What We Are Looking For
Have you ever interacted first-hand with Singapore’s founding leaders in the 1950s to 1970s?
We seek your photos and memorabilia from these interactions, which can range from photographs that you took of our founding leaders at various events like visits to your workplaces, constituency walkabouts and community events, to mementoes like autographs, souvenirs and objects that they used like trowels at bricklaying ceremonies and cangkuls at tree planting events.
Dr Toh Chin Chye (then Minister for Science and Technology) at Tree Planting Day in 1974.
Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection. Courtesy of National Archives of Singapore.
Mr E.W. Barker (then Minister for Law and National Development) examining floorplans during a site visit to public housing at Park Road in 1968.
Courtesy of The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Permission required for reproduction.
Mr Chua Sian Chin (then Minister for Health) promoting the anti-pollution message in his Macpherson Constituency in 1968
Courtesy of the The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Permission required for reproduction.
Mr Lee Kuan Yew and Mr Othman Wok (then Minister for Social Affairs) speaking to Goodwill Committee and community leaders in areas affected by the 1964 racial riots.
Courtesy of the Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Permission required for reproduction.
Dr Goh Keng Swee (then Minister for Finance) laying the foundation stone of Jurong Shipyard Limited in 1964.
Courtesy of The Straits Times © SPH Media Limited. Permission required for reproduction.
Mr Timothy de Souza was from the first batch of RSAF pilots. He recalls his interactions with some of our founding leaders in his early military career, including Dr Goh Keng Swee.
Courtesy of Mr Timothy de Souza.
Do you have artefacts or stories like these?