Singapore awakening in 1983

[@shannamae]

Dear Michael, I just want to say a sincere 'Thank you' to you for sharing all of these videos of old Singapore! They are treasures!

[@ibrahimbm1742]

Thank You Mr Cameraman and KZbin for allowing us (and our future generation) to watch this 36 years later in 2019.

[@zo3478]

5:29 I never realised those parking signs are that old.

[@exiliar4093]

Zachary Osman Same

[@starorcarina8525]

Same lol

[@kelvingoh6587]

@ MichaelRogge : The late Goh Seng Lai is my grandfather !! This is such a emotional video for us to watch it together as a FAMILY !! I saw my Dad in the video and they are really touch to see this video !! Really appreaciate it !! Thanks so much !!

[@rhapsodf]

Wat a story!

[@NC000C]

😁

[@gimhwee75]

Kelvin, my dad knows your Grandfather and Grandmother from Goh Seng Lai. He was a truck driver in the 1970s then. My older brother went to the same school as your Uncle Ah Kiat in Manjusri in Geylang East. Those were the times.. Very nostalgic..

[@raghavgupta2399]

@@gimhwee75 wow this seems like a reunion. But where is Mr Goh?

[@cheetatteo1415]

Hi, may i know where is the area of shophouses the truck was travelling in? And the 2 HDB point blocks?

[@MrRicky4309]

I stayed at this part of Singapore when I was little. Could still remember to squeeze into a front yard room with my parents... Thank you for sharing

[@perseuswong6864]

Grew up in 70s and early 80s Singapore. Love this clip! We took nothing for granted back then. Even the 'Long Kangs' (public ditches) had character. Yes, I used to play in them.

[@bigsmallapple]

I miss those days. So much spirit being Singaporean in a progressive and developing nation. Singaporeans were friendly, had more family time, and always community minded. The true kampong spirit! With migrants today, most of that spirit is lost. Singaporeans in their 40s and older will resonate with what I am sharing. I truly miss those days.

[@suziek888]

Most Singaporeans are depressed now

[@heung1gong2yan4]

As a Hongkonger, i’m rather surprised to know that even Singaporean missed the good old days, while the rest of the world praise about the effectiveness of government policy and high-tech of this small nation state, which rank number one in many aspect...

[@singinrain1688]

I am in my early forties, and as a kid as portrayed in the video, and I agree completely with wat u said in your comments.

[@Amidat]

the more "developed" a country gets - it's usually the less personable and cohesive it is. and then most humans long for "the old days" -- even if they weren't that "good". our memory system works that way

[@dulapeepsinmybedroom5611]

@@Amidat yaaasss, that's what I was always thinking

[@Underlinedinblood1]

I lived there '78 thru '82. I moved there when I was 11 from California, then back to California. I went to Dover Court Prepatory School. I miss the food most of all, and it was a fun place to be a kid. My Father who was an American stayed in Singapore and that's where he died a few years ago. He spent more than half his life in Asia.

[@mike04574]

Did he work for the army?

[@mike04574]

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[@Redsunns]

the flats are in Tanjong Pagar Plaza. That time i was 7 yrs old already living there. Now im still living there!! Time flies. The extension stairs shown in the video 7:03 from the Toof outlet is gone, and replaced by an orchid garden.

[@kevintww4038]

And there recent accident there :(

[@letsgoletsgoletsgoletsgoletsgo]

thank you .... i thought it was middle road /victoria road there

[@teacherkiat]

Thanx for helping us capture memories of simpler but good times in Singapore, Mr Rogge! Really appreciate it!

[@kertsang2053]

I wish our country would place less emphasis on building new shopping malls that go out of business in a few years and more on preserving and celebrating the old historical structures that still remain, such as the colonial houses and shop houses you see in this video.

[@krollpeter]

Nothing much left anymore. One shopping mall the same as the other. And then they wonder nobody really cares anymore.

[@p6h14]

I totally agree.. i love jalan besar cos still many shophouses and old biz there

[@clarencea3498]

Agreed on this bro

[@kengtzewei1]

I guess we can’t go back to those era. And millennial gens won’t be getting used to 80s

[@xxxdieselyyy2]

@@kengtzewei1 u can try to live that era by trying and makin it out in an Indian city today . That is like 1950s Singapore. Singapore became "generic" and got rid of those old historical homes cos they were cramped uncomfortable hellholes for the most parts for residents. Any 1950s Singaporean grandpa would hack u with a machete if u chose for him a house like this video vs a modern HDB.

[@sharonkoh2604]

Thank you for capturing this. Makes me miss home more now. I grew up in the 70s, only a little girl then. Am grateful for the forefathers who built our country with their bare hands.

[@cindylee8381]

Good luck 👍

[@sfc9511x]

Thanks Michael for walking me down memory lane. I was in Calgary in 1983 but can well remember helping someone who lived nearby at Keong Saik Road. I used to walk from Keong Saik Road to North Boat Quay from 1980 to 1982. Still remember the pigeons on those bumboats and the salty smell of the river. Nostalgic!

[@SingSnags]

When this film was made, I was 10 years old. We weren't well to do but this is a sight of Singapore I'd never seen. I grew up in one of those tall buildings shown at 6:09. We may have driven by Chinatown but I had no idea what live was like in one of those shop houses. Thanks very much for posting this!

[@rosihantu1]

1983: SGD 1.00= MYR 0.93 2018: SGD 1.00 = MYR 3.00

[@faifai4]

rosihantu1 Malaysia exports lots of natural resources compared to Singapore. Exchange rate needs to be like this to be competitive.

[@rosihantu1]

@grape juice pretty much. It used to be malaysian going to Singapore to shop, it's the other way round now

[@yrboyten352]

2030: SGD1.00 =MYR 100

[@ck260594]

Royal Gamer yes we know water supply from y’all. We treat it and sell u clean water. It works both ways. Y’all can’t treat dirty water, we treat it for y’all. And don’t say we sell y’all expensive. Is the msia Govt sell to y’all expensively.

[@chiewwl1]

f**k najib n his cronnies

[@michaelijsbrand]

So sad to hear of your father's demise. He would have liked my clips of old Singapore.

[@stewartlinden7111]

Great nostalgic footage, I was four years old and in Singapore at the time this movie was made; can still remember the old days back then! Fantastic!

[@sese75kenneth12]

The walking down of old club street, Craig road till Tanjong Pagar road really bring back old memory of the past Singapore in 1983. I am just 8 year old at that time.

[@ericlie145]

U know wow singaporeee... even in 1983 they ald did a very neat pavements for pedestrians... seriously bravooo

[@michaelijsbrand]

I hope she views the clip and writes to you to revive old memories. Hope that you will not be disappointed after all the years. Usually it is better to hold on to the memory.

[@james3381]

thankyou Michael of your kindness to show US . million thanks

[@bienkee5278]

Thank you Mr.Michael for sharing this precious history. Our forefathers came here with only tardy coolie clothes & pockets of dream for a better life.God Bless them all.

[@shyamkapadia3752]

Thank You for posting all these rare and awesome videos on KZbin.

[@rsashimi7810]

Damn! I was enlisted into the army in that year. Just cannot believe time flew so fast.

[@theamflitebowler]

Yes true!!

[@silverchairsg]

My father also did his NS that year.

[@kenlaws1291]

Awesome film I lived in Singapore in 84 and fell in love with the place, so many memories

[@nizaru100]

This Warmness felt in the video tend to disappear even in Singapore , Hong Kong , Japan as they were a Family Society like Middle East for example , Not individualists as West; I feel Sorry of course for People living in bad conditions, but Singapore Today feels very Lonely , AAAHH , the Era when Tigers still existed in Singapore ! I read that in 70's some Latex workers in the jungle in singapore have been attacked by tigers ! By the Way, We know Sri Lanka is close to India, Right ; but Why There is No Tigers in Sri Lanka ( And even in Borneo Island ( Sumatra in the same country does have tigers) ??

[@atlantisoasis3597]

But really thanks for good old memories. I was 7 yrs old in 1983 and certainly too young to witness the street scenes that time. It's 2020 and I'm 44 yrs old this year and I never failed to think back the past and realised how far we have came till today.

[@larrytan3822]

Lovely video of Singapore back then. Thanks Micheal for sharing this. Gosh I was only 4years young back then . 💜😃

[@irenesim6781]

Thank you very much Michael. I do appreciate it. This was the year I went to work in this area. I miss the spirit of the past.

[@shirleychua]

I was only two then! Didn't know Singapore was like that.

[@Richard-fm9vv]

Singapore is singapura. Lion city Please remember. Founder by sang lela utama. Prince of sumatra.

[@arseniykucherenko4960]

Same for me also 2 by this and not in Singapore I came here only in 2007

[@xirensixseo]

i wasnt born for another almost two decades. i wish i could have seen what that simple life was like.

[@keesingcheong]

I born in 1982 at JB, I only have a little memory of that.Singapore and Johor Bahru almost the same.

[@keesingcheong]

Shirley Chua you born in 1981?Ha!Ha! we’re both kids in that moment.

[@michaelijsbrand]

@filthiestfish . The film was silent. I have added sound and effects.

[@12347873]

Michael ,do u have the past 1970s red light district video at Petain road and jalan besar?

[@dollayx8]

My dad was doing shipping business from malay indo and singpore since 80s, this video will make him happy for sure

[@666Nasky]

Wow this was just 8years before I was born! The change is so rapid, so is our lifestyle now. Thank you for documenting this.

[@ekalayac6]

Thanks soo much for uploading this, I landed first time in Singapore in 1978 and still keeping a bus ticket I collected that time until now...Back again several times in , 20s and I always had a great memories on this land.

[@michaelijsbrand]

Thanks, hope that my clips keep you reviving those wonderful memories.

[@sifu2u_now]

Fantastic video captured...so glad the family allowed you to capture their daily routine.

[@darkenpin]

This was 30 years ago when I was just 9 years old..... A young boy thinking of what he wants to be when he grows up..... Now I have kids of my own and this footage brought back loads of memories.... Times were simpler then... Thanks for the memories Michael!!

[@PraneetCastelino]

I am not Sigaporean or even live in Singapore but this feels nostalgic. I suppose life was simpler three plus decades ago.

[@patriciabailey1937]

I believe all life was. Complications come with advancement, unfortunately. It is a case of either or or. 🇬🇧🥲

[@meekhinglim4829]

1983 I was posted to the Malaysian Navy Base in Singapore . I was stationed there for a year . That was the last time I visited Singapore

[@TKLau1990]

Wow,when is the base close?

[@meekhinglim4829]

@@TKLau1990 The base was decommissioned in 1983 and was then returned to Singapore Government .

[@Cyrus980]

This is amazing footage

[@cobytan6722]

So much memories. I stayed somewhere near that area.

[@dimratti]

This is when i got to know and love Singapore as a teenager..

[@humanshieldz]

It's funny how just walking through the old streets and suddenly it's so developed on the other side lol

[@parasatc8183]

That describes most major Southeast Asian cities in a nutshell.

[@Edible_Kittens]

It’s a hallmark of rapidly developing countries. Even in Mexico, you’ll see this.

[@michaelijsbrand]

Thanks for your reminiscences. These images should evoke special memories for you.

[@Richelalpante]

I love singapore and how thier life evolve❤ much love from philippines

[@Pemma200]

Thanks for posting our yesteryears.

[@kelvingoh212]

Thank you for posting this memories footage ! Goh Seng Lai Company leave a legacy on the cultural of the building the Wayang Stage from the 60's to 90's . Sadly , this culture of wayang show is fading toward the new generations. Hope this will video will be shown to the younger generation of this living of the 80's.

[@jjgal92]

thank you for showing me what i missed of the old Singapura (am a 90s kid). Appreciate this video a lot!

[@byteme9718]

Unbelievable how quickly Singapore progressed. I began working there in 1995 and were it not for the vehicles shown it would have been difficult to believe this was from 1983.

[@Indieloverr]

Born in the 90s, I never experienced the life of shophouses and it was an interesting video. From the narrow, unorganised roads to the modern HDB and new roads. Now theses shophouses have turned into restaurants, cafes and offices. Also to watch Singaporeans working hard labour cause spotting singaporean working in construction nowadays is rare.

[@evae.374]

wow.. thank you for posting this. From a local Singaporean :)

[@inspirationeasy]

great footage. It gives us a glimpse of what life was like in a surreal way

[@michaelijsbrand]

Is he the old gentleman with glasses? And who is the lady whose portrait is enframed on the wall?

[@ilain]

Thanks for uploading such a nostalgic piece of historic film. I was born in 1983. I'm at a loss for words as I look at the world I was born into.

[@felix121984]

Yeah your a kid ! I was born a few years before and remember 1980-1983 well.

[@lukaslee8759]

Thank you for your sharing and contribution.

[@geoklianfeser-chua6808]

Hey I left Singapore in late 1981 and how great is it that i stumbled upon this old footage now just by chance when just a few days ago I was feeling so nostalgic that I went online to look up in the records of National Archives of photographs of my birthplace some 60 years ago and saw the name of Ronni Pinsler who was mentioned as the person who took some amazing photographs of that area I was looking for! Unfortunately I could not find the house I grew up in! Nevertheless these footage brought back lots of good memories while I was a young adult living and working in Singapore!

[@robertb4000]

Well I was born in 2010, when I watch this video I can fell what my life was for my parent, uncle aunt and grandparent. My father was the youngest of 5 children of my grandmother have and I'm the youngest cousin

[@I.V2022]

i have one question for you how did you make all these videos⁇

[@tayship]

Thanks for uploading the video. Very precious footages. Nice choice of accompanying music.

[@lok6665]

respect from China

[@Entertainment123]

Tears in my eyes

[@khairakhaira8288]

I am also crying and having so much tears in my eyes. Really miss 1983 i was 14years old that time today i am 50 years old

[@travelling_potato]

Such precious footage 💖

[@lulindearlove8902]

Isn’t it just. Wonderful footage

[@ericulric223]

Old but beautiful for the perspective.

[@mohddil7669]

Thank you michael.all singaporeans happy last times now rojak singapore

[@javewu]

This is the Video that I watched with Mr Ronni, love it alot.

[@stuartplant1408]

My father worked at the IE in1983.I came out to visit him that year.He lived in Wessex Estate.I think the apartment was named Khartoum.Wonderful days.

[@driftlaboratoires2465]

Thank you for sharing this video. To me 1980'-90's is the best Singapore ever be.

[@veeshoe]

My grandfather stayed in one of these old shophouses at North Bridge Road. I was already residing in a new HDB flat at Bedok then and would take bus no. 12 every Saturday to visit him. These post-war shophouses were really dirty with pests running amok and the indoor plumbing was horrific as well, so I don't miss these aspects!, but it was so fun and exotic for a kid to visit from a boring HDB flat. Street vendors would be hawking snacks/foods in the evening and we would lower a basket down with money from the 2nd story window to the vendor and buy the snacks. I forgot a lot of these until I watched your video, thanks for all the returned memories! My grandfather's house is still standing and it's been restored into a restaurant, the district has become a bit of a hipster area, lol. And at 8:31, that's the old High Street Center building in the background, my dad used to work there! It's gone now, a bygone relic of the 70s/80s.

[@jackdon6926]

I love to watch anything on Singapore tirelessly, very fascinating

[@michaelijsbrand]

See my other dozens of clips of this great city !

[@lulindearlove8902]

So do I. An ex Singaporean

[@raizalrahim]

Many of these shop-houses now have become offices or food establishments. Most people live in HDB blocks now.

[@exs1803]

Yes, this is the exact same place today like here kzbin.info/www/bejne/ppyzpGSqjNOegNE kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3uzl3mli5VqaJo kzbin.info/www/bejne/sH2bmaGnjsaGrZo

[@ResidentNotEvil5]

Wow so beautiful even through im born 1979 u sir bring me back to 80,s

[@cowinhumansclothing]

Simply love the opening shot and the soundtrack

[@afiatanang2970]

The great Lee Kuan Yew, Can you imagine how Singapore would be without LKY, his leadership was just WOWW

[@lulindearlove8902]

I agree. LKY was a visionary. Such a capable man.

[@ongchoonbeng5105]

But only for one generation.look at this people next generation,they become platforms worker

[@michaelijsbrand]

Glad that you recognize your family in this movie. I wonder who took it? I bought it all as an unedited 16mm film without soundtrack and had it digitalized.

[@SonnyDarvish]

how did u keep these film with no quality drop?

[@LovedDoxology68]

That was the year i left for Canada...beautiful memories!

[@NC000C]

So you are a quitter back then!!

[@LovedDoxology68]

@@NC000C hello..I went to further my studies and have come back and in civil service right now. So never a quitter! Just saying I am an 80s teenager. Memories of my grandma and a more innocent age!

[@nhy123123]

@@NC000C And even if he was a quitter does that mean you lead a happier and more fulfilling life than him in SG? lol

[@NC000C]

@@nhy123123 mind your own business.. Nosey Parker

[@nhy123123]

@@NC000C haha resorting to ad hominem attacks now

[@jemmeteo]

great memories..what;s the name of the soundtrack from 0.01 - 2.00?

[@joycezzhuang753]

Its Chinatown in Singapore, that's why. The Indians are normally in Little India & Malays in Kampong Klam.

[@vincentyap2589]

Joycez Zhuang you born in 1981 now you should be 30 plus

[@vincentyap2589]

Joycez Zhuang you born in 1981 now you should be 30 plus

[@joycezzhuang753]

Nope! Earlier...........

[@j3pro570]

Now no more Malay kampong..just a sad memories..I was in Spore from 1963 to 1965..when my father was post from KL to Queenstown..he is a policeman..sorry my english..he he

[@davysihn2633]

Your video is excellent. Thank you. And always be healthy.

[@yyy60]

The name of the initial song is 彩雲追月 (Colorful clouds chasing the moon)

[@michaelijsbrand]

Thanks, a beautiful song alas hardly known in the West.

[@michaelijsbrand]

@dannerfest . Thanks. This is very useful information. Are any of the people recognizable?

[@perlazywicz4684]

Singapore is really Beautiful.

[@LouisaLMak]

Thanks for another great video. Your work are time capsules which make excellent history lessons. How did you make the drive through the narrow winding streets scenes so smooth?

[@stawelor]

The year I was born :) thanks for the vidz

[@dextertay461]

My aunt still lives in the HDB point block (the one on the right) today, from the time it was built, which I believe was before 1983. Those were probably my earliest memories that I recall as a child, when visiting her place for dinner every weekend.

[@cheetatteo1415]

Hi, where is that point block?

[@dc5375]

@@cheetatteo1415 8 Tanjong Pagar Plaza

[@Xindilini]

Wow! The older buildings passed during the drive through remind me of buildings in Guangzhou.

[@farhanahmash963]

Thank you for sharing this video. I always wonder what it was like in the past.

[@JGreen-ec9uo]

Good work, thank you for visual. Our Gov Should have left some more history for the Future generations of travellers and residents to appreciate.

[@annecorey607]

Beautiful Singapore I miss it this place I did not know so many homeless people's sleeping in the street is sad to see this , thank you for. sharing Bless you all, 2--12--18--.

[@WonderingTree]

I’d love to see a 2020 version with a similar family doing the same thing (waking up and washing and eating together and going to work in their car in the morning by the river - maybe as a businessman or a Chef)

[@ktkska8886]

The name of the music is called “The Vegetables Fainted and the Cantonese Drunk" (菜晕醉粤), named after a famous Chinese dish.

[@dumbbirdvip]

it supposed to be 彩云追月, "colorful clouds chasing the moon", no?

[@baixiangguo7523]

@@dumbbirdvip This musical piece is "彩云追月" . In English means The clouds in colourful dressing chasing after the moon. And not denoting the Chinese dish!! Please respect Chinese culture.

[@dumbbirdvip]

@@baixiangguo7523 please do not reply to me.. im not the one disrepecting the music title here..

[@hallowedfountain5215]

damn this film quality is really good for 1983!!!

[@jwardana]

wow! I wish I could give 1000 likes for this!

[@diemutha666]

Miss this era.A mix of the old and the new world.

[@certifiedbruh2180]

That empty area at the start is now Gardens By The bay and the Tanjong Pagar Port! We changed so much

[@john9076]

Thanks for sharing !

[@erichalim]

Whoa what a transformation. Now it's one of the best in the world. Good job! Hard work pays!

[@Malangsufi]

Singapore is now one of my most favourite places to travel, the people, the food, the night life. I just wish I could afford travelling more often.

[@andrewseed7184]

I want to run away from Singapore

[@kalinomia]

@@andrewseed7184 Why so?

[@imranhamid6300]

Memories brought me here....was a teenager ..MacPherson Sec.Schhol

[@palamirtammarimuthu17]

Hey!l remember this lovely tune!!😍😍😍😍thanks!!!

[@LPS-ww4wl]

Beautiful memories .lived there 1981 .

[@dumbbirdvip]

Is the video description wrong? Or is it a joke? The name of the song is 彩云追月 (pronounced similarly to 菜晕醉粤), isn't it? "The name of the initial music is called “The Vegetables Fainted and the Cantonese Drunk" (菜晕醉粤), named after a famous Chinese dish."

[@dumbbirdvip]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIWsk4Nup81-Zpo

[@peterchan3]

This song was originally from a Japanese song(南の花嫁さん). The mandarin version is 幾度花落時.