Forget about National Education, spring cleaning can make you learn more about Singapore's history (most importantly, your family history) than those phoney remakes and stories told using high tech theatre technology.
Before trolleys and baby carriers, they have a DIY piece of cloth to tie the baby round the mother. The perfect baby carrier, it's portable, it's light and it's cheap!
Original letters from China, like those you see in TV serial drama but it's REAL. It's amazing how concise written Chinese can become. (Written Chinese here is different from the spoken Chinese we read, write and speak today)
Certificate of Registration of a citizen of the Republic of China (Now Taiwan) residing in Singapore and certificate of registration to be a Singapore citizen. Some of these documents are about 70 years old and the youngest is going to be 50 next year.
Cool~~~
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