

[@deejay824do]

Ohh Mike Casem. My favorite MTV DJ. Specially when he's hosting URBAN MTV, which is all about hiphop and R&B music videos.

[@addherre6218]

MTV in the 90's was the best. The Substation was a hit for the local youths. Jamming, gig sessions every Saturday. Orchard Road was the place to be seen then.

[@jabezalantan6357]

The nation was all behind the football team in the early 90s too

[@grayk02]

Fandi Ahmed was like royalty

[@dargon1084]

Had my 1990s and early 2000s childhood in Singapore, now whenever I go back (I live in KL now) its so modern and it has lost its old charm to me, its still beautiful but different

[@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo]

90's was great for me as a kid

[@arcturuz78]

the good old days, super memorable

[@bmg6877]

Interesting in this series the “deep-dives” the editors focused on. Seems more focused on arts/media, etc. wished they also did more general things like education, setting up the first military service, playground structures, etc. I’ve watched the 70/80/90 - lots of focus on arts and media.

[@Steveinthailand]

It started off well, but then the documentary just delves into the music and TV scene of the era.

[@slaiyfershin]

Man didn't realise Under One Roof aired for 8 years! Good times. Can someone please get Mediacorp to release VR Man on Toggle? Haha.

[@James-xu3vc]

My wife was born in malaysian Singapore 🇸🇬 in 1963 - only 18 years after the end of WWII. Her grandmother was an ethnic Chinese who suffered at the hands of the Japanese. My mother-in-law would often refer to the "white devil" when describing certain events of her youth. I am honoured to have had the privilege of being married on the grounds of Fort Canning in 1995. My daughters are what we call "heinz 57" here in Canada 🇨🇦 ❤. Blessings to all who strive to make S'pore a better place!

[@azamshahuddin781]

And was the 1990s when Singapore 1st started to get expensive?-I had my last Singapore Vacation in 1994😊

[@Jack-hy2ki]

Best era ever! Singapore swing was the best!!

[@MalcolmWong]

Miss 90s S’pore 💙🇸🇬.. tampines boy

[@biltzforce]

miss the 90s really !

[@remyazharyyosef1811]

This is the most impressionable decade of my life. From first year in Secondary School to my Poly days even right up to the end of my National Service at the very end of 99. One of the most significant impacts of the decade is my initiation to the Internet. Remember when you have to connect your phone line to a modem and hearing those sounds? My first ISP was Pacific Internet. I was so addicted to it that my phone bills got shot up to about $500. My mum was super mad. And remember Cyberway? Yep, that was the original name for Starhub. And who can forget Swing Singapore at Orchard! The first cineplex in Singapore - Yishun 10. That was a huge deal. Growing Up was good and wholesome but Masters of the Sea....OMG! The beginning of pretentious TV.

[@sunchildtine]

iconic. najip ali and 77th street. you forgot one thing, Mr Kiasu (comic from the 90s) everyone was talking about this character.

[@Route-cy6cx]

Alot of Johoreans like me grew up watching Singapore channels bcoz line better than Malaysian channels lmao. Radio stations also

[@DavidHoughton17]

Yeah 90s. Hanging out downstairs at Far East Plaza, getting chased from the police at Memo/Raffles Place for skateboarding, going to random Hardcore Punk /Indie/metal gigs at Substation, hanging out the Phuture's but i preferred Zeus @ River Valley and running at friends Newton Circus at 3am etc etc. Shouts to the Forum crew BTW.

[@bukancalonpns]

Najib Ali = Asia Bagus, that's what I remember as non-Singaporean.

[@chess1118]

Wow Thos were the good old days

[@retrorider7521]

I'm glad I grew up at the best era

[@jemchan]

Y2K was the most exciting time! Millennium Bug!

[@myempayar949]

Yang tinggal dijohor dapat rasakan Singapore mbangun dari semua segi dan aspek....

[@samtan9613]

90' was my good old years.

[@potatopotato9933]

At the half mark of the video where the man was caning tofu with red mark on it and stripped his own pants down in front of the public . I think he was trying to show how if the government can think whatever their doing is "offensive", but punish them by confining them in a cell, stripping them down and humiliating them , giving excruciatingly painful Rotan strikes on the butt at the same area and jailing with hefty sentences and fine, how is the government not more offensive or cruel? Making us in an anxious world where we are afraid of expressing our self and offending the wrong person that can lead to a life worse than death.

[@geraldine2458]

Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@dkj6946]

90s music is the best, sports we have 92 Dream Team 96 Euro

[@khairulhelmihashim2510]

back in late 90s, I had written a letter to Force Vomit band for mail ordering their latest demo tape. such was the way of obtaining local non-mainstream music in those days.

[@bibirkering1720]

Yesss!! Under one roofffff ❤️

[@goddanner]

I miss under one roof and 90s sitcoms....

[@rebel.taylord]

I feel conflicted about the 90s. Growing up in Singapore during this era it was a simpler time but I also don't feel represented. As a free spirit who don't hold traditional values I always felt like the outcast and have to hide who I was. It wasn't until discovering US tv series that I felt seen, that I wasn't wrong to think different, there are people out there just like me. The 90s will resonate more with the more conservative and those who hold traditional Singapore values.

[@skirtrunning]

So the question remains to be: DID ANYONE'S COMPUTER ULTIMATELY READ THE YEAR AS 1900 IN THE END?

[@simonsimon2888]

In 1965, Singapore goes on her own economically when one Sing Dollar equals two Malaysian Ringgit. Panic strickened as the British planned to leave and withdraw from Singapore in 1971. In fact, the British wanted to leave in 1965, but 10 Downing Street was convinced to delay the 'pull-out' not until Singapore sets up her own SAF. So, in 1966, National Service(NS) begins when many of us are offer OCS for Pasir Laba Camp by our first Defence Minister, Dr Goh Keng Swee. My fervent hope is that our younger generations will not take things for granted after all the ardent efforts of the older generations of truly MULTI-RACIAL SINGAPOREANS..."MAJULAH SINGAPURA!"

[@mrtakde7457]

I was underaged when I started partying in mid 90s and till now (though it's lesser now)...and without a second thought I will say that 90s party scene was THE best! And I also used to party in KL. Singapore party scene back then was on par with KL party scene. Now KL party scene is still happening. But Singapore party scene now kinda blah.

[@shashajamz197]

What i reali miss in the 90s.. PCK, UOR,DAYS OF OUR LIVES,MR KIASU, NO STRESS NO OVERCROWDED!! No smartphones only pagers wit code hahahaha... Rmbr taking the bus which we hv to bring up/down of the windows!! Ohh gosh!! Hahaha..

[@kirayamato94]

Talent where so much better in the 90s well now we have youtube for that

[@grayk02]

Mr Kiasu figurines at McDonalds..the Kiasu menu..so cheap must grab also!

[@quikcurl]

White tshirts, high waisted faded jeans and classic sneakers. #memories

[@transformersrapidusprime107]

great singaporean artist--- andy lao, maggie cheung, and most of all... bruce lee (my most favorite!)

[@taufiqsept]

My poor family couldn't afford cable TV. Now I'm a potato.

[@onwardsingapore2710]

Singapore 1990s(Goh Chok Tong era)

[@winstonhow3614]

Reason = Change of leadership

[@chboy80]

Is there another episode for the 1980s?

[@digimei2143]

Fun Fact. Mike Kasem's dad is Shaggy from Scoobydoo Where are you

[@finalkross]

What happened to the 80s video of this series?

[@danceoffAsh]

lol dig the Smells like teen spirit intro music into the 90's

[@salakau777]

Where’s the 80s episode?

[@shirley3467]

Seems like its deleted hor?

[@joylu1947]

www.channelnewsasia.com/news/video-on-demand/in-our-time/the-1980s-count-on-me-singapore-12277546

[@popoio3]

Singapore 2000s: Sars and internet Memes

[@alfyryan6949]

This is an excellent series. I am disappointed, however, by the fact that the narrator spoke with an American accent, which is a deep irony considering the topic at hand.

[@simonsimon2888]

Yes!...KBE(Knowledge Based Economics) we simply cannot remained 'stand-still' impetused by the English educated of multi-racial children who attended English Schools.

[@bokwoon]

44:05 I see nano

[@saifulbahrininbary3987]

1990 rock music MTV🤘

[@riskidxer]

Top favorite tv programs in 90s: - The Unbeatables (Channel 8) the gambling Drama - Don't Worry Be Happy (Channel 8) best comedy series - Tofu Street (Channel 8) drama - Growing Up (Channel 5) it's very legendary weekly English local drama - Teater Asean at 2pm (TV1) movies from Southeast Asia country - Along (TV1) a children educational in Malay - Twin Happiness (TV2) Cantonese drama slot - Cam Ni Cam Tu (TV1) best legendary malay comedy series - Tuyul dan Mbak Yul (RCTI) every Tuesday at 8.30pm a little devil adventure - Cinema Cinema (RCTI) a cinema guide aired every Saturday - The X Files (Channel 5,TV2 and SCTV)

[@RevanTan]

did i miss smth, or is there no video for 80s ?

[@shirley3467]

I watched it a few days ago leh but now can't find it

[@m10samsung78]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJanqWyLZtB_iLM Here 80s

[@liewchunsean9128]

The drama, Growing Up

[@2129hours]

Ahhh I miss the days where u can chat with people online without worrying about been scammed. Except that u need to beware of pervert.

[@Makminah_]

Still better than Malaysia

[@yhong9733]

Everybody is gangster.... Till the AFC roll in

[@misterbig9025]

I met Michael Fay

[@sadiomane1071]

How come nothing on 1950s Singapore??

[@saiganesh7502]

In some parts, the subtitles are wrong

[@mindislife]

4:36 he's holding a photo of George Michael

[@mike04574]

whats the song at 3.40

[@paanazmi8062]

Alfatihah zaibo :(

[@muhammaddanishhairulnizam8737]

What song name

[@elootl]

1990s sucks for me because of Speak Mandarin Campaign.

[@thetreasonseason]

I call it the Singawhore Renaissance

[@waimunyan7007]

Anybody know who is that hottie dancing during the Zouk segment at 7:27?

[@CoolGirl007]

Phua chu kang 🤣🤣🤣 I was in Singapore

[@Avalanste]

Ppl born in 2000s be like: What I miss?

[@farhanfauzi5996]

You give us PCK in return we give you Senario hehe

[@user-uo2sl5us8f]

good days when no pinoy and bangla flood our buses and trains also buses had no aircon

[@kurthandrews6206]

Creepy kasem 😂

[@louislaw85]

I cannot look past the spit bubble in the corners of his mouth... sorry