Our recent visit to Singapore’s Old Ford Factory had given us good insights into the rich history of the nation’s national monument which was restored by National Archives of Singapore to showcase the World War II (WWII) and its legacies.
The facility was first established by Ford Motor Company at Anson Road in 1926 and had moved to its new state-of-the-art factory located at Upper Bukit Timah Road in October 1941. It is of great pride to all Singaporeans because it was Ford’s first motorcar assembly plant in Southeast Asia.
It is interesting to note that the facility had become one of Singapore's tourism attractions including the younger generation. Serving as a war museum, the facility is serving as an invaluable educational resource avenue that can contribute to the preservation of historical facts and records.
For our young folks, such facility can serve to promote peace and understanding as well as to cultivate of responsible citizenship. Young folks can learn a lot from from the past and with ample facts in their hands, they can become world citizens who are better equipped to build a more peaceful and harmonious future.
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