In Pictures: Stories from the 1960s and 70s, told through the lens of cleaner Lui Hock Seng

Mr Lui, 79, who works as a cleaner at Singapore Press Holdings (SPH), became interested in photography as a teenager in the late 1950s. The third of six children, he could not afford a camera until his eldest brother bought him a German-made Rolleiflex about 55 years ago. The top-of-the-range mechanical camera, which used photographic film unlike digital cameras today, cost $300 - a large sum in those days. These are his best shots taken with the camera.

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Oct 20, 2016, 07:30 PM

A man steps out of his house built on stilts at the Merdaka Bridge. In the distance is the Fullerton Building in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

A view from Merdeka Bridge in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

Left: A woman washing clothes near the well at a kampung in Tanah Merah in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. Right: A fisherman rows his boat home near Merdeka Bridge in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

Workers hanging sheets to dry at Outram Road in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

A man selling pork at the Teochew Market, taken in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

Photography club members rest under the shade of a tree in Jurong or Tuas near an attap house in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

A man works near a storage of water pipes at Tanjong Pagar in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

Left: Children playing at Bukit Merah in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. Right: A begger in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

A mixture of fishing, cargo and passenger boats moored off Merdeka Bridge in Singapore in the 1960s or 70s. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

Clarke Quay’s Teochew market in 1961. PHOTO: LUI HOCK SENG

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