National Heritage Board and Genealogy Society Singapore is working on a series of online events this year on roots & heritage for the different ethnic groups in Singapore.

The synopsis for this Zoom Forum is as follows:

Theme: Family stories, Migration history and Community development

Speaker 1: Subbiah Lakshmanan, an amateur historian with a passion for colonial history and Indian history. He has also been a museum docent trainer since 2006.

Talk Content:

• Perspectives on 2,000 years of migration/trading history between India and the Malay Peninsula
• Founding of Singapore and the India connection
• Growth of the colony with several waves of immigration
• The Indian community today and post-independence immigrants

Speaker 2: Jayapal Ramasamy, Chairman at Hallmark Capital, Chairman for Trace Capital and Director/Compliance officer at Chancery Asset Management.

Talk Content:

• My earlier roots: Family and lineage
• Family Stories: Racial integration, cultural integration, religious integration and community integration
• Family’s place in Singapore and contributions

We cordially invite friends and members to join in for the Zoom event.

Kindly register by the latest 4 November at 5 pm.

We earnestly look forward to your participation.