Singapore 1983: Another day at the quay 

I"m an old man, watching the film brought me memories , happiness, sadness, laughters n tears in my eyes.Those were the gd old days, so free n easy n less stressful. How wonderful n happy it will b if technology wouldn't have been advancing so rapidly.Thks once again 4 making me feel young again while watching. Greatly appreciated Michael n may the good God bless u n yr family in this period of the pandamic now n the days to come. Amen n Amen!

Thanks. I have many more clips on old Singapore on YT and will upload one more in a few weeks' time

Thank you for sharing this. Pleasantly surprised to see my late grand aunt in this video at 4.17. My family members get to see another facet of her life.

Wow the last panoramic shot of Marina Bay is absolutely priceless and captures how the whole area was before it is developed to how it is today.

Hard to believe this is just one year before I came to Singapore! It is so familiar, yet so different from everything I came to know, as I only left in 2021. Singapore has developed so much, in such a short amount of time. I love looking at old photos of SG, contrasting with how those same landmarks look today!

This is amazing sir. I am teaching students currently here in Singapore, and them watching these videos is an amazing experience to how far Singapore has come. Thank you much for this!

Michael's channel is like a time machine.

This is great! I was born in Singapore but left in 1986. Images like these are still etched in my mind. This is the Singapore I remember.

When I reminisce, it makes me want to travel back in time to enjoy fun experiences again. Thank you Michael !

Thank you for sharing these videos of Singapore in the early days. I am born here in 1972 and I have never seen these scenes before. It is fascinating to discover how life was like back in those days. I am really grateful for your sharing of these valuable videos which you have archived. Thank you once again.

I'm staying at Robertson quay now..and seeing this was amazing..it's really good to see the old times..feels like so stressed free..

I missed sitting at the round marble table every night with my family while waiting for supper. I also used to play with the round, black switches. The red chairs in front of the stage... everything brings back memories. Thank you for uploading the clips!

To think I was 6 years old in 1983...a little kid staring at the world with wide-eyed wonder. I seem to remember Singapore being alot more modern though... But I do remember those switches mounted on a wooden board in my great-grandma's place. Pretty awesome! Thanks for the memories of a much simpler, much happier time...

80s Singapore really looks like it has heart and character to the country

I was 9 years old then but i can still remember some parts of this quite vividly. nice video

Thank you so much for this video Michael. So long ago...I was still a teenager then.

Thank you very much MichaelRogge to show the old time Singapore.

I love this! You have a great eye and a wonderful illustration of Singapore to its more authentic days.

Miss those good old days...life was much simple and the feel was so great.. so sad that things have to change to this level😕

An actual recording of opium pipe smokers, that is so rare and definitely needs to be preserved.

Michael, many thanks for encapsulating all that character that depicted the charm of this place. We have certainly thrown the baby out with the bath-water in the massive urban spring cleaning.

Thanks for that. I was privileged enough to live and work in Singapore from 2000 to 2010, amazing place and people. Miss it a lot.

Singapore in the 80's captured in a time capsule through the lens of Mr Rogge, thank you. Hopefully for future generations to come, they will forge their own stories to be told in such beautiful images, different but nonetheless, equally moving

Thank you Michael, brought back a lot of memory for many of us. It is very kind of you. Heart felt appreciation.

Remarkable that these buildings lasted so long - most of 'Old Singapore' had long gone by '83 .. good that Pinsler had the presence of mind to film before the demolition. I believe he's still alive and living between S'pore & Penang. North Boat Quay as it was 'back in the day' can be seen in the film 'Saint Jack' and the Hawaii 5-O episodes 'The Year of the Horse' (both filmed in 1978)

I was 3 years old. This clip pulled out all sorts of emotions from me

Recently visited Singapore in Oct 18. Oh the vast difference!

Thank you for these beautiful glimpses of my country, during the days i never saw.

It’s incredible that there is absolutely not one strand of this Singapore in this recording that exists today. How things have changed.

I love watching old video clips because I feel that Im in the time machine that going to the past.

Those days , when I was still a kid, there is a feel of Real Singapore. Look at what Singapore has become today? You cannot feel "Singapore" anymore.

Thank you Michael for all your hard work all these years.

I am from Indonesia, but I work for a multinational company whereby HQ is located in SG. I often flew to SG for a meeting or vacation, and because of this, I started admiring this country.

No need to doubt Mr Rogge's life long passion. Excellent job!

Beautiful, you have captured a slice of time and history through such a sensitive lens. It almost feels like you are a local. Please share more !

Oh my goodness Michael - great initiative!! Thanks to you we now have a little piece of Singapore history captured on film......

Singapore old days are now the present day for other countries! Simple yet joyful

No, I'm a Dutchman living in Amsterdam, Netherlands

Wow, authentic yet sufficiently clear video, in colour !

For some reason this video popsup today in my timeline. How much transformation, how much hardwork has been put by the founders to reach the greatest level... Great..great.

Many vilages at indonesia are still like old singapore today

olden days singapore was the best' but sadly we could never go back to the kampong days as we are too over developed

After watching, remind me my childhood days, full memory

Thank You for all your precious clips! They are priceless!

Michael , thank you for the good memories of old Singapore . Appreciate your effort 👍🙏

Hi Michael, the Chinese old temple along the shophouses is now a Hooters restaurant that occupies that shophouse. The old area of Boat Quay and Clarke Quay has been refurbished and already becomes a night life hang out for many singaporean. Central Mall is actually opposite the Chinese temple which used to be a block of HDB flats that being demolished in the early of 1980s which is featured in your another clip of Boat Quay demolishment in 1983.

Wow, Singapore was beautiful then and now also.

This video is gem, a piece of our history. Thank u!

Wow, beautiful video, brings back lots of memories. I think people were more down to earth those days, not so pretentious. A city with soul those days.

Developed, industrious yet humble days of Singapore.

Thank you for the awesome videos. I have searched the old videos and it did found nothing. U gave me hope today and able to see the past! Looking forward for more!

Thanks, Michael for the clips! Memory lanes..🙏🙏🙏

Life so much simpler those days.

I love all this vedio, money can't buy ,good you shoot it for us to see how Singapore was. I love old Singapore style.

I am living in Australia since last 13 years but, I always spend my holidays in Singapore, I like Singapore v much but, it's nice to see Clark Quey area, I couldn't believe that Singapore developed v quick.

Thanks for bringing back my childhood memories

The year i was born. Seems so much calmer and relaxed compared to now...

This is the year I was born. It's surreal to watch how people were living during this time.

Priceless , thank you , Mike

Great work! I knew videos aged better with time. I'll try to follow your documentary and I'm gonna make one for my hometown.

Dank je wel voor het delen van deze mooie historische beelden!

i love the 80s can see the old building with the new hdb very nice contrast

Simply said, good old singapore, for me, singapore during late 90s and early 2000s are the best years.

Wow! Thank you for the memories. How certain are you this was filmed in 1983? I know for a fact that Sheares Bridge (end of video) was completed in 1981. Most of us forget how rapidly we have changed to become what we are today. Some may think that portions of your video were ore-independence (ie 1965). Surreal to watch even though I am a living witness of these transformation.

A long-forgotten Singapore - one my niece and nephew have never seen before! Thanks very much!

我竟然可以耐心地從頭看完，因為極有電影感，一組組，都有情感與故事。讚👍！

Thanks for the addional info.

I miss Golden days were people who work hard..traditions, culture.. Peace and liveliness..healthy and active ..unlike now ...

Very nice - I loved the 80s!

Beautiful. Thanks for sharing!

哈 往日的新加坡。。往事不堪回首，喜欢新加坡，不知何时才能再去。。👍👍👍🙏❤️❤️❤️😁谢谢分享

the shots of the seafront.. definitely not 80s.. 1973 there is already national stadium.. and there isnt a stadium there.. still great memories..

Wow what an Archive! Beautiful work🔥

thanks for sharing this treasure of a video

Thank you sir for your legacy. You’ll be missed 😌

I was there in Singapore during 80's. It's sad to see that Singapore now lost his heritage by overdeveloping the country. But Malaysia still maintaining it's balance to his people to decide either to live in city or rural area.

Magical little video.

Michael: FT = Foreign Talent. And yes, I'm watching this video again :-)

I was born in the same year the video was filmed. This was my parents' Singapore. Some of these do look familiar to me though, particularly the precursor to Comic Sans at 1:47.

MichaelRogge....I feel sorry u gotta put up with so much nonsense comments despite sharing such wonderful archive footage. I appreciate it and thank u

i was 3 years old then in Kampong Nee Soon! now 37 years later still living in Yishun!!

this type of enviroment is more happy, now singapore is totally super stressful and super expersive to live on , i really hope this type of enviroment can come back😢

Singapore today is so much different. Amazing transformation yet I can see how the food, culture and activities still same in the singaporean society. I hope there are few lucky people out there who experienced both worlds.

Thanks for all the info. Useful for viewers.

Thank you. These are nostalgic.

In the year 1956 to 1965, my second uncle stay with my late grandfather at Geylang Rd, Singapore, our neighbours are all Chinese and few Malay family, one day while my late grandfather goes to work, suddenly my second uncle fell sick and have a fever, and he could not attend to his afternoon school session, latter my Chinese neighbour came in to my house and this two ladies are both sibling take care of me from morning up to my late grandfather came back home around 6 - 7 pm, this both ladies together with my late grandfather bring me to the nearest Chinese Temple, second uncle was ok after midnight the next morning, very sorry I could not continue more this story as it cause very sad for me, ok thank you to my Singaporean who knows me.

Wow! Incredible indeed.. THank you for this :)

I love Singapore deeply from my heart ❤️ Im from Vietnam

Another priceless video from you. Thank you for uploading.

We lived at Hillview and before that Jurong East. Been back a few times . Changes are very common there now.

Many thanks Mr Rogge !!!

Thank you so much for making this video!!

Thank you for sharing, that is my childhood, some of the faces look familiar.

Thank you for this ❤

This looks more like early 1970s Singapore, not 1983. The film is good. However, opium was definitely illegal in 1983 and practically eradicated from Singapore in the 80s.

1983， I was 15 yo. Sg changed a lot in the last 40 years.

Michael... "The Film Entertaining The Gods" is now uploaded in full on youtube with the original soundtrack. Btw it was shot in 1979 not '83 as claimed.

Such a beautiful video, such a gem, thank you sir

thank U for this, I still live there today......

Thank you sir for this