[Post 992] How Singapore Built Its Riches With These Crops: Gambier, Nutmeg, Rubber | Lost Plantations

Summary

Singapore once grew riches from gambier, nutmeg and rubber - yet today, not a trace remains. Lost Plantations reveals a Singapore few remember - when gambier, nutmeg and rubber covered the land, and fortunes rose on the backs of bold planters and backbreaking labour. From Seah Eu Chin, the “King of Gambier,” to the bustling Ellenborough Market where local cuisines took root, this is the hidden story of a forgotten agricultural empire, and how it shaped the Singapore we know today.