Nov
09
Singapore – Crossroads of the East 1938
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A tour of the British colony of Singapore in 1938.Footage from this film is available for licensing from www.globalimageworks.com
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Wow! Singapore in 1938, so much different from today. My grandfather was only 11 years old at that time!
totally agreed!
hahahahahha…1938…the most powerful british air force and naval fleet….jus 5 yrs later, kanna whack by Japan
think back w/o LKY singapore wont be what it is right now.. Now we stand proudly n name ourself singaporean!
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You don’t get it. There is a reason why the government is encouraging Singaporeans to go overseas. That, you should go and find out yourself since you think you’re damn it smart.
well singapore is driving out its own citizens, and attracting more n more china man/woman. no wonder many ppl i noe r planning to migrate overseas. we have no choice coz we’re being displaced by these loud, obnoxious ppl. i really hope sth can be done abt tis, like for example make s’pore less crowded? ban ppl from talking loudly/on the handphone in the public transport? wat is becoming of singapore? its so very different… i feel tat i dun belong here anymore…
“Gibraltar of the East”? lol, Japan shattered that myth a few years later. The British surrender in 1942 was the worst defeat in their history.
jedistar if u feel the need for other races to show respect to u by making them know their place then i dont think ur white race really think itself as superor. true secure races who know they are the best dont care about others lower forms. i.e. only if deep down u feel they are more superior than u u have that inner scheme to want to make them know their place . already superior race already feel sorry for them and dont care.
Of course, they had to use Russian and US to defeat Germany in the end. But the enemy in Singapore was not Germany!
If you have time, history channel is showing the blunders that they have made. A blunder is a blunder, admit it, no excuses especially when they made blunders. From lack of air coverage to lack of tanks to the lack of defences to the rear.
Finally, their dismal lack of courage, the Australians fought much better. Hats off to them.
lol they are busy fighting Germany, do you even know how strong germany is? you’re just mad that they surrender you guys to the japs
*monthly, not annually. Typo there.
But regardless, you can’t say that Singapore education is not affordable.
@xtinaseet: Primary School is free – you pay $11 a year for admin
In Secondary School school fees are $21 annually after subsidy, with $16 of that going to admin.
In JC, you pay $28 annually, with $22 going to admin.
Of course, you could always go to an expensive private school, but that’s your problem (and your parents’)
Wow! Rare footage, didn’t know that such old archive still exist. Now I can see old Singapore in old video! Thanks for the sharing.
uhm no? Did LKY live in a backward fishing village? Certainly not. lol
Morgan Freeman has been narrating for a LONG time.
don’t come!
HAHAHA! did you say FREE EDUCATION?
huh are u serious? are you singaporean? bcos if you are im sure you would have studied singapore history in primary school they got teach what.
can we have lesser china foreigners here in singapore pls…..im fine wif foreigners its just tat we shuld diversify and get better type of foreigners…tanx
Blame the Japs for their being EVIL invaders.. they were just actually tied with Hitler just to dream that they would rule the World!!
They were just a part of the rapacious AXIS “666″ Powers.. involved Nazi Deutschland, Italy and their nation!
Blame the Americans for being such STUPIDS for inventing such a NUKE mass destruction devices that in the near future, IT WOULD start the NUCLEAR War..
The video focuses on the city centre in the south of SIngapore.
He wasn’t. Pasir Ris was a swamp. It isn’t now. Maybe LKY was looking beyond the then commercialised areas. His team made the changes to the areas we now live in.
so that means LKY is lying by saying that Singapore is a little swamp when achieve independence.
Wow, this is Singapore in 1938!
- the Gibraltar of the East..
- the cheapest shopping centre in the whole world..
- with modern buildings and large boulervards..
- thriving harbour..
- a lively city with lively people..
- religeous freedom and harmony!
that was about 30 years before her independance in 1965.. and I had thought that Singapore was just a backward fishing village before the PAP came into power.. haha..
Used to be ruled by white men, now it’s the men in white. Same level of exploitation, different eras. Some things never change.