Singapore — Worker Party chief Pritam Singh waxed nostalgic on Wednesday night and reminisced in a Facebook post about having grown up “in a HDB flat at Sims Drive in the early 80s”.
Mr Singh, 45, had gone on a house visit at the Eunos ward of Aljunied GRC, which he represents, and seeing the children in the void deck and common corridors “making merry” seemed to have brought back old memories.
A father to two daughters himself, he posted a photo of two young girls he encountered at Eunos during the visit and wrote, “Nurul’s girls and I got into an extended conversation. They were sharing their concern about a neighbour upstairs who was moving out (‘we are losing a friend….’).”
He also visited a resident named Mrs Tan, where “a conversation awaited over a transistor radio that brought back similar memories for me”. This type of radio, he said, had been “somewhat of a status symbol to some in the 60s and 70s”. It was one of the first things his father bought with his first paycheck.
Posting a picture of himself beside Mrs Tan’s radio, he said that hers “didn’t have a cassette deck like dad’s, but it was certainly very old and it reminded me of the National brand one we had at home, which has been long disposed since (a pity!).”
He was “delighted” to learn that Mrs Tan’s radio is still “working absolutely fine!”
“Much has changed in the decades, but some memories and things remain highly cherished and treasured. Love talking to residents and revisiting these moments from a not too distant past,” he added.
Netizens cheered on the popular Leader of the Opposition, praising him for “making the effort to connect with your constituents”.
/TISG
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