Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. After leaving Dunearn Technical, Wilson Chua worked in sales of air freight services for multinationals in Singapore, including the German multinational Birkat. Forced to leave the company, a friend encouraged him to set up his own company. Thus, UT-Ways, a freight forwarding business, was born. Wilson talks about manpower issues, competition from the big companies, treating his staff, and the need for honesty and good customer service.

00:00 A Novice Salesman in Air Cargo

05:52 The German Company Birkat

11:38 Working in (German) MNCs

14:05 The Air Freight Business in Singapore

19:19 UT-Ways

27:32 Labour & Competition

33:18 My Son Joined the Company

40:03 Advice for New Businesses

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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