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EPISODE · Sep 18, 2025 · 49 MIN

Chronicles of Old Singapore | Barry Yeow – Early Toa Payoh, From a Gang Life to Creating Art Part 3

from Chronicles of Old Singapore · host Loh Kah Seng

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. Barry Yeow relates how art and a mentor named Dan Lim finally helped him find a way out of prison to be a truly free man. He explains the creative role of art and the need to hate things like drugs that destroy people’s lives. He reconciled with his mother and set up an art studio in Commonwealth called 5seventeen. The past, he says, is an asset both to himself and people around him.00:00 Truly Free09:07 Art in Prison & My Mentor12:53 My Mother24:56 Youngsters & Repeat Offenders31:03 Kpods34:50 An Enterprising Cellmate39:20 5seventeenBarry Yeow@ 5seventeen:https://www.facebook.com/5seventeensg/https://www.instagram.com/barryyeow/?hl=en 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. Do like the video and subscribe for future episodes. This will help the channel a lot.Write to [email protected] if you have any of these stories:• Old places or kampongs.• Communities – their way of life & culture.• Childhood & schools.• Work or business.YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/@ChroniclesOldSG Spotify | https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/loh-ksFacebook | https://www.facebook.com/61551786759344/ Patreon | https://www.patreon.com/ChroniclesofOldSingapore

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