Students from Singapore Polytechnic laying out granite on Siak Kuan Road in Changi on May 15, 1971. The road-metalling project was undertaken by about 800 first-year students, including 80 girls. The project was part of the students' freshman orientation programme.

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This photograph is part of the National Museum of Singapore's exhibition entitled Home, Truly: Growing Up With Singapore, 1950s To The Present in collaboration with The Straits Times.

Showcasing photographs and artefacts as well as audio-visual footage, sounds, scents and special digital features, Home, Truly explores the moments and experiences in Singapore's past and present that express our identity and collective memory as a people.

The exhibition at the Exhibition Gallery of the museum's basement level runs till Aug 29 this year. Admission is free. Go to go.gov.sg/hometrulynms

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