Singapore Then And Now

Author : Ray Tyers
Publisher : Landmark Books Pte Ltd
Page : 13 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814189873

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This long-awaited new edition of the classic reference on the changing landscapes of Singapore, which features 156 sites, may be said to have been more than 45 years in the making. Its genesis can be traced to a series of Then & Now articles produced by Ray Tyers for the British Association Beam magazine. Tyers selected 18th- and late-17th-century views of Singapore, stood at the spot where they were photographed or painted and took new images of the sites as they existed in the 1970s. In 1993, Landmark Books updated the book and added the then current views to those documented by Tyers. This 2018 edition continues the record. The result is that most sites now have at least four views taken over time. Some have even up to six pictures showing the dramatic changes that have shaped the built environment of our city state. As architectural historical Dr Lai Chee Kien states in his Introduction to the book: “Singapore Then and Now will continue to have importance and relevance because of the meticulous work that Ray Tyers and the book’s subsequent editors have done over many decades.”

Author : Jaime Koh,Singapore Children Society
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2012-08-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814405799

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Singapore Childhood by Jaime Koh,Singapore Children Society Pdf

The political, economic and social changes that have occurred over the past 60 years have shaped and transformed the childhood of children in Singapore. This book explores this transformation through anecdotes and memories through interviews with individuals hailing from different races and age groups, together with related archived materials from different sources. The components of childhood — birth, home, play, school, health and welfare — are revisited so as to provide useful insights about the past to young readers and at the same time serve as a nostalgic read for older readers. Written in a simple and accessible manner and filled with numerous photographs and specially commissioned cartoons, this book will be of interest to anyone who is interested in knowing about childhood as it was and is being experienced in Singapore. This book is also available in Chinese.Contents: Changing Times, Changing ChildhoodsHere Comes the Baby: Pregnancy, Birth Customs and Baby CelebrationsBringing Up Children: Childcare and Home LifeFrom Marbles to Media Gaming: Play, Pleasure and LeisureOf ABCs and 123s: How Singapore Children Studied and LearnedFrom "Koyok" to Clinic: Sixty Years of Children's HealthIn Their Best Interest: From Welfare to Well-being Readership: Readers who are interested in knowing more about how childhood was and is being experienced in Singapore.

Author : Ray K. Tyers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Singapore
ISBN : UOM:39015046836857

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Singapore, Then & Now by Ray K. Tyers Pdf

Author : Ray Tyers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:252224533

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Singapore Then and Now by Ray Tyers Pdf

Author : Jaime Koh,Singapore Children's Society
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9789814390774

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Singapore Childhood by Jaime Koh,Singapore Children's Society Pdf

The political, economic and social changes that have occurred over the past 60 years have shaped and transformed the childhood of children in Singapore. This book explores this transformation through anecdotes and memories through interviews with individuals hailing from different races and age groups, together with related archived materials from different sources. The components of childhood -- birth, home, play, school, health and welfare -- are revisited so as to provide useful insights about the past to young readers and at the same time serve as a nostalgic read for older readers.Written in a simple and accessible manner and filled with numerous photographs and specially commissioned cartoons, this book will be of interest to anyone who is interested in knowing about childhood as it was and is being experienced in Singapore.This book is also available in Chinese.

Author : Vaughan Grylls
Publisher : Pavilion
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2016-07-28
Category : Travel
ISBN : 1910904090

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Singapore Then and Now® by Vaughan Grylls Pdf

Singapore Then and Now brings together rare archival images of this global city-state and matches them with specially commissioned photos of the same sites as they appear today. Vaughan Grylls (author/photographer of Oxford Then and Now, Cambridge Then and Now and Hong Kong Then and Now) has rounded up all of the key sites that make up this fascinating and diverse place, from gleaming new skyscrapers and shopping malls to magnificent temples and ancient rainforests. The breathtaking contrast between past and present make this a fascinating addition to the long-running Then and Now series. Sites include: Elgin Bridge, Empress Place Building, Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, Fullerton Hotel, Johnston’s Pier, Singapore Cricket Club, the Supreme Court, Capitol Theatre, Raffles Hotel, Masjid Sultan Mosque, Ellison Building, Coleman Bridge, Fort Canning, National Museum, YMCA Building, Cathay Building, Thian Hock Keng Temple, Sri Mariamman Temple, Tanjong Pagar Dock, Marina Bay Sands Hotel, Johor–Singapore Causeway, Ford Factory, Changi Village.

Author : Victor R Savage,Brenda Yeoh
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 435 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9789814484749

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Singapore Street Names: A Study of Toponymics by Victor R Savage,Brenda Yeoh Pdf

The definitive guide to place names in Singapore. Place names tell us much about a country – its history, its landscape, its people, its aspirations, its self-image. The study of place names, ‘toponymics’, unlocks the myriad interlocking stories that are encoded in every street and landmark. In Singapore, the coexistence of various races, cultures and languages, as well as its history of colonisation, immigration and nationalism, have given rise to a complex tapestry of place names. Alkaff Quay, Coleman Bridge, Ann Siang Hill, Bukit Merah – how did these places get their names? Nee Soon or Yishun? Serangoon Road or Tekka? First published in 2003 as Toponymics, this updated and expanded edition of the book incorporates a wealth of new findings, from archival research and interviews, and sets out to answer these questions – and any question that might be asked about the origin, meaning or significance of place names in Singapore

Author : Simon Tay
Publisher : Landmark Books Pte Ltd
Page : 9 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9789814189194

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City of Small Blessings by Simon Tay Pdf

A layered and nuanced novel that tells the story of one man through a complex lens that exposes the tragedies and blessings that is Singapore. Winner of the Singapore Literature Prize.

Author : Bradley C. Freeman,Yokanathan Ramakrishnan
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781443892957

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Singapore Radio by Bradley C. Freeman,Yokanathan Ramakrishnan Pdf

The world of media moves quickly – nowhere is this more the case than Singapore, a world-class alpha city that prides itself on being first. This book tracks the journey of Singapore radio from its humble beginnings to its advanced modern-day incarnations. Along the way, Freeman and Ramakrishnan also detail economic, political, cultural, and technological aspects of this medium in Singapore. The role of radio is deliberated, as well as the times when radio and its personalities have broken the rules. In addition, campus radio and social media are also discussed. The book functions as a treasure-trove, partial archive, and starting point for those interested in knowing more about the radio portion of Singapore’s media landscape. At the same time, it serves as a fitting birthday present to the medium, as radio meets and passes the 80-year mark in the country. As such, the book makes significant contributions to multiple aspects of the radio medium as it exists in Singapore, aspects that are not to be found anywhere else.

Author : Ray K. Tyers,Jin Hua Siow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Historic buildings
ISBN : UOM:39015032665609

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Ray Tyers' Singapore, Then & Now by Ray K. Tyers,Jin Hua Siow Pdf

Author : Suk-wai Cheong
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9789811208034

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Sound Of Memories, The: Recordings From The Oral History Centre, Singapore by Suk-wai Cheong Pdf

The Sound of Memories: Recordings from the Oral History Centre, Singapore features the happy, funny, poignant and bittersweet — but always heartwarming and unforgettable — stories, memories and anecdotes of Singaporeans from all walks of life. Distilled from almost 5,000 interviews that the National Archives of Singapore's Oral History Centre has collected since 1979, these recordings describe the experiences of everyman, from tycoons and tailors to chief executive officers and chief cooks.Relive the significant moments that have unfolded in Singapore's history through the eyes of people who personally bore witness to these events. Their recollections are vividly captured in chapters on communities, schooldays, popular pastimes, the Japanese Occupation, food, national tragedies, medicine, economy, women, the performing arts and sports.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1890
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11483077

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Allen's Indian mail and register of intelligence for British and foreign India by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1028 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1880
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11469613

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Congressional Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Zi Liang Chong,Zakaria Zainal
Publisher : Pagesetters Services
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-07
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9789810910990

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The Invisible Force by Zi Liang Chong,Zakaria Zainal Pdf

The Gurkhas need no introduction, with their storied reputation built up over two centuries of battlefield exploits around the world. A unit of these Nepalese warriors have been serving Singapore for more than 65 years, yet precious little is known about them. Indeed, the Gurkha Contingent clashed with communists and militant unions in its early days and continues to protect the island state's most important places and people even today. Discover the untold story of the Singapore Gurkha through the eyes of different generations who carried the famed kukri blade: The rigorous, punishing training that forges elite soldiers; the family lives of these paramilitary policemen; and the lengths their sons go to follow in their fathers's footsteps. Above all, The Invisible Force reveals the loyalty and gratitude the Gurkha has for Singapore, and the struggles he and his family face upon retirement, including an unresolved request for better employment terms.

Author : Stephen Hamnett,Belinda Yuen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-08
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781351058216

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Planning Singapore by Stephen Hamnett,Belinda Yuen Pdf

Two hundred years ago, Sir Stamford Raffles established the modern settlement of Singapore with the intent of seeing it become ‘a great commercial emporium and fulcrum’. But by the time independence was achieved in 1965, the city faced daunting problems of housing shortage, slums and high unemployment. Since then, Singapore has become one of the richest countries on earth, providing, in Sir Peter Hall’s words, ‘perhaps the most extraordinary case of economic development in the history of the world’. The story of Singapore’s remarkable achievements in the first half century after its independence is now widely known. In Planning Singapore: The Experimental City, Stephen Hamnett and Belinda Yuen have brought together a set of chapters on Singapore’s planning achievements, aspirations and challenges, which are united in their focus on what might happen next in the planning of the island-state. Chapters range over Singapore’s planning system, innovation and future economy, housing, biodiversity, water and waste, climate change, transport, and the potential transferability of Singapore’s planning knowledge. A key question is whether the planning approaches, which have served Singapore so well until now, will suffice to meet the emerging challenges of a changing global economy, demographic shifts, new technologies and the existential threat of climate change. Singapore as a global city is becoming more unequal and more diverse. This has the potential to weaken the social compact which has largely existed since independence and to undermine the social resilience undoubtedly needed to cope with the shocks and disruptions of the twenty-first century. The book concludes, however, that Singapore is better-placed than most to respond to the challenges which it will certainly face thanks to its outstanding systems of planning and implementation, a proven capacity to experiment and a highly developed ability to adapt quickly, purposefully and pragmatically to changing circumstances.