#6 Charmaine Leung - Growing Up in a Red Light District
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For this episode I spoke to Charmaine Leung author of 17A Keong Saik Road: A Personal Story.
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#5 Bjorn Low - Making A Greener Little Red Dot
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For this episode I spoke to Bjorn Low founder of Edible Garden City.
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#4 Ang Jolie Mei - The Life Celebrant
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For this episode of Red Dot Voices, I spoke to Ang Jolie Mei.
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#3 Alvin Yapp - Treasures of the Intan
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For this episode of Red Dot Voices, I spoke to Alvin Yapp.
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#2 Calvin Soh - One Kind House and an Exponential Future
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For the first interview of Red Dot Voices, I spoke to Calvin Soh.
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#1 Welcome to Red Dot Voices
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Introduction to the Red Dot Voices series, its host, defining creativity, and what to expect in future episodes.
info_outlineFor this episode I spoke to Charmaine Leung author of 17A Keong Saik Road: A Personal Story.
Her memoir recalls a childhood in 1970s Chinatown when it was a prominent red light district in Singapore, and takes its name from the address of the brothel that her mother used to run.
The book starts with Charmaine’s mother coming to Singapore as a young child after being sold by her birth parents, and weaves together an intimate family portrait with the broader history of Keong Saik’s transformation from the 1930s up to the present day.
I learnt about a lesser-known part of Singapore’s history, traditional customs and even some of the requirements of running a brothel successfully. But what shines through most of all is the resilience of the women whose lives are chronicled, as they persevered through immense challenges towards a better future.
Links to all of the topics we cover can be found in the show notes at https://henryyorke.com/podcast/