John & Crispian Ng – Naval Base Stories & Other Shenanigans Part 1 | Chronicles of Old Singapore

Welcome to Chronicles of Old Singapore. John Ng turns 80 today. He was a policeman in the Naval Base and then in Sembawang Shipyard after the British left; his mother was also a searcher in the Naval Base. He tells me stories of the old Medical quarters where he lived, the creative ways he and his friends learned to make money as kids, the endemic gambling inside the base, and the secret garden behind his house. Part 1 | https://youtu.be/uxu6AG0EujE Part 2 | https://youtu.be/73HH1hl3-7000:00 Introduction01:48 Moving to Dallas03:55 Naval Police to Sembawang Shipyard09:45 My Mother, a Searcher18:36 Old Admiralty Quarters & Water Tower27:20 Boys’ Brigade32:40 People of Water Tower44:11 Making Money 49:45 Favourite Pastime56:57 The End of Gambling