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Launch of the Ubin Living Lab at the former Celestial Resort
The first phase of the transformation of the former Celestial Resort into the Ubin Living Lab (ULL), an initiative announced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as part of The Ubin Project on November...
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Windows into the past: the mysterious house at Bassein Road
In Singapore, change deprives many in my generation of the pure joy one finds in reconnecting with the places of one’s childhood. For many of us, we find our connections to a world that increasingly is...
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The full moon of Panguni
The full moon of the Tamil month of Panguni paints the Sembawang area with the colours of a Hindu festival, Panguni Uthiram, celebrated by the Holy Tree Sri Balasubramaniar Temple. The celebration of...
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Revisiting Commonwealth and Holland Village
Queenstown, where I spent the earliest days of my life, holds many wonderful memories for me. It is a place I enjoy going back to, which I regularly do in my attempts to rediscover memories the town...
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The rail corridor at the halt at Tanglin
Change is about to come to the Rail Corridor. Its southern half will be closed from the second quarter of 2016 to allow a water pipe to be laid under it, and I suppose that before it can recover from...
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The charcoal shop
I was reminded of the charcoal shop, a sight I would come across every now and again in my childhood, when I stumbled upon one on the old streets of Ipoh about five years ago. Occupying the ground unit...
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The Japanese school at Waterloo Street
The Middle Road area, despite it transformation over the years, is still where reminders of the colourful chapters of its history await discovery. At one end, hints of one chapter can be found in its...
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Celebrating Places and Memories – a photo contest by SLA
The Singapore Land Authority (SLA), the agency that oversees the management of State Land and Property in Singapore will be opening Tanjong Pagar Railway Station to the public on Labour Day, 1 May...
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Windows into the past: where Percival and a President once resided
A rare opportunity to have a look inside the former Command House came over the weekend when it was opened to the public. Organised by the Singapore Land Authority (SLA) as part of their Celebrating...
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The full moon of the fourth month on Ubin
For a few days around the full moon of the fourth month of the Chinese calendar, Pulau Ubin comes alive for a huge religious celebration held in honour of the popular Taoist deity Tua Pek Kong. The...
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Ubin comes alive
Photographs taken mainly of the Teochew opera performance held on the first day of festivities this year (20 May 2016). The main festivities of the annual celebration take place today, the day of the...
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Another Ubin celebration
Just as the festivities in honour of the Taoist deity Tua Pek Kong are taking place at Pulau Ubin, a celebration of a different kind was being held in another part of the island at the Ubin Living Lab....
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Singapore in the 1960s – three blasts from the past
Footage found online that take us back to a Singapore we have all but forgotten. The first is a video posted online by Gary Porter on the Memories of Singapore Facebook group that shows the National...
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A time machine to the Singapore of the 60s
It is wonderful that technology allows the wealth of photographs that exist of a Singapore we no longer see to be shared. Those especially taken by those whose stay in Singapore was temporary, offer...
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Goodbye for now my friend
Like a thief in the night, change in Singapore comes swiftly and suddenly. One big change, albeit temporarily, that will soon be upon us, involves yet another space I have a fondness for. This is the...
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The moon between the coconut palms
THE MOON BETWEEN THE COCONUT PALMS: A guest post by Edmund Arozoo, once of Jalan Hock Chye, who now reminisces in the light of the silvery Adelaide moon … (Photograph: Edmund Arozoo) Digital...
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Well Well Well – A Natural Resource Lost
Well Well Well – A Natural Resource Lost A guest post by Edmund Arozoo, once of Jalan Hock Chye, who now takes a look back to his kampong days from Adelaide. I have recently returned from a tour of...
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Update on closure of the Rail Corridor
The first stretch of the Rail Corridor affected by the Murnane Pipeline Project, will be hoarded up and closed from Monday 27 June 2016. The stretch is from Holland Rd (near Greenleaf Estate) to...
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5 years ago tonight …
The scene at Bukit Timah Railway Station as the Sultan of Johor drives the last trains through Singapore out of the station towards Woodlands and Johor. Filed under: Bukit Timah Area, Forgotten Places,...
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The urban redevelopment resettlement centre that became Funan
The lights went out on Funan DigitalLife Mall last night. The well-loved mall will be closed for three years for redevelopment and from the sound of the “experiential creative hub” it is being made...
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