Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Dilip Doshi talks more about Gujarati traders and their food and festivals. He acknowledges his debt to his Indonesian Chinese benefactor, Ong Wai Tjoei, as well as the dispersal of the Gujarati community when the government acquired Market Road for redevelopment in 1979. He discusses the Sindhis and Parsis who have also been successful in business, and the new citizens from Gujarat who have rejuvenated his community.

00:00 Changing the Country of Origin

06:54 Culture, Food & Festivals

12:57 Indians & Chinese on Market Street

13:42 The Indonesian Chinese Merchant, Ong Wai Tjoei

20:16 The End of Market Street in 1979

24:59 Other Indian Traders: the Sindhis & Parsis

30:59 New Citizens from Gujarat

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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