Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Venugopal Kurup talks about how he returned to Singapore, studying in Beatty Secondary School and the Singapore Polytechnic. He worked for a while in the Ministry of the Environment before becoming a civil engineer with Shell, based on Pulau Bukom. He started his own business as a building and maintenance contractor but eventually returned to Shell and retired there.

00:00 My Passport & Returning to Singapore

02:30 Old Serangoon Road & the Messes

09:05 Structural Engineering at Singapore Polytechnic

13:03 Shell at Pulau Bukom

21:10 Explosions

24:16 Starting My Own Business

32:44 Finding a Site Office

37:49 Conservation & Memory

I am Dr Loh Kah Seng, the people’s historian. In Chronicles of Old Singapore, I speak to people about their memories of Singapore before it became a global city.

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