I am Singaporean and I am astounded to see the photos of Singapore back in 1979. The landscape has so few high-rise buildings in the past and there was more greenery.

@yehebektirwatirilfut

16 күн бұрын

But so much slum

@elliotw.888

16 күн бұрын

​@@yehebektirwatirilfutwould you call penang a slum? I mean penang is pretty much sg in the 1980s and it doesn't feel that much like a slum to me. under developed doesn't equal a slum

@aero.l

15 күн бұрын

​@@yehebektirwatirilfut Old doesn't equate to slum. I can tell you haven't seen a real slum before.

@krollpeter

13 күн бұрын

... which is part of the reason why SGP quite a bit hotter nowadays. Not that there is no green, but there is lesser, and more build up areas.

@CougarCat21

12 күн бұрын

@@krollpeter Concrete jungle!! Hot as hell!

1979 looked like a carefree vibe honestly.

@stephenlim2852

13 күн бұрын

Not really. We were worried about jobs, more so than now as there were no assistance at all.

@jssjnehdjrndn6083

12 күн бұрын

@@stephenlim2852 i see, ok

The year I came into the world... I grew up in the era of MRT and air-conditioned buses. Singapore looks so young, yet so old, in these shots.

Thanks for sharing! I am a Singaporean born in the island in the 70s..this is like a walk down memory lane! Singapore has come a looonng long way!

I am a Singaporean, and thanks for bringing us back in time. Amazing to see all those old sights that have now been lost.

Goodness the photos are of amazing quality! Without context, I might have mistaken that the photos were taken yesterday! It's nice to see Singapore's past seem more "recent". That's the power of Film.

even in 1979 singapore places is very well developed, clean and organized

Growing up in the 70s & 80s is the best compared to present SG. We don’t have many things but people of SG are more happy back then.

@jimseah8974

15 күн бұрын

now its a shithole

@ghajik.

15 күн бұрын

It's just illusion of childhood. It never was better back then.

@geraldsoon957

15 күн бұрын

It was horrible. The 70s/80s education system was terrible. There were also many children who were malnourished, high unemployment etc. we remember what we want to remember.

@paulsz6194

14 күн бұрын

@@ghajik. maybe that’s just your point of view? Why was it more horrible? Why should everyone view their childhood through your narrow prizim ?? 🤔

@tilelate9718

14 күн бұрын

@@paulsz6194 not being able to spell "prism" is a good reason why things were not as good back then dear Paul. I am glad the younger generation have a better education now.

Oh my word... I was only 11 then. I remembered the stench of Singapore river... the satay club near where the merlion was... well, it was Elizabeth Walk, I believe. And boy, those buses had windows we would slide open and shut...

I was born in 1979, the year u took these pictures! So that’s how it looked like when I was just an infant. When I grew up and became aware of things around me in the mid to late 80s, things in Singapore were already rapidly developing and many of these sights started to disappear already. Thanks for the memories!!

Wow is almost like people were having better lives without looking at their phones 24/7

@Triadii

14 күн бұрын

Looking at phones 24/7 is an expectation now. Schools expect kids to refer to materials online, same for work, everyone is expected to just communicate online.

@stephenlim2852

13 күн бұрын

My relatives and I were quite poor. We didn't have a washing machine. We lived in a 2 room flat. There is 4 of us. So 2 slept in the room and 2 in the hall. We have to use the fixed line to call our friends as there was no pagers yet. The mobile phone came about 11 yrs later and it cost almost S$2000 and Singtel was the only operator.

Very nice! The photos are very clear and sharp.. considering they were taken more than 40 years ago!

@rshonfield

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I scanned original Kodachrome 64 slides that were slightly more than 40 years old. They are about 1800x1200 resolution after scanning and then I used a simple photo editor to brighten some of them. I wasn't able to sharpen or improve the focus but I was very pleased with the way they turned out.

@obiwan88

Ай бұрын

@@rshonfield Thank you for sharing these technical details. So wonderful to see our childhood so vividly again. Hope to have you as our guest again. May the Force be with you.

I was 6 years old then, I miss the old Singapore that I grew up,

@spong2544

15 күн бұрын

I was 11

@ogukuo72

14 күн бұрын

I was seven. Yes, carefree times.

@ivanteo1973

14 күн бұрын

@@ogukuo72 those are the days when we don't have a lot, but we were very happy.

@ogukuo72

14 күн бұрын

@@ivanteo1973 It's a dilemma, isn't it? I do enjoy the fact that we have a strong economy and strong Sing dollar that allow us to travel, buy nice things, etc. But the cost in terms of stress, expenditure, etc. is quite high.

@josephho2307

12 күн бұрын

​@@spong2544 same same

Beautiful- the golden generation achieved a miracle in Singapore

Thank you for this video! As a singaporean, it's amazing to see Singapore in it's transitional period!

@tlcchuang742

15 күн бұрын

.. yes .. agree it was transitioning back then. To add, it is still transitioning even till today, the good thing, because we have a strong Sing dollar, it is easy to go to areas in our region where time seems to have stalled, to catch that old vibe

Thanks for sharing these wonderful photos of old Singapore …

thanks for sharing, damn singapore and other east asian cities had such a asian or oriental feel back then....its like a mixed of modern and oriental...east and west.....reminds me of melbourne australia when u go to parts of the city where the architecture is older victorian era..... it makes the place feels romantic.... even 90s singapore still had some of that old world charm......most of it is gone now, the place is much richer and more developed but everything just feels so generic and cookie cutter.....,the same mass produced pruitt igoe utilitarian cookie cutter infrastructure and buildings everywhere.

1:47’s Kwong Yuen Tailor is still around! Amazing! What a piece of history

Thanks for posting this, it's fascinating to see places from before. The time capsule of history needs to be shared and you have done it!

Thanks for the memories, i jus realise how old i am.Forgot most of the good times we had during childhood, btw the croc farm was opened in the late 80s when sg was having construction boom.Suddenly so many high rise buildings pops up every where.

It’s amazing how only 45 years ago, Clarke quay looked like a ramshackle slum by the Singapore river , with only one prominent office town in the background, it’s an amazing story of the progression of Singapore….

@MsPaperbear

15 күн бұрын

45 years is a long time bro. lmao

@paulsz6194

14 күн бұрын

@@MsPaperbear so how old are you, then? , 20? I’m not 45 but even I look back to the pictures and think, trimesters has gone fast…

@MsPaperbear

14 күн бұрын

@@paulsz6194 45 is probably more than half of your lifetime.

thanks for the memories. 1979 Singapore: fish ball noodles/chicken rice was $1.20/$1.50, roti prata kosong was 30 cents / with egg is 60 cents. fried carrot cake kosong $1 (you can bring your own eggs and let the hawker fry them together with your order for free) a new 3 room Marine Terrace hdb flat bought direct from hdb in 1971 is $11,000. Same price for a new 3 room Circuit Road hdb flat.

@adminit3444

22 күн бұрын

food i dun think so expensive. 1987 at queenstown area. Fishball noodles $1 at forfar building 14th floor market. Margaret drive hawker chicken rice $1.20. Zhui kuay 12 for 50 cents.

@Tony.L9793

20 күн бұрын

Now cost of hawker food can be as high as $4 to $5😂

I was there in 1980 with the royal navy I was 17 years old from Scotland,I remember the girl who worked in Robinsons,lucky plaza,Kim Lim,lost touch with her when returned to UK,she would be in her 60s now,I wonder what happened to her

@leekc2574

15 күн бұрын

May b sipping scotch......just pulling your legs, glad you had good time in singapore. Cheers

Back in the good old days. I would have loved to see the Singapore of those days with my own eyes….

Brings back memories! Thank you for posting.

Thanks for sharing the photos.

Thank you very much for the video clips..wonderful family too

amazing footage, Thumbs UP!

Thank you so much for sharing these priceless photos, I hope you have a good memory of the days.

Brings back my childhood memories!

The photos are so crystal clear, absolutely beautiful and nostalgic. Thanks for sharing!!

thanks for recording the early years of singapore and showing the generations to come. So much has changed with the infrastructure and I am glad I can see the era my parents lived in through your vid❤

Thank you for sharing these precious photos. I was around 5 years old then living in kampung and have never seen this side of Singapore.

Born in the 90s and I am so fascinated by the 60s-80s. Never been to Singapore until 2022 but from the pics, it looks like a lot HK

Thank you for sharing. The scenes bring back lots of memories. I was just 18 then, finishing JC studies and entered national service in Dec that year. Simple life, happy times nonetheless.

Thank you for sharing these videos. I live in Singapore and have been to a few of the other places from your trip, and it's fascinating seeing the changes from the last 45 years. They look like lovely, treasured memories! I hope you and your family are all still well

Lovely - thanks for uploading this

Thank you for sharing, it's a blast from the past to a time even before i was born in Singaporean

Great photos. Thank you for sharing them.

Thank you for sharing

These were fun to see. Thanks. Have lived in KL for nearly 30 years now and these sure brought back some memories.

I’m astounded by the clarity of your shots.

the colour on these pictures are so good, it really transported us back to the 70s for a bit

Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏🇸🇬🇸🇬👍

Thanks for the memories..wow nice quality photos..you are in your 20s at that time..

Thanks for sharing...❤

Absolutely stunning images! The streets are impeccably clean!!!

@vdimension6300

16 күн бұрын

0:25 looks especially clean 😂

1979 babies should be 46 by now. Time really flies❤❤❤

This was way beyond time but LOVE ❤️❤❤ so aesthetically pleasing

Yes3.that year i was in taiwan doing my ns in the army oversea training. 3rd battalion infantry regiment.bravo coy.🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉.

@nnnnn8173

15 күн бұрын

PSLE for me....

yes, the buses and seats all wet during rain and everyone gotta help close the sliding windows

@Tony.L9793

14 күн бұрын

Even the buses have openings on the roof too, someone must be tall even to close them when it rains, also lots of cockroaches crawling around inside the bus😂

Wow. Thanks so much for sharing this!!

Thankyou for sharing

thanks for sharing!

Wow I haven't seen the Merlion at it's original location in a long time! Thanks for sharing ❤

Such a large field beside Mandarin Orchard Hotel back then... I have no recollection what occupied the space at Takashimaya and the American school behind it.

holy cow color photography in the 70s must have been a luxury

Oh, groceries were still laid on the floor and sold along lanes at Chinatown in 1979. Unable to recall which year onwards this was forbidden and all were moved to sheltered wet markets. Thanks for the memory :)

Very nice sound track ❤❤❤

amazing, i was 6 years old in my kindergarten uniform in 79

Looks like a Great Life!

we had snake soup at chinatown when we were young 😋

Back in the days I was only earning $200+ a month as an apprentice but life was not too bad..food n transport were pretty cheap. $1.50 for a plate of fried noodles with egg n cockles. A can of coke was under a dollar in a coffee shop. Feeder bus service about 15 cents. We were pretty happy. 😊

@manerosnf8449

17 күн бұрын

last time no can all bottle

I love that rock star curly hair of the lady, what an epic sight!

Crazy to see how much has changed in just 40 years

The Raffles at that time remained an attraction for visitors sampling Singapore Sling. But rooms barely met 3* standards at that time.

I remember it well, great times!

Wow! I wasn't alive then but such a cool window into the past

Same year I first visited SG, but too young to remember much. Wish I could see the same sights today, but at least they keep the shophouses well maintained.

Playing with my Star Wars action figures in that year haha

definitely interesting to watch! though i would have loved to see a pic of People's Park back then!!

many photos resemble my home country in today's condition.....

Thank you for sharing this video. At 1:43, that’s Pagoda Street where I used to live in one of the shop houses on the right from 1963 till around 1975. If you don’t mind, kindly allow me to take a screenshot at 1:43 for my keepsake. Thank you.

@rshonfield

20 күн бұрын

Please go ahead.

@williammuk

19 күн бұрын

@@rshonfield Thank you very much.

@leongyokeloong5083

17 күн бұрын

Pagoda street is the tailor street.

1:03 The background of the condo seen like Ocean park condo located at east coast road? I am very much remembered all this places you shown on this video during 1979, i was 14 yo at that time. Lot of memory.

Thank you Lee Kuan Yew! With your inspiration and progressive leadership we have s beautiful metropolitan country! 🇸🇬

Wow we can now take a good look at 1979 in very high res 👍

How far Singapore has come, within a generation.

Miss those time.😢😢😢

singapore looks unbelievably DIFFERENT now

Brings back memories! Thank you!

I remember that Singapore was generally cooler (temperature wise) during the 70s.

Thank You

Some of the old buildings seems to be still there. If anyone can find the right angle. They can even come up with the before and after shot.

Man, back then had spirit compared to now where everyone is chasing money. I’m 26 and even I can see that we lost the kampong spirit.

Wow … and this was the same year my mum was born

Yes. Remember those days when which bus to take was by 'words of mouths'.

Interesting!

Goodness,all those pots on ledges!...

Wow. And some shops still using traditional Chinese characters, rather than the simplified version that you see today

14 years past independence you can already see the emphasis on cleanliness relative to neighbour countries. I went to Manila, it is a shitshow

smashing pumpkins 1979

The last of the croc farm at east coast park Area B is a driveway off 730 East coast park service road into a grassy plot with tall angsana trees. Sure, I agree that many things have changed for the better. But certain things like widening of classic roads like Tampines road, Upper Changi roads, Old Choa chu kang road without the precedence of an influx of increased traffic as well as the outright removal of our unmarked heritage sites remain questionable. I can’t understand why we have to hide our past.

Singapore in 1979 feels like other parts of south east Asia today

My goodness, I don't even recognize where the condominium block is. Except for some prominent landmarks, I don't see anything familiar at all.

singapore of 1979 was more developed than most capitals in asia in 2024

That's so realistic in Singapore in 1979

So proud to be a Chinese Singaporean then.

We were definitely happier then

Someone please make a time machine for me…

So we're all here because KZread recommended us this video, huh?