As part of its 170th anniversary, The Straits Times has collaborated with ArtScience Museum at Marina Bay Sands to unveil an exhibition – Singapore STories: Then, Now, Tomorrow – that will chronicle the nation’s development through images and stories. This is the first exhibition co-curated by the museum that is free to the general public.
The exhibition is from July 17 to October 4, 2015.
A child welfare worker of City Council showing the mothers seated how to bathe a baby, 18 June 1952. ST Photo: Photographer unknown
Flood in Cecil Street, Singapore, on June 1, 1948. ST Photo: Photographer unknown
Queen’s Birthday Parade. Left right, left right. There they go the Queen’s soldiers, and the boy and girl of Elgin Bridge, Singapore, stand fascinated as the parade goes past on June 5, 1952. ST Photo: Photographer unknown
The Marina Bay skyline at night, with its reflection appearing in a puddle of water at the Esplanade’s outdoor theatre on a rainy evening. Singapore strives to be a vibrant global city, having good transport infrastructure and a clean environment. ST Photo: Samuel He
Two boys kicking a soccer ball at the void deck of a block of housing apartments in Bishan in July 2012. ST Photo: Alphonsus Chern
‘People-packers’ help control crowd on buses, July 2, 1987. A shove and a push..the crowd has to be told to move to the back. ST Photo : Yap Yew Piang.
The Singapore Government will not interfere in the political affairs of Malaysia, Mr Lee Kuan Yew said at a press conference on August 10, 1965. The Prime Minister of Singapore said: “It is necessary for us to be very correct in our relations with our neighbour, and one neighbouring Government does not interfere in the political affairs of another Government.” Mr Lee also explained that the People’s Action Party could no longer be a member of the Malaysian Solidarity Convention. ST Photo: Low Yew Kong
Police checking a tunnel at the forested Bukit Timah Nature Reserve on 4 March 2008. Police have been hunting for Mas Selamat Kastari (JI) terrorist, who escaped from Whitely Road Detention centre on Feb 27, 2008. ST Photo: Francis Ong
The crowd cheering and clicking their cameras as the engine for the 2nd last arriving Malayan Railway (KTM) train pulled into the Tanjong Pagar Railway station on 30 June 2011, which is the last day of operation for the station. From 1 July 2011, the trains will start and end their journeys at Woodlands Train Checkpoint in the north. ST Photo: Raj Nadarajan
Snake charmers outside Sea View Hotel on December 3, 1956. ST Photo: Chew Boon Chin.
From Jul 17 – Oct 4; 10am – 7pm daily. For more information, visit www.marinabaysands.com/ArtScienceMuseum