Road metalling works using crushed hardcore. An example of "gotong royong" (mutual assistance) involving kampong residents of various ages. Such "communal construction" initiatives were popular in the 1960s and 1970s of Singapore. Visible on the left is a roadworks roller bearing the old Public Works Department (PWD) logo.
1960-1980
19980005142 - 0013
87,423/23
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Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Contribution received from Pat SG via Citizen Archivist portal

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Road metalling works using crushed hardcore. An example of "gotong royong" (mutual assistance) involving kampong residents of various ages. Such "communal construction" initiatives were popular in the 1960s and 1970s of Singapore. Visible on the left is a roadworks roller bearing the old Public Works Department (PWD) logo.

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