tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post8968786310910203815..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Singapore, 1960s – The National Neon Tower by Tim LightUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-61653155958207712162022-11-17T01:40:00.233+08:002022-11-17T01:40:00.233+08:00My dad was the architect of the National Neon Towe...My dad was the architect of the National Neon Tower. He was very proud of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-46234368224500717172019-11-05T16:20:37.643+08:002019-11-05T16:20:37.643+08:00Finally! Someone else who remembers that animated ...Finally! Someone else who remembers that animated neon sign above the post-office at Newton Circus! It was advertising a medicine of some kind. As children, we used to describe it in Teochew dialect thus: "tau tia" (headache) for Stage 1, "chiak yeoh" (take medicine) for Stage 2, and "hor" (all better) for stage 3.ekghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08079090242236330070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-31452981685529653492014-11-11T20:18:22.437+08:002014-11-11T20:18:22.437+08:00Here you can sell and buy both new and used produc...Here you can sell and buy both new and used products.<br />This website is perfect for selling just about anything at all.<br /><a href="http://www.postallads4free.com/" rel="nofollow">post free ads worldwide</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08129715853608384149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-81815742157296128912012-11-20T21:58:05.503+08:002012-11-20T21:58:05.503+08:00Leon, the ban on neon lights, I think, it's pr...Leon, the ban on neon lights, I think, it's probably due to interference with the drivers' driving their vehicles at nights. The multi-color of the neon lights may , I think, cause the drivers' mistaken reading of the colour the traffic lights (red, amber & green) at nights. I think LTA and Traffic Dept are the right agencies to explain this.FLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429286415685838183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-7905908449183901172012-11-20T11:06:37.381+08:002012-11-20T11:06:37.381+08:00Thanks for the post and photos. Neon-lit cityscape...Thanks for the post and photos. Neon-lit cityscapes is a little pet subject of mine. I think Singapore today has too many buildings that are, as I put it, "lit for no reason" - like Ion. Besides festive seasons, most of our city buildings are plain, sporting no more than a logo or two. While fanciful lighting like that at Iluma and Jcube is nice, they still do not compare to the brilliant life conveyed by neon. I've been wondering for many years why neon is not allowed in Singapore - is this some URA policy? Why can't we enliven our cities with colour - I'm sure it can be done tastefully.Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05436741531354563606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-27744219387539463062012-11-18T19:14:46.473+08:002012-11-18T19:14:46.473+08:00I had visited the Neon Tower during my teen in the...I had visited the Neon Tower during my teen in the sixties. In the heyday, the showroom was a place for movie-goers to "kill time" while waiting for their movies at the nearby Capitol Cinema to start. Those years National was one of the top electronic brand, for table-top radio, gramophones, cabinet TV, etc. There were also on display in the showroom the kitchen appliances, etc.FLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03429286415685838183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-34115884004048833972012-11-17T02:44:22.959+08:002012-11-17T02:44:22.959+08:00Creative Ad Slogans of the 1960s here on a relat...Creative Ad Slogans of the 1960s <a href="http://blogtoexpress.blogspot.sg/2009/09/creative-ad-slogans-of-1960s.html" rel="nofollow"> here </a> on a related post.<br /><br />I remember the National Showroom Neon Tower at North Bridge Road next to the Capitol Theatre in my schooldays.<br /><br />Thank you for the memories, Chun See.Thimbuktuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04495581875211093357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-23856450398143562872012-11-13T15:29:37.110+08:002012-11-13T15:29:37.110+08:00Yes it was eno salt. somemore there were bubbles ...Yes it was eno salt. somemore there were bubbles in the drink and the advert actually showed it. It was whitish-blue neon light.<br /> <br />Peter<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-175253194701056802012-11-12T17:34:39.869+08:002012-11-12T17:34:39.869+08:00As far as I can remember, in the old days, Nationa...As far as I can remember, in the old days, National and Panasonic were separate brand names. There was also Technics which was more for hifi equipment.<br /><br />At one time, National adopted this tag line; "National creates better living". I've read a book by National's founder, Konosuke Matsushita. His philosophy was that his products must help to make the customer's life better.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-68348117850052403002012-11-12T15:17:35.118+08:002012-11-12T15:17:35.118+08:00Yes I remember that advertisement at Newton Circus...Yes I remember that advertisement at Newton Circus that Tim mentioned. But I too cannot recall the product. If I have to make a guess, I would say Eno Salt.<br /><br />At one time Eno was advertised aggressively. I remember this advertisement on TV where a chef was frying something over a huge wok. He needed a glass of Eno to cool down.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.com