Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Hidayah Amin talks about growing up in Gedung Kuning, the Yellow Mansion. This was part of historic Kampong Glam, which was home to a cosmopolitan community of Malay traders and hawkers. Hiydayah’s great grandfather was Haji Yusoff, a pioneering businessman who created the original haj belt. This debunks the myth that the Malays were a backward people. But the community began to disperse in the ‘70s and ‘80s as Singapore developed.

00:00 Introduction

04:55 Haji Yusoff

09:38 Gedung Kuning, the Yellow Mansion

18:15 Malays as Cosmopolitan Traders

27:53 My Childhood

31:05 Kampong Glam & the Haj

39:02 Kampong Glam in the ‘70s and ‘80s

Hidayah’s books are available at Helang Books:

https://helangbooks.wixsite.com/hello/books

Haji Yusoff Memorial Museum

https://www.instagram.com/haji_yusoff_memorial_museum/

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the 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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