Friday Background S9 Ep 7: 1. Persian Gulf Or Dead Sea? 2. Destination Riau? 3. Into The Future 4. Chinatown
- Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Fonds
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- Singapore Broadcasting Corporation Series
Series
- 15/02/1991
Record Date
- 15/02/1991
Broadcast/Release Date
- 0:37:00
Recorded Duration
- English
Recording Language
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2000002337
Accession No.
- Audiovisual
Type
- U-Matic
Format
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Synopsis :The 'Friday Background' programme, which is presented by Sonny Lim, features four topics.
The first is on the dumping of oil by Iraq into the Persian Gulf. Iraq flushed the Persian Gulf with more than 400 million barrels of oil as part of efforts to hamper military operations by coalition forces in the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Over 100 billion litres of oil clogged up Saudi Arabia's desalination centres.
The second is on the development of tourism in Riau, particularly in Bintan and Batam. On Bintan's potential, it features interviews with Ho Kwon Ping, President of Wah Chang Group, and Fadlah Sulaiman, Head of Riau Province's Department of Tourism. On Batam's potential, it features interviews with Kris Wiluan, Executive Chairman of Turi Beach Resort, and Ang Kong Hua, Managing Director of Natsteel Ltd.
The third is on fortune telling. The programme examines the popularity of fortune telling over the ages and shows that some world leaders like US President Ronald Reagan consulted astrologers. To shed light on the reasons why fortune telling is gaining popularity in Singapore, it features a number of interviews with people involved in different aspects of fortune telling. They include astrologer-geomancers (Koh Pu Lin, George Koh and R Letchmikanathan), people who consulted astrologers (Dong Siew Leen and Audrey Simon), and sociologist Vivienne Wee.
The fourth is on Chinatown. It features an interview with Lee Kim Chuan, who has stayed in Chinatown for 75 years. In the interview, Lee talks about Chinatown's past and why people still continue to come to Chinatown.
