Original film title in English: Whicker’s World – Six Films of Six Places: Singapore Made for television, as part of a travel documentary series. This episode first aired on 11 April 1959. Written and presented by Alan Whicker Language: English Produced by British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Series Director: Stan Griffin Film Locations: Chinatown Raffles Place Coffin-maker shophouse Sago Lane’s ‘Kwok Mun’ and ‘Fook Sow’ Sick Receiving Houses or ‘death houses’   SINGAPORE WAS ONE OF SIX PLACES that television journalist […]

Categories: Documentary Short, English, U.K. • Tags: 1959, Alan Whicker, BBC, Chinatown, Coffin-maker, Death houses, Fook Sow, Kwok Mun, Lee Kuan Yew, Lim Yew Hock, Ong Eng Guan, Raffles Place, Robinson, Sago Lane, Shophouse, Sick receiving house, Singapore