This film was not shot in the 30s for sure. WWII and Japanese occupation was in early 40s. It's better for the uploader to edit the year of the film or it tarnishes the facts of such well-preserved video - smdragon Jan 14 2012 (Singapore)
I'm a foreigner, who currently staying in Singapore.
Well, my opinion is Singapore is too Americanized, it's unlike other places such as Tokyo, where there are many foreigner too living there, but they still have the strong culture, or Bangkok / Bali, where many foreigners keep coming but it will never change the way of life.
Btw, this video's great, it's like my hometown NOWADAYS, in Indonesia! hahaha :D
I was talking about the start of the video where they showed the white obelisk in the open area outside the old NCO club. I thought that was WW2 but I may be wrong...
@TheMISSTITIEN If we travel back in time to those days, the former Prime Minister, Lee Kwan Yu is already around. His age is 15 at this timeof filming.
I read "Colin Smith, Sinapore Burning.2006" recently,it is the best book on the campaign and history.People in Singapore of the 1930's were not happy.Especially, Indian and Malaysian people were suppressed by British and by(economically)Chinese.
this is the first time i see so many singaporeans in singapore lol. singaporeans are fast becoming extinct!! historians should consider mummifying some of us
To the Europeans or English I am it is nostalgia greatness of their past watching this clip; but for Asians; we pride the Singapore and Asian greatness of today; whilst Singapore remains cosmopolitan and the presence of whites are still obvious but at least Singapore is now an Asian city removed from all these white arrogance and pompousness.
The first few minutes are ironic, when Singapore was put under the test, it fell in a few days, it was quickly overrun and the great air force in the orient was outclassed by Japans and was annihilated. The entire thing was a joke, it was no fortress. .
@TheMrleomartin I see 1940-41... England is fighting for its life 8000 miles away, waves of 1500 Luftwaffe
fighters are over Southern England and Fighter Command is aloft 20 hours a day to the point of exhaustion
the Royal Navy is guarding the sea lanes across the North Atlantic..and..your take is...England failed to defend Malaysia and therefore its a empty boaster. But then its always whiteys fault isnt it?
Rising Chink population is a threat if you ask me... It'll eventually bring in military/secret intelligence agency influence from China and eventually destroy Singapore for good...
@darkgodnaar You show that you have an inferiority complex. Looks like you're kept in the dark of how your country is now. The exchange rate betw Singapore's and yours tell a huge diff. It's just one problem for you..want us to zerg you with our insults and make you feel more of a galoot?
@darkgodnaar You show that you have an inferiority complex. Looks like you're kept in the dark of how your country is now. The exchange rate betw Singapore's and yours tell a huge diff. It's just one problem for you..want us to zerg you more?? and make you feel more of a galoot?
$300 for littering. 2nd timer $500. 3rd timer $1000..within 14days, MUST pay. or else, go court. Speeding here more than 140km, Licence REVOKED with fine $500 or more. No smoking in coffee shop, at the bus stop, 9metre near shopping centre entrance Fine $200 or more. Wanna be a singaporean, obey the RULES...Even $2000 a month not enought...trust me... all i can say is, Singapore is a save country.
@yaserzara Er did you travel to other countries before? DId you realise most countries have such rules too? Its just that Singapore's rules are much more publicised to the public in a negative way. Its the white propaganda. And you actually fell for it.
I'm malaysian, but all i can conclude here is Singapore are lots better than Malaysia. used to work n live in Singapore before my passport are blacklisted to going out from malaysia for some stupid reason...i totally hate malaysia's government, and peoples here..i wish i were never born as malaysian... Thanks for Singapore coz giving me a good job, good places and nice peoples during my stay in singapore...God bless singapore...
@reno1069 Say.... if you wish that you were never born as Malaysian..... then its very simple and easy my friend, why don't you just denounce your Malaysian citizenship!! It's simple is it not., at least its less one headache for your goverment.....
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VISITORS STAY AWAY from this place with its barbaric laws and penaltys. A swiss man was sentenced to be FLOGGED for unauthorized painting on a train. Outrageous abuse here! Amnesty International has condemned this cruelty and this country needs to be held accountable for their cruel and inhuman treatment of their own male citizens and foreigners. GO ELSEWHERE, STOP TRADE WITH THIS PLACE!
@somuchsolittleful boooo!!! of course our govt sucks, but this is such an overstatement. We live in very different societies, with very different values, hence, different systems of law and order could be applied. Things are stricter here simply bcos it works to maintain peace and order. So i beg you to spare us from your dull comments dude.
You know the way you say it I respect your opinion. I just cannot respect any government (different values or culture or not) that rules with cruelty with such arcaic laws. Don't you see that in treating people as it does, citizens and foreigners, and with the reputation that it has-Singapore emigration will increase, less tourism, less foreign students will come, less business--What will be left is and I mean no disrespect-Chinese.
I am happy for being able to view these footages as it showed me what Singapore was liked when my great-grandfather first came to Singapore. The adults shown in these pictures might have passed on already and the kids might still be around. Singapore was and is still so beautiful. By the way, being ruled by the British was just something meant to happen sooner or later then because the world was so small. Now, with the advancement of technology, nobody should rule over anybody anymore.
american [ Fling tigers ] had attacked to Japanese army before Pearl Harbor . you propaganda racists tell lies like breathing." Shame on racists 米軍・大統領黙認の下で、アメリカ人参加 フライング・タイガーズが、真珠湾攻撃の数年前から、日本陸軍機を攻撃し、日本人を多数殺していた史実が知れ渡ると共に、米人らと冷静に議論できる場が増えつつある
Sometimes I tend to visualise whenever I'm at Clarke Quay, ricksaws, coolies, Ford cars scattered around the area. Look how much Singapore has change. But I agree the buildings were not as beautiful as before. Those still around have become museums.
That's true. The city generates heat. And the lack of wind and trees too. Try go to a small island in Indonesia and it's 1000 times more comfortable than SG.
As I look at the people, women & kids in the video, looking happy and going on with their daily lives, I can't help but shudder at the thought of what happened to them 4 years later when the Japanese invade... Raped? Slaughtered? We won't know...
The saddest part is when I saw the video introducing the Cenotaph - to commemorate those who died during WW1... Unknowing to the videographer & people in the video, more will suffer & die 4 years later... : (
Those brits sure knows how to design and lay out those buildings. If all those buidling structure were still here today it will be "Jewel of The Crown". Too bad people want new cheap things.
im really proud of singapore for what they said about singaporei saw this 15 people in the newpapers i think its last week paper sunday 1.jet li 2.kobe bryant 3.dani alves 4.zinedine zidane 5.beckham 6.will smith 7.c.ronaldo 8.lucas leiva 9.jackie chan 10carragher 11.manny pacquiao 12.wayne rooney 13.michael owen 14.lewis hamilton 15.tiger woods
well singapore is driving out its own citizens, and attracting more n more china man/woman. no wonder many ppl i noe r planning to migrate overseas. we have no choice coz we're being displaced by these loud, obnoxious ppl. i really hope sth can be done abt tis, like for example make s'pore less crowded? ban ppl from talking loudly/on the handphone in the public transport? wat is becoming of singapore? its so very different... i feel tat i dun belong here anymore...
You don't get it. There is a reason why the government is encouraging Singaporeans to go overseas. That, you should go and find out yourself since you think you're damn it smart.
Napa? Kau nak dok mana selain Spore? Hehehe.... relax dude. Sama mcm kat Melaka. Sejak membangun ngan pesat hanya dalam tempoh 9 tahun je, sewa rumah dari RM150/month skrg dah RM900/month kat area aku. Population pun dah bertambah crowded. Dulu aku nak pegi ofis cuma 10 minit. Skrg dah jadi dekat 30 minit sebab jalan dah byk traffic light dan sesak.
Takkan nak pindah tempat lain kot. Dok sini jelah. Love ur country ok?
You should all be ashamed of yourselves! Just listen to all of you whining and complaining. Don't you know our Chinese forefathers came from China too? They worked hard to give us what we enjoy today. And its completely wasted on people like you. I cannot even comprehend how shallow you are. Singapore is built on the sweat of immigrants, and will continue to be, because we HAVE to bring them in to do the work that arrogant locals like YOU don't want to do
Your remarks are completely insenitive and tactless, and so immature. You're whining about such trivial issues! I don't know when Singaporeans became so arrogant and class-concsious, and so filled with self-worth, but having SO LITTLE to give back to society, other than complaints. Please lah, check yourself before you open your mouth, you look like a damn fool man.
And if you and your friends feel you don't belong, then please, by all means, just go. Singapore is better off without snobbish locals like you looking down on others, but having so little to contribute yourself.
And FYI, life is hard everywhere la ok, not just in Singapore, you think its any better in Vancouver, or Melbourne? Wake up your idea man, let me tell you, with an ugly attitude like yours, you'll find the same problems follow you EVE-RY-WHERE you go.
Since u r so patriotic about being Singaporean, i got this to ask u: Do u think Indian or Malay Singaporeans feel belonged in Singapore's current situation as they do before? Do u think they like the high influx of foreigners coming into the country, especially those from China and India? Is Singapore really a multiracial country or turning into a Chinese country? Answer this question..
Can it be helped that there are jobs here and there are 1.5 billion Chinese in China? The disproportionate number of Chinese needing jobs will obviously spill over into our country. Even though they bring their bad habits and lack of social graces into our homeland, we cannot react with such intolerance, that is my point.The true mark of the maturity of any society is in how they are able to respond and adapt to the changing times.
And your argument is bizarre, because my point was never about whether we should like the "high influx of foreigners coming into the country" whether we be ethnic Chinese, Malay or Indian Singaporeans, but that as members of humanity and an urban culture like Singapore, we can't respond with such intolerance.
These immigrants are leaving their homes and families to have a hard life here. Don't you think they know many Singaporeans look down on them? My point was never that Singaporeans should embrace them but at least don't despise them, cos what gives us the right? Why do we need to be so proud, that was my point.
If Singapore doesn't need foreigners, then they are an unecessary strain upon the country's resources and people. But the fact is, we do need them and perhaps if your concern is about liking it, then you need to realise its not about liking it at all, but accepting it, moving on and living with them in harmony.
Its very easy, but fruitless to complain and ask the government to expel them, but the faster we learn to accept the things we cannot change, the better, unless you have a solution that will not require Singapore welcoming foreigners who want to work here and do the work no one else, including myself, wants to do. If not then at least enlighten me on the results that all your griping and complaining has brought about.
And if the solution is really to migrate, then, isn't it ironic, because we will all just become the equally unwelcome and despised foreigners in someone else's country.
If u take the effort to learn to assimilate and integrate with citizens of your chosen country, why wld anyone wanna despise u? Singaporeans r also guilty of this, go to a foreign country to work or study and u come back crying racism and discrimination when in the first place yur always sticking to yur own kind. Same thing over here, if foreigners cld at least make a little effort to embrace the norms of SG, why wld we be despising them?
I'm sorry but I refuse to accept that logic. You're basically saying that its fair, acceptable and even justified for us to despise foreigners for failure to assimilate into our society, and I can't swallow that. While I agree with you on 'when in Rome', I couldn't disagree more with what you're implying.
I'm not justifying foreigners' inability or even refusal to assimilate, but what I am saying is that since we, seeing ourselves as more sophisticated, should learn to grit our teeth and be be the bigger man, cos I just don't see how despising foreigners for ANY reason could ever contribute to a better Singapore, a more xenaphobic Singapore yes, but not a better one.
My stand remains that if Singaporeans and foreigners can't get along, both are to blame. But the onus is on us, because frankly, we, as a more developed and urban society, should know better. This whole issue just shows how undeveloped internally many, not all Singaporeans still are. We basically created the jobs for these people, and now that they're here, and we don't like them, we blame the government for bringing these people here to ruin our day.
While you're right, foreigners in any host country should try at least to blend in, I cannot accept that failure to do so is repaid with a complete lack of compassion, empathy and understanding. We are therefore bad hosts for bad guests and unless one of us makes the first move, living in Singapore will become unbearable. So let me reiterate. Singaporeans need to take it upon ourselves to grow up and play nice, and be the bigger person.
And I do understand that people have limits, but if we don't begin to expand ours, then no one stands to gain. At the end of the day, we just have to be more tolerant, cos there's no end in sight, and throwing hate at the foreigners won't make them go away, and it takes so much effort to be hateful. So why not just let it go and contribute to a better Singapore, starting with ourselves? I've made my point, we can agree to disagree, thats perfectly reasonable.
@singapuraku its true but govt can't stop it because in order to economy to cheat its way up sg need a larger workforce to complement the inflow of capital. Whats the use if there are jobs/bosses but no workers. How sg improve economy so rapidly, faster than any asian country? By underpaying and overpaying some people, this will attract people in fast. So in this country will always have double standards.
Wow ....Japan shattered that myth a few years later..... but for three years, Japan got even a bigger whacking, disaster of their own making and a gift of the atomic bomb....not one but two.
British surrender in 1942 and came back rebuilding the treasure of the east after three years.
can we have lesser china foreigners here in singapore pls.....im fine wif foreigners its just tat we shuld diversify and get better type of foreigners...tanx
@zepled84 Well you know China gives singapore passport holders free visa access. Though Singapore gov. does not do the same to the Chinese, it's loosing the restriction cause it wants the money back from China.
Blame the Japs for their being EVIL invaders.. they were just actually tied with Hitler just to dream that they would rule the World!!
They were just a part of the rapacious AXIS "666" Powers.. involved Nazi Deutschland, Italy and their nation!
Blame the Americans for being such STUPIDS for inventing such a NUKE mass destruction devices that in the near future, IT WOULD start the NUCLEAR War..
@MrMal888 Dude, no offence, but I think the Nuclear device was more of a godsend in WW2, Without it, the outcome of WW2 would have been much more bloody. Do some research on the American's plan to invade Japan the normal way and you might be able to understand my point. Yes, nuclear bombs are shit, but I guess at that time they weren't stupid to invent the first nuclear bomb. Besides, we are lucky that they invented the bomb first, what if the Japs or Germans got it 1st, we would have been shit.
The video focuses on the city centre in the south of SIngapore.
He wasn't. Pasir Ris was a swamp. It isn't now. Maybe LKY was looking beyond the then commercialised areas. His team made the changes to the areas we now live in.
- the cheapest shopping centre in the whole world..
- with modern buildings and large boulervards..
- thriving harbour..
- a lively city with lively people..
- religeous freedom and harmony!
that was about 30 years before her independance in 1965.. and I had thought that Singapore was just a backward fishing village before the PAP came into power.. haha..
jedistar if u feel the need for other races to show respect to u by making them know their place then i dont think ur white race really think itself as superor. true secure races who know they are the best dont care about others lower forms. i.e. only if deep down u feel they are more superior than u u have that inner scheme to want to make them know their place . already superior race already feel sorry for them and dont care.
i enjoy this video immensely, at the same time i could not help but feel that what we have today are the toils and hardwork of our ancestors. and during that period of time, the whites are the ones who enjoy themselves while our ancestors toil. a bit regretful to see. perhaps this to be shown to those in the service sectors to remind them that angmos are not great after all, they should pay more attention to the local spenders.
Well, more or less. If you dig a little deeper, you will find that every country has had its good times and bad times. Every country sometimes suppressed its neighbors as soon as it was strong enough. That's part of the human nature. China for instance has a 5,000 (five thousand) year old history, which is quite impressive! But China was not always strong. When it weakened, its enemies took advantage of the situation (Huns, Mongols, Europeans), but Mao changed that and now its strong again.
Interesting video. But anyway I was browsing through the previous comments and was appalled at some of the comments. Why the heck are Singaporeans insulting our neighbours across the causeway. Many of the comments seem like they were made from whiney 3-year olds or something. All comments that state otherwise got thumbed down as well whether it is correct or not. I am Singaporean and I know of our countrys achievements but that isnt a reason to become all smuggy and arrogant.
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Singaporeans are arrogant generally. Having been to that place I would say that Singapore is in many ways overrated--but Singaporeans don't realize that.
I beg to defer. I know some Singaporeans are proud and some like to list out the achievements of Singapore. But most of Singapore's achievements are there because Singaporeans, in general, are a very hard working lot. It's not fair to disregard the whole population as 'arrogant' because of a few boastful mouths.
Their hard work and the resulting prosperity is not in question. The main issue here is how the noveau riche of the region are behaving as if they are God's gift to the region. It is a source of irritation because Singapore's position was previously occupied by Hong Kong and Thailand but the peoples of these places did not exhibit the same brand of arrogance Singaporeans are known for.
Had filipinos been more hard working, you guys can achieve the same affluence and class as those in Singapore. Sorry, but filipinos are rude ( especially in cyberworld) and they deserve the snubs they receive from the rest of the rest of the world
Obviously, your suggestion reflects the narrow and naive views of Singaporeans on its neighbors and the world as a whole ( I noticed that from reading The Strait Times which I have found too 'safe' a reading).
As for rudeness in the cyberworld, it is obvious Singaporeans do not understand that in an environment where free speech exists everyone has an equal voice to express agreement or criticism to anything and anyone.
u have the british to thank for what u have sir and dont forget it, we laid the foundation down for u to then take and build on so knocking other people is hardly justified considering singaporeans never realy achieved anything
what setting up a country and then not being able to defend it has to do with anything is this - you can't expect that same sort of trust/reverence that colonial Singaporeans had for their British masters for setting us up when a generation of people were almost massacred through genocide and rape as a result of their surrendering.
All S'poreans readily acknowledge the Brits set us up anway - Raffles is considered a luminary there. Just don't expect utter & eternal gratitude... it's 2009 man...
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multimang0steen 1 week ago
This film was not shot in the 30s for sure. WWII and Japanese occupation was in early 40s. It's better for the uploader to edit the year of the film or it tarnishes the facts of such well-preserved video - smdragon Jan 14 2012 (Singapore)
sheeming 1 week ago
crackin' footage. Thanks for sharing
judge105 5 months ago
I find it funny how they talk about Singapore's military and defence in this video, but Singapore was bulldozed by the Japanese in the 1940s.
Shangas 5 months ago
@Shangas u meant the british forces in singapore...
Moonstriker 2 months ago
@Moonstriker Well yes. Perhaps I wasn't that clear. British & commonwealth forces.
Shangas 2 months ago
man it would be something to be a tourist of the world in the 30s!
officereagle 6 months ago
Majulah Singapura ... Onwards Singapore
KBasibba 6 months ago
I'm a foreigner, who currently staying in Singapore.
Well, my opinion is Singapore is too Americanized, it's unlike other places such as Tokyo, where there are many foreigner too living there, but they still have the strong culture, or Bangkok / Bali, where many foreigners keep coming but it will never change the way of life.
Btw, this video's great, it's like my hometown NOWADAYS, in Indonesia! hahaha :D
Aaronmogi 6 months ago 3
@anjadijacks yes..there used to be this singapore, now, it's not singapore, it's work work work, singapore became a land of little identity
MrOldestPerson 7 months ago
1300-welcome to temasek
1819-welcome to Britpore
1965-welcome to Singapore
2000-welcome to ChinaPore.
2011-welcome to Foreignpore.
kamikazeboy123 7 months ago 16
I was talking about the start of the video where they showed the white obelisk in the open area outside the old NCO club. I thought that was WW2 but I may be wrong...
6drunkmen 8 months ago
This is after WW2. The Japanese monument was already in place. Cannot be 1938.
6drunkmen 8 months ago
@6drunkmen It is the world war 1 memorial. The tall pointed monument you see at 8:25 is in Victoria Theatre and Memorial Hall.
tjban 8 months ago
@6drunkmen The cenotaph was completed in 1922. It was built initially for memorial of the fallen soldiers in WW1.
ruthlessbjur 7 months ago
is there possible to make a old video from black and white to color?
gck86 8 months ago
I was wondering how they manage to get a driving license at tht time. Or they can juz drive without a license?
yAnSHui520025 9 months ago
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If we travel back in time to those days, the former Prime Minister, Lee Kwan Yu is already around. His age is 15 at this timeof filming.
filmdirector64 9 months ago
information dosent sound true
TheMISSTITIEN 10 months ago
@TheMISSTITIEN If we travel back in time to those days, the former Prime Minister, Lee Kwan Yu is already around. His age is 15 at this timeof filming.
filmdirector64 9 months ago
this video clip is awesome !!!!
thank you so much
bohnyee 10 months ago
I am sad with all angry comments written. So much anger and bitterness!!
It is easy to sit in your chair and look back or condemn the government of Singapore - whether British or PAP. Have you heard of "armchair generals"??
I love Singapore and my heritage and am glad That I speak English thanks to the
British and my Chinese thanks so my heritage.
MsRwong 11 months ago 2
I read "Colin Smith, Sinapore Burning.2006" recently,it is the best book on the campaign and history.People in Singapore of the 1930's were not happy.Especially, Indian and Malaysian people were suppressed by British and by(economically)Chinese.
edding476 1 year ago
this is the first time i see so many singaporeans in singapore lol. singaporeans are fast becoming extinct!! historians should consider mummifying some of us
kaykentucky 1 year ago 3
To the Europeans or English I am it is nostalgia greatness of their past watching this clip; but for Asians; we pride the Singapore and Asian greatness of today; whilst Singapore remains cosmopolitan and the presence of whites are still obvious but at least Singapore is now an Asian city removed from all these white arrogance and pompousness.
ykleong28 1 year ago
@ykleong28 Do we sense also Pompousness and Arrogance from you?
Had it been left to it's own devices it would still have been a swamp!
SaveSiamPlease 11 months ago
The first few minutes are ironic, when Singapore was put under the test, it fell in a few days, it was quickly overrun and the great air force in the orient was outclassed by Japans and was annihilated. The entire thing was a joke, it was no fortress. .
TheMrleomartin 1 year ago
@TheMrleomartin those idiots built the fortress at one corner of sentosa far from the city. lol
EcoDimension 1 year ago
@TheMrleomartin I see 1940-41... England is fighting for its life 8000 miles away, waves of 1500 Luftwaffe
fighters are over Southern England and Fighter Command is aloft 20 hours a day to the point of exhaustion
the Royal Navy is guarding the sea lanes across the North Atlantic..and..your take is...England failed to defend Malaysia and therefore its a empty boaster. But then its always whiteys fault isnt it?
ehunter2 1 year ago
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I think this video is very suitable to singapore today....
We have gone full circle from Independence to where we were, SLAVES to colonisation. Today, its called FTs ahahahha !
lieberat 1 year ago
I think the name Singapore is not suitable anymore...Foreignerpore is much better now...its sad wat has bcome to dis fine country isnt it?
skaface75 1 year ago 2
ah, this was singapore back when it was still singapore.
Fals3Agent 1 year ago
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why was a question on whether you can update your video to tady is immediately marked as spam in less than one minute?
censorship, ya?
or is your vid here barred by someone people here shoiuld know?
ccb41 1 year ago
Rising Chink population is a threat if you ask me... It'll eventually bring in military/secret intelligence agency influence from China and eventually destroy Singapore for good...
EsotericDesi01 1 year ago
@EsotericDesi01
I always wonder whether the word Chink refers to China-Chinese, Asians, or scrub bushes.
marshall9doom 1 year ago
@marshall9doom Chink... Chinese... :-\ Pakis are Pakistanis... Arabs are Arabs... :-\ or, with love you can also call them Terrorists... :)
EsotericDesi01 1 year ago
@EsotericDesi01
Oh, then I suppose you know whats the racial slur for Indians?
If your curious, people call Indian Muslims here "Keling".=D
marshall9doom 1 year ago
@EsotericDesi01
US-Americans are the scum of the Earth.
TheSunmanho 1 year ago
Fishing Village? What fishing village? Only PAP's propaganda claimed that Singapore was a fishing village before the PAP took over.
98555501 1 year ago
@darkgodnaar YEAH! Everyone agrees YOU ARE a STUPID MONGKAY (MONKEY) indeed!
for pigs to feed on.
cruisser217 1 year ago 3
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@darkgodnaar You show that you have an inferiority complex. Looks like you're kept in the dark of how your country is now. The exchange rate betw Singapore's and yours tell a huge diff. It's just one problem for you..want us to zerg you with our insults and make you feel more of a galoot?
renez100 1 year ago
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@darkgodnaar You show that you have an inferiority complex. Looks like you're kept in the dark of how your country is now. The exchange rate betw Singapore's and yours tell a huge diff. It's just one problem for you..want us to zerg you more?? and make you feel more of a galoot?
we could salvo you with insults! you creepowipe
renez100 1 year ago
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I love Singapore
reddotgolfers 1 year ago
I love SIngapore
reddotgolfers 1 year ago
$300 for littering. 2nd timer $500. 3rd timer $1000..within 14days, MUST pay. or else, go court. Speeding here more than 140km, Licence REVOKED with fine $500 or more. No smoking in coffee shop, at the bus stop, 9metre near shopping centre entrance Fine $200 or more. Wanna be a singaporean, obey the RULES...Even $2000 a month not enought...trust me... all i can say is, Singapore is a save country.
yaserzara 1 year ago
@yaserzara No it's a "fine"country
p14y2w1n 1 year ago
@yaserzara Er did you travel to other countries before? DId you realise most countries have such rules too? Its just that Singapore's rules are much more publicised to the public in a negative way. Its the white propaganda. And you actually fell for it.
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yaserzara 1 year ago
I'm malaysian, but all i can conclude here is Singapore are lots better than Malaysia. used to work n live in Singapore before my passport are blacklisted to going out from malaysia for some stupid reason...i totally hate malaysia's government, and peoples here..i wish i were never born as malaysian... Thanks for Singapore coz giving me a good job, good places and nice peoples during my stay in singapore...God bless singapore...
reno1069 1 year ago
@reno1069 Say.... if you wish that you were never born as Malaysian..... then its very simple and easy my friend, why don't you just denounce your Malaysian citizenship!! It's simple is it not., at least its less one headache for your goverment.....
borneotourescort 1 year ago
@borneotourescort
So strange, Singaporeans are Pro-Malaysian while Malaysians on the other hand are Pro-Singaporeans?? Hmm..I'll stay Pro-Sabahan in that case..
marshall9doom 1 year ago
@reno1069 Thank you for your gracious and polite comment. I hope everything will turn out fine for you in the end. Cheers!
WBLITZer 1 year ago
Temasik@Singapura originally a Malayland, its a fact....wanted to see comment against it...hehehe
sillycat1984 1 year ago
@sillycat1984 Lucky the chinese came right?
MrJonslife 9 months ago
This was before Japan attacked.
armycook23 1 year ago
Majulah Singapura!
justinlimkt 1 year ago
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VISITORS STAY AWAY from this place with its barbaric laws and penaltys. A swiss man was sentenced to be FLOGGED for unauthorized painting on a train. Outrageous abuse here! Amnesty International has condemned this cruelty and this country needs to be held accountable for their cruel and inhuman treatment of their own male citizens and foreigners. GO ELSEWHERE, STOP TRADE WITH THIS PLACE!
somuchsolittleful 1 year ago
@somuchsolittleful boooo!!! of course our govt sucks, but this is such an overstatement. We live in very different societies, with very different values, hence, different systems of law and order could be applied. Things are stricter here simply bcos it works to maintain peace and order. So i beg you to spare us from your dull comments dude.
HansBBJJ 1 year ago
@HansBBJJ
You know the way you say it I respect your opinion. I just cannot respect any government (different values or culture or not) that rules with cruelty with such arcaic laws. Don't you see that in treating people as it does, citizens and foreigners, and with the reputation that it has-Singapore emigration will increase, less tourism, less foreign students will come, less business--What will be left is and I mean no disrespect-Chinese.
somuchsolittleful 1 year ago
If my father is still around, this film bring back some of his memories.......
shtan101 1 year ago
thank you for sharing this film travelfilmarchive:-)
MyNoypi 1 year ago
I am happy for being able to view these footages as it showed me what Singapore was liked when my great-grandfather first came to Singapore. The adults shown in these pictures might have passed on already and the kids might still be around. Singapore was and is still so beautiful. By the way, being ruled by the British was just something meant to happen sooner or later then because the world was so small. Now, with the advancement of technology, nobody should rule over anybody anymore.
yulijin1 1 year ago
lovely video by the way
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meisyoukaizi 1 year ago
i had to agree, i can't stand the heat. Even my hometown is cooler compare to Singapore. My Aunt stayed in Singapore for more than 30 years.
JeromeLeong 1 year ago
I always liked how these old documentaries have eccentric background classical music to it.
L02T 1 year ago
lol.. i can't recognize all those landmarks ..
MurbPoonDipDip 1 year ago
These china men/women have no MANNERS AT ALL! They should just go back to their country and spit on their own grounds
SlimeIsSlimy 1 year ago
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otnamihsrevir 1 year ago
Great Video Spen tmany a great time in Singapore.
Fantastic place great people cannot find any faults
theoverlord1944 1 year ago
Sometimes I tend to visualise whenever I'm at Clarke Quay, ricksaws, coolies, Ford cars scattered around the area. Look how much Singapore has change. But I agree the buildings were not as beautiful as before. Those still around have become museums.
felisestilo 1 year ago 13
@felisestilo If we travel back in time to those days, the former Prime Minister, Lee Kwan Yu is already around. His age is 15 at this timeof filming.
filmdirector64 9 months ago
@filmdirector64
and...who would have thought this little boy is to become a little hitler and who has turned singapore into a neo-nazi society today !
alyuful 9 months ago
why not a crossroads to the northpole and antarctica?
lunafringe10 2 years ago
It's colder those days, the rickshaw men can walk barefooted. Try to do it today and see what happens to your feet. Grilled.
junevi2000 2 years ago 8
That's true. The city generates heat. And the lack of wind and trees too. Try go to a small island in Indonesia and it's 1000 times more comfortable than SG.
spotgreeen 2 years ago
@junevi2000 HAHA!
barrenwizard 1 year ago
Surprisingly clear picture, very Nice
predatoryprice 2 years ago 3
thanks for this interessting movie .....singapur its very nice.
preludebb 2 years ago
First time seeing a moving old Singapore trolleybus. Great video!
jemdude22 2 years ago 3
As I look at the people, women & kids in the video, looking happy and going on with their daily lives, I can't help but shudder at the thought of what happened to them 4 years later when the Japanese invade... Raped? Slaughtered? We won't know...
The saddest part is when I saw the video introducing the Cenotaph - to commemorate those who died during WW1... Unknowing to the videographer & people in the video, more will suffer & die 4 years later... : (
seamonkee 2 years ago 3
@seamonkee
Don't have to go to the time of the Japanese .... just look today.
NO ONE smiling and HAPPY while walking the streets.
lieberat 1 year ago
Woah, a 1932 Ford Model 18 Sedan. Good days good days, Starting the ear 2000 it's getting bad due to violence and gangs, Low life gangs. Zzzz
HabboMafiaRpg 2 years ago 3
Those brits sure knows how to design and lay out those buildings. If all those buidling structure were still here today it will be "Jewel of The Crown". Too bad people want new cheap things.
sih1688 2 years ago 4
Berjaya Singapore!!!!
gagukapalaka 2 years ago 4
It was Lieutenant Jackson who 'planned' Singapore, not Raffles.
2foong 2 years ago 2
zz.. Singapore stills wan more ppl.. Singaporeans arent good enough
lahlohleh147 2 years ago
Greetings to Singapore 2009 , 2010 :-D
hartsapeke 2 years ago
hadi257 2 years ago
Wow! Singapore in 1938, so much different from today. My grandfather was only 11 years old at that time!
DivineLady 2 years ago
hahahahahha...1938...the most powerful british air force and naval fleet....jus 5 yrs later, kanna whack by Japan
pukebombsg 2 years ago 4
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think back w/o LKY singapore wont be what it is right now.. Now we stand proudly n name ourself singaporean!
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well singapore is driving out its own citizens, and attracting more n more china man/woman. no wonder many ppl i noe r planning to migrate overseas. we have no choice coz we're being displaced by these loud, obnoxious ppl. i really hope sth can be done abt tis, like for example make s'pore less crowded? ban ppl from talking loudly/on the handphone in the public transport? wat is becoming of singapore? its so very different... i feel tat i dun belong here anymore...
singapuraku 2 years ago 32
You don't get it. There is a reason why the government is encouraging Singaporeans to go overseas. That, you should go and find out yourself since you think you're damn it smart.
youngplainjuan 2 years ago
Napa? Kau nak dok mana selain Spore? Hehehe.... relax dude. Sama mcm kat Melaka. Sejak membangun ngan pesat hanya dalam tempoh 9 tahun je, sewa rumah dari RM150/month skrg dah RM900/month kat area aku. Population pun dah bertambah crowded. Dulu aku nak pegi ofis cuma 10 minit. Skrg dah jadi dekat 30 minit sebab jalan dah byk traffic light dan sesak.
Takkan nak pindah tempat lain kot. Dok sini jelah. Love ur country ok?
ammar82ikhwan 2 years ago
totally agreed!
alf6901 2 years ago
You should all be ashamed of yourselves! Just listen to all of you whining and complaining. Don't you know our Chinese forefathers came from China too? They worked hard to give us what we enjoy today. And its completely wasted on people like you. I cannot even comprehend how shallow you are. Singapore is built on the sweat of immigrants, and will continue to be, because we HAVE to bring them in to do the work that arrogant locals like YOU don't want to do
89jcwh 1 year ago
Your remarks are completely insenitive and tactless, and so immature. You're whining about such trivial issues! I don't know when Singaporeans became so arrogant and class-concsious, and so filled with self-worth, but having SO LITTLE to give back to society, other than complaints. Please lah, check yourself before you open your mouth, you look like a damn fool man.
89jcwh 1 year ago
And if you and your friends feel you don't belong, then please, by all means, just go. Singapore is better off without snobbish locals like you looking down on others, but having so little to contribute yourself.
And FYI, life is hard everywhere la ok, not just in Singapore, you think its any better in Vancouver, or Melbourne? Wake up your idea man, let me tell you, with an ugly attitude like yours, you'll find the same problems follow you EVE-RY-WHERE you go.
89jcwh 1 year ago
@89jcwh
Since u r so patriotic about being Singaporean, i got this to ask u: Do u think Indian or Malay Singaporeans feel belonged in Singapore's current situation as they do before? Do u think they like the high influx of foreigners coming into the country, especially those from China and India? Is Singapore really a multiracial country or turning into a Chinese country? Answer this question..
lancerglx82 1 year ago
Can it be helped that there are jobs here and there are 1.5 billion Chinese in China? The disproportionate number of Chinese needing jobs will obviously spill over into our country. Even though they bring their bad habits and lack of social graces into our homeland, we cannot react with such intolerance, that is my point.The true mark of the maturity of any society is in how they are able to respond and adapt to the changing times.
jcwh89 1 year ago
And your argument is bizarre, because my point was never about whether we should like the "high influx of foreigners coming into the country" whether we be ethnic Chinese, Malay or Indian Singaporeans, but that as members of humanity and an urban culture like Singapore, we can't respond with such intolerance.
jcwh89 1 year ago
These immigrants are leaving their homes and families to have a hard life here. Don't you think they know many Singaporeans look down on them? My point was never that Singaporeans should embrace them but at least don't despise them, cos what gives us the right? Why do we need to be so proud, that was my point.
jcwh89 1 year ago
If Singapore doesn't need foreigners, then they are an unecessary strain upon the country's resources and people. But the fact is, we do need them and perhaps if your concern is about liking it, then you need to realise its not about liking it at all, but accepting it, moving on and living with them in harmony.
jcwh89 1 year ago
Its very easy, but fruitless to complain and ask the government to expel them, but the faster we learn to accept the things we cannot change, the better, unless you have a solution that will not require Singapore welcoming foreigners who want to work here and do the work no one else, including myself, wants to do. If not then at least enlighten me on the results that all your griping and complaining has brought about.
jcwh89 1 year ago
And if the solution is really to migrate, then, isn't it ironic, because we will all just become the equally unwelcome and despised foreigners in someone else's country.
jcwh89 1 year ago
@jcwh89
If u take the effort to learn to assimilate and integrate with citizens of your chosen country, why wld anyone wanna despise u? Singaporeans r also guilty of this, go to a foreign country to work or study and u come back crying racism and discrimination when in the first place yur always sticking to yur own kind. Same thing over here, if foreigners cld at least make a little effort to embrace the norms of SG, why wld we be despising them?
lancerglx82 1 year ago
I'm sorry but I refuse to accept that logic. You're basically saying that its fair, acceptable and even justified for us to despise foreigners for failure to assimilate into our society, and I can't swallow that. While I agree with you on 'when in Rome', I couldn't disagree more with what you're implying.
89jcwh 1 year ago
I'm not justifying foreigners' inability or even refusal to assimilate, but what I am saying is that since we, seeing ourselves as more sophisticated, should learn to grit our teeth and be be the bigger man, cos I just don't see how despising foreigners for ANY reason could ever contribute to a better Singapore, a more xenaphobic Singapore yes, but not a better one.
89jcwh 1 year ago
My stand remains that if Singaporeans and foreigners can't get along, both are to blame. But the onus is on us, because frankly, we, as a more developed and urban society, should know better. This whole issue just shows how undeveloped internally many, not all Singaporeans still are. We basically created the jobs for these people, and now that they're here, and we don't like them, we blame the government for bringing these people here to ruin our day.
89jcwh 1 year ago
While you're right, foreigners in any host country should try at least to blend in, I cannot accept that failure to do so is repaid with a complete lack of compassion, empathy and understanding. We are therefore bad hosts for bad guests and unless one of us makes the first move, living in Singapore will become unbearable. So let me reiterate. Singaporeans need to take it upon ourselves to grow up and play nice, and be the bigger person.
89jcwh 1 year ago
And I do understand that people have limits, but if we don't begin to expand ours, then no one stands to gain. At the end of the day, we just have to be more tolerant, cos there's no end in sight, and throwing hate at the foreigners won't make them go away, and it takes so much effort to be hateful. So why not just let it go and contribute to a better Singapore, starting with ourselves? I've made my point, we can agree to disagree, thats perfectly reasonable.
89jcwh 1 year ago
@lancerglx82 it's a chinese country turning into a mordern chinese country
shijmus 1 year ago
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mrcockrell 1 year ago
@singapuraku
Watch Singapore fight Malaysia in this cool rap battle in My Videos section!
The Malaysians insult Singaporean laws and the Singaporeans insult the Twin Towers!
Look for Evil Poets Society Presents: Singapore Vs Malaysia.
faceoffcompany 1 year ago
@singapuraku its true but govt can't stop it because in order to economy to cheat its way up sg need a larger workforce to complement the inflow of capital. Whats the use if there are jobs/bosses but no workers. How sg improve economy so rapidly, faster than any asian country? By underpaying and overpaying some people, this will attract people in fast. So in this country will always have double standards.
Baddieko 1 year ago
@singapuraku so you are the malaysians there, singapore has ~80% of chinese since its foundation, its funny you speak that way
shijmus 1 year ago
@singapuraku
what are you talking about? there is no "Singaporean" people. Singapore is Chinese!
TheSunmanho 1 year ago
@TheSunmanho
Singapore can be anyone man..
Anybody can be Singaporean!.. it just happen most Singaporean are Chinese descent
111i1011 1 year ago
@singapuraku
too many foreigners in our country.. =((
111i1011 1 year ago 10
@111i1011 The foreigners are the reason your country is where it is. Appreciate it.
eslgurucalif 1 month ago 2
@eslgurucalif agree lol
mrnobelwolf 1 week ago
"Gibraltar of the East"? lol, Japan shattered that myth a few years later. The British surrender in 1942 was the worst defeat in their history.
LastCommodore 2 years ago
@LastCommodore
Wow ....Japan shattered that myth a few years later..... but for three years, Japan got even a bigger whacking, disaster of their own making and a gift of the atomic bomb....not one but two.
British surrender in 1942 and came back rebuilding the treasure of the east after three years.
The locals were just watchers.
urchard 2 years ago
Wow! Rare footage, didn't know that such old archive still exist. Now I can see old Singapore in old video! Thanks for the sharing.
caix888 2 years ago 4
Morgan Freeman has been narrating for a LONG time.
mmsayre 2 years ago 2
can we have lesser china foreigners here in singapore pls.....im fine wif foreigners its just tat we shuld diversify and get better type of foreigners...tanx
zepled84 2 years ago 24
@zepled84
lol, this was so polite. Singapore makes good people.
Braintrain123 1 year ago
@zepled84 Well you know China gives singapore passport holders free visa access. Though Singapore gov. does not do the same to the Chinese, it's loosing the restriction cause it wants the money back from China.
ChineseMainLander 1 year ago
Blame the Japs for their being EVIL invaders.. they were just actually tied with Hitler just to dream that they would rule the World!!
They were just a part of the rapacious AXIS "666" Powers.. involved Nazi Deutschland, Italy and their nation!
Blame the Americans for being such STUPIDS for inventing such a NUKE mass destruction devices that in the near future, IT WOULD start the NUCLEAR War..
MrMal888 2 years ago 2
@MrMal888 Dude, no offence, but I think the Nuclear device was more of a godsend in WW2, Without it, the outcome of WW2 would have been much more bloody. Do some research on the American's plan to invade Japan the normal way and you might be able to understand my point. Yes, nuclear bombs are shit, but I guess at that time they weren't stupid to invent the first nuclear bomb. Besides, we are lucky that they invented the bomb first, what if the Japs or Germans got it 1st, we would have been shit.
flakfanatic 1 year ago
The video focuses on the city centre in the south of SIngapore.
He wasn't. Pasir Ris was a swamp. It isn't now. Maybe LKY was looking beyond the then commercialised areas. His team made the changes to the areas we now live in.
leoang90 2 years ago
so that means LKY is lying by saying that Singapore is a little swamp when achieve independence.
HayImGood 2 years ago 2
Wow, this is Singapore in 1938!
- the Gibraltar of the East..
- the cheapest shopping centre in the whole world..
- with modern buildings and large boulervards..
- thriving harbour..
- a lively city with lively people..
- religeous freedom and harmony!
that was about 30 years before her independance in 1965.. and I had thought that Singapore was just a backward fishing village before the PAP came into power.. haha..
AhHongRadio 2 years ago 6
huh are u serious? are you singaporean? bcos if you are im sure you would have studied singapore history in primary school they got teach what.
xtinaseet 2 years ago
uhm no? Did LKY live in a backward fishing village? Certainly not. lol
terencefooyc 2 years ago 3
Nothing has changed since sg had british rulers. Now it's ruled by another tyrannical regime.
herobolt 2 years ago
Used to be ruled by white men, now it's the men in white. Same level of exploitation, different eras. Some things never change.
ar53nalfc 2 years ago
Many of the comments here are just plain biased.
Not ALL Singaporeans are arrogant, only a minority.
And as a Singaporean myself, I can honestly say that most Singaporean kids have no manners or discipline at all.
They just think that they are the "kings of the roads" or whatsoever.
Stijlistik 2 years ago 2
Compare Singapore 1938 with Singapore 2009. You will see the big difference between these 71 years from then to now.
mashmall8 2 years ago
nice video
SingaporeFlyer23 2 years ago 2
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jedistar 2 years ago
yeah we woke up and decided to take no more from the white trash.
nawoo 2 years ago
Thats because people realised not all whites are gentlemen as well as rich.
They are more modern, travel more often and saw homeless white trash when abroad.
Its sad but still there are lots here who cannot believe that there are homeless/poor white people around.
The pinkerton syndrome is still around somewhere unfortunately.
wuqi25 2 years ago
jedistar if u feel the need for other races to show respect to u by making them know their place then i dont think ur white race really think itself as superor. true secure races who know they are the best dont care about others lower forms. i.e. only if deep down u feel they are more superior than u u have that inner scheme to want to make them know their place . already superior race already feel sorry for them and dont care.
intestineisyum 2 years ago
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chevalier88 2 years ago
Singapore population 1938: 500,000.
Singapore population 2008: 4.8 million.
greenrate 2 years ago
Really great film-Thanks for posting this.
ajeetmehra55 2 years ago
lol too bad japan took it hahahahah.
Rico8458 2 years ago
catholics not have as much money as wasp protestant fillipinos?
Rico8458 2 years ago
thanks for the interesting video.. singapur is a beautiful city.
preludebb 2 years ago
enjoyed the vid a lot, thanks for posting
bonkernator 2 years ago
i enjoy this video immensely, at the same time i could not help but feel that what we have today are the toils and hardwork of our ancestors. and during that period of time, the whites are the ones who enjoy themselves while our ancestors toil. a bit regretful to see. perhaps this to be shown to those in the service sectors to remind them that angmos are not great after all, they should pay more attention to the local spenders.
lengneo 2 years ago
Well, more or less. If you dig a little deeper, you will find that every country has had its good times and bad times. Every country sometimes suppressed its neighbors as soon as it was strong enough. That's part of the human nature. China for instance has a 5,000 (five thousand) year old history, which is quite impressive! But China was not always strong. When it weakened, its enemies took advantage of the situation (Huns, Mongols, Europeans), but Mao changed that and now its strong again.
zensorship 2 years ago 2
...and I say that as a white European, because I try to be fair.
zensorship 2 years ago 2
@zensorship
U have to credit Deng Xiaoping instead of Mao for China's re-emergence.... Mao only took China into the "Great Leap Backwards"....
jonascheah 1 year ago
Why is "Malay" pronounced as "melee"?
WestliFerZul 2 years ago
Interesting video. But anyway I was browsing through the previous comments and was appalled at some of the comments. Why the heck are Singaporeans insulting our neighbours across the causeway. Many of the comments seem like they were made from whiney 3-year olds or something. All comments that state otherwise got thumbed down as well whether it is correct or not. I am Singaporean and I know of our countrys achievements but that isnt a reason to become all smuggy and arrogant.
SpAmHaCk123 2 years ago
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Singaporeans are arrogant generally. Having been to that place I would say that Singapore is in many ways overrated--but Singaporeans don't realize that.
renzphotography 2 years ago
I beg to defer. I know some Singaporeans are proud and some like to list out the achievements of Singapore. But most of Singapore's achievements are there because Singaporeans, in general, are a very hard working lot. It's not fair to disregard the whole population as 'arrogant' because of a few boastful mouths.
maxtreme225 2 years ago 2
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SpAmHaCk123 2 years ago
Their hard work and the resulting prosperity is not in question. The main issue here is how the noveau riche of the region are behaving as if they are God's gift to the region. It is a source of irritation because Singapore's position was previously occupied by Hong Kong and Thailand but the peoples of these places did not exhibit the same brand of arrogance Singaporeans are known for.
renzphotography 2 years ago
Had filipinos been more hard working, you guys can achieve the same affluence and class as those in Singapore. Sorry, but filipinos are rude ( especially in cyberworld) and they deserve the snubs they receive from the rest of the rest of the world
magna101 2 years ago
Obviously, your suggestion reflects the narrow and naive views of Singaporeans on its neighbors and the world as a whole ( I noticed that from reading The Strait Times which I have found too 'safe' a reading).
As for rudeness in the cyberworld, it is obvious Singaporeans do not understand that in an environment where free speech exists everyone has an equal voice to express agreement or criticism to anything and anyone.
renzphotography 2 years ago 4
u have the british to thank for what u have sir and dont forget it, we laid the foundation down for u to then take and build on so knocking other people is hardly justified considering singaporeans never realy achieved anything
stussyboys 2 years ago 3
well they lost the war for us too...
meloveultraman 2 years ago 2
so what does that have todo with anything so we are obligated to win are we?
stussyboys 2 years ago
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chevalier88 2 years ago
what setting up a country and then not being able to defend it has to do with anything is this - you can't expect that same sort of trust/reverence that colonial Singaporeans had for their British masters for setting us up when a generation of people were almost massacred through genocide and rape as a result of their surrendering.
All S'poreans readily acknowledge the Brits set us up anway - Raffles is considered a luminary there. Just don't expect utter & eternal gratitude... it's 2009 man...
chevalier88 2 years ago
just dont knock other countries like the filipines when u have alot to be grateful for thats all
stussyboys 2 years ago