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(00:48:00)      Kallang River
(00:01:31)      Kallang MRT Station
(00:02:17)      Indoor Stadium
(00:02:42)      National Stadium
(00:05:58)      Gay World Stadium and one-storey shops in the vicinity
(00:08:52)      Carpark behind Gay World Stadium
(00:09:55)      Main entrance of New Happy World Theatre;   posters of Tamil films
(00:11:00)      Gay World Furniture Exhibition Centre
(00:11:55)      Vehicles and closed shops
(00:14:56)      Workers in furniture store
(00:18:20)      Workers painting container truck with paint brushes
(00:20:15)      Metal workshop
(00:20:57)      Rubbish
(00:21:06)      Large room filled with snooker tables and people playing;   drinks counter
(00:21:56)      Aluminium workshop;   signboard:  'Space General Contractor';   man at work
(00:22:43)      Building housing 'Raymond Art Service'
(00:22:54)      Worship in temple;   performers preparing for wayang show;    wayang costumes
(00:25:28)      Coffeee shop
(00:25:44)      Signboard:   ''Broston Agency'
(00:26:07)      Signboard:  'Wen Wah Stamps Agent'
(00:27:01)      Gay World Furniture Exhibition Centre;    'Furniture and Electrical Appliances Sale'
((00:27:30)     Tai Tong Restaurant  and mooncake shop
(00:29:25)       Signboard:  'Hillman Interior Decoration Co.'
(00:29:40)        Interview in Hokkien with Mr Lee Weng Lee, owner of Tai Tong Restaurant. Key points of interview:
                          -   Mr Lee took over  the restaurant in August 1971. The rental in Gay World was cheap  -  $1,100 per month
                          -   the restaurant was popular since the 1930s. It was famous for its chicken dish. It also distributed mooncakes for sale to about
                              50 to 60 shops throughout Singapore. The Tai Tong Restaurant in Gay World was not related to  the Tai Tong mooncake shop in
                              Chinatown
                           -  the Tai Tong Restaurant in Gay World had about 11 main staff and 30 casual workers. The ground floor of the restaurant had 40
                              tables, the second floor had 45 tables and the third floor had 37. A special lift delivered food to the second floor
                           -  the restaurant closed in 1984 due to various reasons:  government's notice, the chef was getting old and sick, the sale of
                              mooncakes was not enough to cover the cost of rental and operations as well as staff's salaries
(00:41:19)        Mr Lee Weng Lee conducted tour of the restaurant  -  kitchen, chimney, the  pulley mechanism to deliver  food  from the kitchen to
                          the dining area
(00:52:25)        Interview with Mr Lim, former boxer and sports editor of The Straits Times. Key points of interview:
                          -   Gay World Stadium was the venue for boxing matches and basketball tournaments
                          -   popularity of Tai Tong Restaurant
                          -   memory of a wedding dinnerin Tai Tong Restaurant in 1956
(00:54:22)         View from roof of Tai Tong Restaurant over the rooftops of Gay World;   close-up of circular stadium building