I Remember

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Early years of bus transport

I began to take public bus to school when I was in Secondary One. The bus journey was from Havelock Road to Anson Road where Gan Eng Seng School was sited. From 1969 to early 1970s, there were several public buses plying the road. The Singapore Traction Company, Hock Lee Amalgamated Bus Company, Tay Koh Yat Bus Service and Green Bus Company were the ones I was familiar with in the 1960s. Of the four mentioned, I liked the Singapore Traction Company (STC) buses best. The bus rides were smoother. At that time, buses were not air-conditioned. There was a conductor on board who would collect money from you and issue you with a ticket. He would punch a hole on the ticket to indicate the fare stage you got onto the bus. I remember that I would be excited when I received a ticket with a nice serial number. I kept them and still had them after all these years. I was frightened of the bus conductors. They were fierce. They would stare at us and sometimes shouted at us if we took our time to alight. Things have changed on our public transport. The bus captain now operates the bus on his/her own. The buses are new and they are air-conditioned. The bus captains are friendlier now. They would wait when they see passengers running after the bus. Good luck to us when we chased after the bus in the past.


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Epilogue

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pages 59-60

From Executive Diary to Smart Phone

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page 56

My Uncle from Malaysia

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pages 57-58

Coopers & Lybrand

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page 55

My Education

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pages 53-54

My First Driving Licence

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My First Property to Live In

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pages 48-49

My parents stayed in rental flats of public housing

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page 47

Investing in Investment Property

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page 50

Joy of Reading

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page 51

My journey through National Service

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pages 45-46

My Parents stayed at Craig Road before

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page 44

DBS Fixed Deposit in 1993

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page 43

Do you plan for retirement?

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page 42

National Day Parade in 1971

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page 38

Matriculation for Accountancy course in 1978-9

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pages 39-40

GCE “O” Level Results were published in Newspaper

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Enrolled in English-Medium stream in primary school (1964

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page 41

You write long-distance and then wait days for reply

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page 36

You will know this special bond

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page 35

PSC Undergraduate Scholarship 1976

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page 34

National Library of yesteryears

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page 31

My years in National Junior College

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page 33

Early years of bus transport

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page 30

My Hobbies

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I did woodwork and metalwork

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page 29

My National Service Days

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pages 27-28

Bukit Ho Swee Fire

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My First Savings Account (POSB

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page 26

From poor to rich

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page 24

Chinese New Year

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page 22

Games played

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pages 19-21

Credit facility

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page 23

My Home at Ganges Avenue

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pages 17-18

Living each day as it comes

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A Private Person

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pages 14-15

Saving habits

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pages 12-13

I Remember

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Preface

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My School Days

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Career

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page 11

Inferiority Complex

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