Tag Archives: Clementi

Bird Singing, a Favourite Pastime of the Past

Posted on September 29, 2016 by Remember Singapore

Bird singing competitions, bird singing corners, bird singing clubs. True enough, bird singing was and is still a favourite hobby among many Singaporeans. The fascinating hobby seemed to have kicked off in Malaysia and Singapore in the late fifties. The … Continue reading →

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A Flashback to Singapore 1982 Through Old Geography Textbooks (Part 1)

Posted on September 13, 2014 by Remember Singapore

Like the good old Social Studies textbooks (see A Pictorial Gallery of Singapore in 1980), the old Secondary School Geography textbooks, first published by the Curriculum Development Institute of Singapore (CDIS) in 1982, also contain a large variety of old … Continue reading →

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Our Favourite Playgrounds of Yesteryears

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Remember Singapore

How many of you have spent hours of your childhood playing in these sand-based playgrounds with local-styled designs? Many of them, built in the late seventies, are the works of Khor Ean Ghee (born 1935), Maria Boey, Lee Kwee Wah … Continue reading →

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