I do recall the end of the 3pm shift when the Parade began. The sun was not too harsh and showed the girls in the best light. There were hundreds of them streaming out. The Malay girls would head south towards Telok Blangah, Radin Mas, Pasir Panjang and Pandan. Many were "Island Girls" tanned with great bodies and legs. Island girls originated from the Southern Islands such as Pulau Brani, Blakang Mati (now Sentosa) but had been relocated to the new Housing estate of Telok Blangah. You could pick the Island Girls as they were confident, a tad taller and had well proportioned body and legs. The "experts" concluded that it was due to island envionment where swimming, diving , and climbing coconut trees on a daily basis sculpted a great body.
These girls could outsmoke you, out stare you and the best part was that they knew they were been watched. They usually walked in groups numberiung from 3 to 6. The leader of each pack had the shortest skirt but the "experts" were tied on whether it was the body that raised the skirt or if it was intentionally shortened. But all agreed that they deserved the leadership status. No one had the gall to call up National Semi to find out how uniform tailoring was done.
The girls in purple seldom made the catwalk elite but they were a nice bunch. You could tell they were smarter as well.
When the paraded ended, we all thanked God for his gift as we knew there was no other part of Singapore where the "Island" Girls worked. I believed in religion then.
I used to work with them. It was a horrible experience.
