Main Stories, Yeo Toon Joo - Wednesday, August 8, 2007 9:39 - 0 Comments

One wept at the birth of our nation while firecrackers thundered

By Yeo Toon Joo, Peter

Singapore’s mercantile High Street-Hill Street district thundered with the blast of exploding fire crackers, more deafening than any Chinese New Year eve fire cracker duels.

The most exuberant was at the Chinese Chamber of Commerce which led in the celebration.

It was August 9, 1965.

What was going on? What was the occasion? No new major business was being ceremonially launched.

There was no way to call someone to find out. Instant digital communication was unknown.

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