people. An Institute of Policy Studies study in 2015 found that 70.7% of more than 1,500 people surveyed know of this event. In contrast, 98.9% of the respondents recalled the opening of Singapore's two integrated resorts in 2010. The findings of this study raised concerns that younger Singaporeans may start to forget their early history, and that it should continue to still be taught in Singapore's school curriculum for local history. In popular culture Channel News Asia aired a documentary about the Bukit Ho Swee fire as part of its "Days of Disaster" documentary series on pivotal disasters in Singapore history. The hour-long episode, which first aired on 8 February 2015, used techniques such as computer-generated imagery and interviews with individuals to document this event. The Bukit Ho Swee fire became the subject of works by several Singaporean artists such as Koeh Sia Yong in the 1960s. Channel 8, a Singaporean free-to-air Mandarin broadcaster, used the Bukit Ho Swee fire as a backdrop to its 2002 television series Bukit Ho Swee. The 29-episode drama revolved around the themes of neighbourliness and social danger, depicting a love story juxtaposed against a society where gangsters harass the socially-marginalised residents of the village. It has also appeared in the last episode of Mediacorp drama The Journey: Tumultuous Times. Notes References External links Bukit Ho Swee Fire Documentary by Channel News Asia A Personal Account of the Bukit Ho Swee Fire on the Singapore Memory Project Fires in Singapore 1961 fires in Asia 1961 in Singapore Squatting in Singapore 1961 disasters in Singapore