Singapore 1983: Another day at the quay
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- Опубликовано: 5 окт 2024
- Life before the demolishment of North Boat Quay, finishing with the delight of an opium pipe. A film by Ronni Pinsler. Do the viewers know what the old shopkeeper is selling and what do the three puppets shown represent? Which chess? game is being played? Viewer Persimmone informs me: The entire area has been demolished. What stands on the spot where the temple was, is now a shopping center called The Central. The area is now called Clarkes Quay, with lots of trends pubs.
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I"m an old man, watching the film brought me memories , happiness, sadness, laughters n tears in my eyes.Those were the gd old days, so free n easy n less stressful. How wonderful n happy it will b if technology wouldn't have been advancing so rapidly.Thks once again 4 making me feel young again while watching. Greatly appreciated Michael n may the good God bless u n yr family in this period of the pandamic now n the days to come. Amen n Amen!
谢谢分享, 那是我们的童年和回忆, 还有些熟悉的面孔。
Tan Kai hong come to myanmar, its still a little stress free
@@linnhmaw ok, when the time comes, i will!
Then again, technology also allowed us to see this, I guess everhthing has its ups and downs haha!
@@Tone_SA well said!
Thanks. I have many more clips on old Singapore on YT and will upload one more in a few weeks' time
Uncle MichaelRogge,
Thanks in advance with your contribution and sharing those days image and video in singapore whenever you visit and your pleasant stay just like you are half of singaporean personal.Appreciated with your effort
Mr Rogge, I lived in Singapore during 1983 and you have a keen eye for detail and the foresight to capture for posterity what I and many took for granted. You filmed the old part of town where I would seldom go or have reason to go. Like most people of my day I tended to stay in the newer parts of town. Well done.
Thanks you uncle Muchael R.
How u made this?
Where did u get these clips from?
Wow the last panoramic shot of Marina Bay is absolutely priceless and captures how the whole area was before it is developed to how it is today.
Thank you for sharing this. Pleasantly surprised to see my late grand aunt in this video at 4.17. My family members get to see another facet of her life.
Hard to believe this is just one year before I came to Singapore! It is so familiar, yet so different from everything I came to know, as I only left in 2021. Singapore has developed so much, in such a short amount of time. I love looking at old photos of SG, contrasting with how those same landmarks look today!
This is amazing sir. I am teaching students currently here in Singapore, and them watching these videos is an amazing experience to how far Singapore has come. Thank you much for this!
No, I'm a Dutchman living in Amsterdam, Netherlands
@Aaron Tan I'm interested in all countries in the world, whatever size.
@Aaron Tan What a question......what does the country's size have to do with anything? Be thankful that there was someone able and willing to document daily life and scenes like these before they're lost to memory and then to history.
Dutch ：Nijntje：Miffy 💋～🐇
And I am from KOLKATA (CALCUTTA), INDIA.
Thank you for sharing these videos of Singapore in the early days. I am born here in 1972 and I have never seen these scenes before. It is fascinating to discover how life was like back in those days. I am really grateful for your sharing of these valuable videos which you have archived. Thank you once again.
Michael's channel is like a time machine.
This is great! I was born in Singapore but left in 1986. Images like these are still etched in my mind. This is the Singapore I remember.
It’s incredible that there is absolutely not one strand of this Singapore in this recording that exists today. How things have changed.
yeah.. I was looking for any landmark of that filming took place, but found nothing
When I reminisce, it makes me want to travel back in time to enjoy fun experiences again. Thank you Michael !
I missed sitting at the round marble table every night with my family while waiting for supper. I also used to play with the round, black switches. The red chairs in front of the stage... everything brings back memories. Thank you for uploading the clips!
An actual recording of opium pipe smokers, that is so rare and definitely needs to be preserved.
Thank you very much MichaelRogge to show the old time Singapore.
I'm staying at Robertson quay now..and seeing this was amazing..it's really good to see the old times..feels like so stressed free..
I doubt they were stress-free. The '80s were a time of major transition for Singapore. Urban renewal had just begun, and it was still quite common then to come across the sort of difficult living conditions and poverty you can see in this clip. Life might have been 'simpler', but not easier, for those who had yet to make their way into the middle classes.
To think I was 6 years old in 1983...a little kid staring at the world with wide-eyed wonder. I seem to remember Singapore being alot more modern though... But I do remember those switches mounted on a wooden board in my great-grandma's place. Pretty awesome! Thanks for the memories of a much simpler, much happier time...
80s Singapore really looks like it has heart and character to the country
I love this! You have a great eye and a wonderful illustration of Singapore to its more authentic days.
Now fake?...yeah those days authentic smiles...authentic gestures...authentic friendliness now the money has dominated everything.
thank you for preserving singapore older days omg this is so wonderful
@@mohdyusuffsharif944 so sad bro,they have destroyed our world,we are supposed to be able to live off our resources,but theyve taken it all away and now everyone depends on their diabolical governments,give us chemical coated foods,bad water and make sure were sick all the time so they can make BILLIONS off us in medical and pharmacy drugs!!its the 1% of the 1% that have EVERYTHING and are now after our souls cuz theres nothing left to take,its truly a LUCIFERIAN WORLD NOW!!
I was 9 years old then but i can still remember some parts of this quite vividly. nice video
I was 9 years too! But never benn to Singapore
Thank you Michael, brought back a lot of memory for many of us.
It is very kind of you. Heart felt appreciation.
Singapore in the 80's captured in a time capsule through the lens of Mr Rogge, thank you. Hopefully for future generations to come, they will forge their own stories to be told in such beautiful images, different but nonetheless, equally moving
A film by Ronni Pinsler.
No need to doubt Mr Rogge's life long passion. Excellent job!
Remarkable that these buildings lasted so long - most of 'Old Singapore' had long gone by '83 .. good that Pinsler had the presence of mind to film before the demolition. I believe he's still alive and living between S'pore & Penang. North Boat Quay as it was 'back in the day' can be seen in the film 'Saint Jack' and the Hawaii 5-O episodes 'The Year of the Horse' (both filmed in 1978)
Oh my goodness Michael - great initiative!! Thanks to you we now have a little piece of Singapore history captured on film......
Those days , when I was still a kid, there is a feel of Real Singapore. Look at what Singapore has become today? You cannot feel "Singapore" anymore.
Super Kumantong u wont even feel cities in Guangong ... there are few places that look like tis
hopefully more wake up and stop voting for the pap.... they've lost their moral high ground and have become self serving
Felt like either in manila or bombay at times
You wanna live in third world country?
I mean now i go singapore all the kids my age are decked in gucci balenciaga
Thank you so much for this video Michael. So long ago...I was still a teenager then.
Hi Michael, the Chinese old temple along the shophouses is now a Hooters restaurant that occupies that shophouse. The old area of Boat Quay and Clarke Quay has been refurbished and already becomes a night life hang out for many singaporean. Central Mall is actually opposite the Chinese temple which used to be a block of HDB flats that being demolished in the early of 1980s which is featured in your another clip of Boat Quay demolishment in 1983.
How times have changed ..🤣
Thank you for these beautiful glimpses of my country, during the days i never saw.
Thank you Michael for all your hard work all these years.
Thanks for that. I was privileged enough to live and work in Singapore from 2000 to 2010, amazing place and people. Miss it a lot.
Many vilages at indonesia are still like old singapore today
I was 3 years old. This clip pulled out all sorts of emotions from me
Wow, authentic yet sufficiently clear video, in colour !
Miss those good old days...life was much simple and the feel was so great.. so sad that things have to change to this level😕
Thanks, Michael for the clips! Memory lanes..🙏🙏🙏
Beautiful, you have captured a slice of time and history through such a sensitive lens. It almost feels like you are a local. Please share more !
Thank You for all your precious clips! They are priceless!
I am from Indonesia, but I work for a multinational company whereby HQ is located in SG. I often flew to SG for a meeting or vacation, and because of this, I started admiring this country.
the shots of the seafront.. definitely not 80s.. 1973 there is already national stadium.. and there isnt a stadium there.. still great memories..
80s lah dis one..national stadium is at the leftside of the seaside scene which was not captured in the vid.
This is the year I was born. It's surreal to watch how people were living during this time.
Thanks for bringing back my childhood memories
Recently visited Singapore in Oct 18. Oh the vast difference!
Priceless , thank you , Mike
I miss Golden days were people who work hard..traditions, culture.. Peace and liveliness..healthy and active ..unlike now ...
In the year 1956 to 1965, my second uncle stay with my late grandfather at Geylang Rd, Singapore, our neighbours are all Chinese and few Malay family, one day while my late grandfather goes to work, suddenly my second uncle fell sick and have a fever, and he could not attend to his afternoon school session, latter my Chinese neighbour came in to my house and this two ladies are both sibling take care of me from morning up to my late grandfather came back home around 6 - 7 pm, this both ladies together with my late grandfather bring me to the nearest Chinese Temple, second uncle was ok after midnight the next morning, very sorry I could not continue more this story as it cause very sad for me, ok thank you to my Singaporean who knows me.
Singapore old days are now the present day for other countries! Simple yet joyful
olden days singapore was the best' but sadly we could never go back to the kampong days as we are too over developed
xiaodhanan Want to go back to Olden Days ? Live in Laos , Vietnam ....grow up .
@@chrave1956 stfu old hag. I was just stating my opinion.
@@xiaodhanan1 OK m8, you had your points but be a bit chill can ya? Keep calm mate
@Aaron Tan omg the famous aaron tan AH BENG!!
@@chrave1956 fuck you
Michael, many thanks for encapsulating all that character that depicted the charm of this place. We have certainly thrown the baby out with the bath-water in the massive urban spring cleaning.
I love watching old video clips because I feel that Im in the time machine that going to the past.
For some reason this video popsup today in my timeline.
How much transformation, how much hardwork has been put by the founders to reach the greatest level... Great..great.
Wow! Thank you for the memories. How certain are you this was filmed in 1983? I know for a fact that Sheares Bridge (end of video) was completed in 1981. Most of us forget how rapidly we have changed to become what we are today. Some may think that portions of your video were ore-independence (ie 1965). Surreal to watch even though I am a living witness of these transformation.
Dank je wel voor het delen van deze mooie historische beelden!
Michael , thank you for the good memories of old Singapore . Appreciate your effort 👍🙏
This video is gem, a piece of our history. Thank u!
Life so much simpler those days.
Thanks for the addional info.
I was there in Singapore during 80's. It's sad to see that Singapore now lost his heritage by overdeveloping the country. But Malaysia still maintaining it's balance to his people to decide either to live in city or rural area.
What happened
Not enough land and over populated.
We love the advance and drvelopments of Singapore and we pity you guys in Malaysia still living in poverty and in old rundown slums！！
Of course Malaysia can maintain a balance. All can happen when you have land.
Another priceless video from you. Thank you for uploading.
A long-forgotten Singapore - one my niece and nephew have never seen before! Thanks very much!
I love all this vedio, money can't buy ,good you shoot it for us to see how Singapore was. I love old Singapore style.
All it takes is one generation to throw away what the previous generation worked so hard to achieve. Very sad and bittersweet
我竟然可以耐心地從頭看完，因為極有電影感，一組組，都有情感與故事。讚👍！
Developed, industrious yet humble days of Singapore.
Great work! I knew videos aged better with time. I'll try to follow your documentary and I'm gonna make one for my hometown.
Thank you for the awesome videos. I have searched the old videos and it did found nothing. U gave me hope today and able to see the past! Looking forward for more!
i love the 80s can see the old building with the new hdb very nice contrast
I am living in Australia since last 13 years but, I always spend my holidays in Singapore, I like Singapore v much but, it's nice to see Clark Quey area, I couldn't believe that Singapore developed v quick.
I was born in the same year the video was filmed. This was my parents' Singapore. Some of these do look familiar to me though, particularly the precursor to Comic Sans at 1:47.
Thanks for all the info. Useful for viewers.
This looks more like early 1970s Singapore, not 1983. The film is good. However, opium was definitely illegal in 1983 and practically eradicated from Singapore in the 80s.
It is the early 80's. Only the very few and very old continued with the habit behind closed doors......
Have also a look at my other clips of your great city-state by searching RUclips with 'michael rogge singapore'
Hi Michael, You have done a very great service to the citizens of Singapore and captured the spirit of the times in these beautifully taken films of the old world charm of our island state. Watching your films certainly brings back so much nostalgia and reminiscence of my youth. Many of us, senior citizens, can now watch and rewatch our past through your wonderful archive! Thanks! Deeply appreciated! God bless you and your family!
@@siak12345 Thanks. Glad to know that my work is not in vain !
Mr Michael, so pleased to know that you are now 90 years young. May God bless you with many nany more good and healthy years🙏
Wow what an Archive! Beautiful work🔥
Wow, beautiful video, brings back lots of memories. I think people were more down to earth those days, not so pretentious. A city with soul those days.
Simply said, good old singapore, for me, singapore during late 90s and early 2000s are the best years.
I agree! My late teens, early 20s
Very nice - I loved the 80s!
The year i was born. Seems so much calmer and relaxed compared to now...
Wow, Singapore was beautiful then and now also.
Michael... "The Film Entertaining The Gods" is now uploaded in full on youtube with the original soundtrack. Btw it was shot in 1979 not '83 as claimed.
Thanks, I'll have a look. Regrettably I cannot change the date in the title anymore. How are you?
MichaelRogge....I feel sorry u gotta put up with so much nonsense comments despite sharing such wonderful archive footage. I appreciate it and thank u
Wow! Incredible indeed.. THank you for this :)
Thank you. These are nostalgic.
After watching, remind me my childhood days, full memory
哈 往日的新加坡。。往事不堪回首，喜欢新加坡，不知何时才能再去。。👍👍👍🙏❤️❤️❤️😁谢谢分享
Thank you so much for making this video!!
Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!
this type of enviroment is more happy, now singapore is totally super stressful and super expersive to live on , i really hope this type of enviroment can come back😢
In olden days life is simple, no worry, people talk to each other
I wonder what people at the time would have replied when you had told them this!
the island of Marina Bay Sands was created at that time. at the end of the video there was no MBS, Merlion, Singapore Flyer, Durian Building. and brigate
We lived at Hillview and before that Jurong East. Been back a few times . Changes are very common there now.
Many thanks Mr Rogge !!!
thanks for sharing this treasure of a video
06:05 Opium smoking in 1983? Probably mid 1970's.
That is what I thought. But it is not true. Death penalty was introduced in 1989. The authorities were not able to stop it until then.
All these developments are called progress and all credits should be given to one man - the late Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. He kept his promises that Singapore will be developed. I’m am now in my 70’s
Many of the scenes in the documentary can still be found in Malaysia, especially around outskirts of the city
Magical little video.
Thank you for sharing, that is my childhood, some of the faces look familiar.
Singapore today is so much different. Amazing transformation yet I can see how the food, culture and activities still same in the singaporean society. I hope there are few lucky people out there who experienced both worlds.
Not sure about the shopkeeper question. Were you referring to the old man at the beginning of the clip? The one who had black nanyang coffee and dipped his Indonesian kueh lapis in it? He looks like the caretaker of the shophouse temple. It is commonplace for Chinese temples to be set up in houses, shophouses and even apartments in Singapore and Malaysia. If you were referring to the coffee shop segment, the diners were having ngo hiang, a Teochew-Fujien dish. Some had beer and others bulk brewed Chinese tea in tall glasses, something I haven't seen outside Malaysia. The local term for coffee shop is kopitiam and that kopitiam has the traditional marble topped tables you no longer see today as they're very expensive and we now no longer can afford such spaciousness with high rentals. What I like about the clip is you can still see mongrels on the streets and parents weren't fanatical about their children's safety or hygiene back then.
Hi, tinateh. It was just a plain biscuit that the old man was dipping in his coffee. Kueh lapis was hardly known then and it was expensive, therefore a luxury item.
Such a beautiful video, such a gem, thank you sir