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Synopsis

(0:00:20) His personal background.
(0:08:39) What people did in Taman Jurong Community Centre.
(0:15:10) His mum used to run a coffee stall in the hawker centre at Taman Jurong.
(0:17:38) Recollection of teachers and competitive football games between classes in Jurong Town Primary School.
(0:21:31) Hobbies and games played during childhood days in Taman Jurong.
(0:28:31) Recollection of his lifesaving lessons.
(0:34:02) Use of Chinese and Japanese gardens and parks in Taman Jurong.

Place of birth and residencies. Relocating to Taman Jurong in 1966. Reasons for moving. Taman Jurong as a newly-industrialised town. Being a pioneer batch of Jurong Town Primary School. Merger of primary schools to form Jurong Town Primary School. Size of Taman Jurong precinct. Description of physical environment of Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) flat. Example of kampong spirit and help extended by neighbour for an injury sustained when young. Recollection of facilities provided by Taman Jurong CC. Favourite activities and pastimes in Taman Jurong Community Centre. Football as a key recreational activity in Jurong Town Primary School. First drive-in cinema for Taman Jurong. Interviewee’s recollection of experiences watching movies. Admission fees and frequency. Possible reasons for declining popularity of the drive-in cinema. Reasons for popularity then. Examples of movies screened. Market and hawker centre at Taman Jurong. Recollection of teachers and competitive football games between classes in Jurong Town Primary School. Interviewee’s personality in Jurong Town Primary School. Prefectorial duties in Jurong Town Primary School. Hobbies and games played during childhood days in Taman Jurong. Provision shops and toys sold during different times of the year. Seasons for different activities and games. Recollection of childhood friends. Physical spaces for playing football in Taman Jurong. Favourite academic subjects and inclination towards science subjects. Transportation in Taman Jurong in the 1960s and 1970s. Description of Taman Jurong swimming pool. Recollection of interviewee’s lifesaving lessons. Ability of polio patients to swim. Building of Jurong Hospital opposite Jurong Secondary level. Parks in Taman Jurong and competitive kite flying. Use of Chinese and Japanese gardens and parks in Taman Jurong. Festivals and events held in these spaces. Wedding phototaking as popular in these gardens then. Reasons for declining popularity of the Chinese and Japanese gardens.