Your host: a second-generation Chinese was born in 1946 at a clinic, along South Bridge Road in Chinatown ( opposite the Maxwell Rd Market, Fairfield Methodist Church )the site now occupied by Buddha Tooth Relic Museum ( at the right side in picture),in Singapore.
First home was inside a three-storey tenetment( shared by many families ) at Neil Road (Chinese: 尼路), towards the junction of Craig Road (the Crocodile House). The building, still existing and designated for conservation , had originally a water well and also an air well ( for direct natural ventrilation by fresh air, for receiving sunshine and rain ). This is where I stayed until about 3 years old. The top picture is the partly demolished gateway to the front entrance of New World Amusement （facing Jalan Besar）, where my late-father worked as the Studio Manager. I lived in the Studio, on top of the table at the work place, where I stayed from 3 to 6 years old. The second picture shows the rear entrance,the other gateway to New World Amusement Park,at the junction of Kitchener Road and Serangoon Road.
The centre of this picture shows a three-storey building at Teck Lim Road, where father and myself( then 18 to 35 years old ) were actively doing community work for an association.
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