Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Fong Hoe Fang runs through Breakthrough’s stories on the aged, world hunger and the 1981 Anson by-election. Though he decided not to practise as a social worker, he continued to volunteer with his friends, setting up a Crisis Centre for runaway kids and battered women. His advice for today’s young activist: listen to your heart.

00:00 The Story Behind the Homeless Man Picture

04:45 The Factory Women Story

12:41 The Anson By-election Issue

23:03 Why I Didn’t Practise Social Work

26:35 Crisis Centre & Geylang Catholic Centre

36:05 Idealism & the 1987 Marxist Arrests

50:17 Advice for the Young Idealist

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, a people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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