Chronicles of Old Singapore | V. Maheantharan – Life at Blair Plain, Cantonment Rd & Taman Ho Swee
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Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. V. Maheantharan remembers three types of early housing he lived in – a cramped house at Cantonment Road, a ‘palatial’ 2-room HDB flat at Taman Ho Swee and one of the flats at Blair Plain newly built by the PSA. He talks about his father’s work and influence among the Indian port workers of Tanjong Pagar and how the community revolved around the Sri Mariamman Temple and other temples. He went to Raffles Institution where he had to fight his way up from the bottom of the class.
00:00 Introduction
02:06 First Home at Cantonment Road
05:18 ‘Palatial’ Taman Ho Swee
11:12 PSA Flats at Blair Plain
22:49 Blair Plain Photos
30:49 Lee Kuan Yew Asked for My Father’s Support
40:38 Indian Community in Tanjong Pagar
45:53 Importance of Sri Mariamman Temple
51:15 Early Trauma at Raffles Institution
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