Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. V. Maheantharan studied at the University of Southampton on a government scholarship before being posted to the Singapore Polytechnic. There, he oversaw many innovative programmes which made the polytechnic an exciting alternative to the university, which it was unfortunately not allowed to develop into. He talks about the need to acknowledge the roles of both the port workers and the Singapore Polytechnic to Singapore’s development.

00:00 Nautical Studies at University of Southampton

08:55 My Father Struggled with Containerisation

13:06 Tanjong Pagar is Unrecognisable

16:49 Acknowledging the Port Workers

20:23 Singapore Polytechnic in Singapore’s Development

26:13 Polytechnic & Industry

31:48 Turning the Polytechnic into a University

36:41 The Polytechnic has Become Sexy

43:28 Acknowledging the Polytechnic and its Students

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. This is Dr Loh KS, the people’s historian, and I speak to people on their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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