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10 Most Recent Articles
- A Vanishing “Countryside” of Horse Stables and Lush Greenery March 21, 2023
- The Past of Pasir Laba… Countryside Road, WW2 Fort and Army Camp February 26, 2023
- Memories of the Jurong Bird Park January 17, 2023
- Singapore Trivia – Time Adjustment for Singapore in 1982 December 31, 2022
- The Mosque of Paradise and Street of Worship at Old Choa Chu Kang Road December 27, 2022
- Landmarks of Yesteryears – Amber Mansions November 29, 2022
- Farewell to Old Tanglin Halt October 24, 2022
- The WWII Stories of Changi Chapel, Cross and Murals October 2, 2022
- The Legacies Queen Elizabeth II Left in Singapore September 11, 2022
- Nantah’s Sundial, a Time-Telling Relic Lost in Time September 5, 2022
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100 Things We Love About the 80s
Our Favourite Playgrounds of Yesteryears
From Kampongs to Flats
Singapore Campaigns of the 70s/80s
Old Places in Singapore
- Ang Mo Kio Merlions
- Atbara House
- Beach Road Army Market
- Bukit Brown Cemetery
- Bukit Merah SAFRA Clubhouse
- Bukit Purmei Keramat Bukit Kasita
- Bukit Timah Nature Reserve
- Bukit Timah Turf Club
- Capitol Theatre/Building
- Central Fire Station
- Changi Commando Barrack
- Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre
- Customs Operations Command Building
- Dakota Crescent Provision Shop
- Dover Road Pelican Playground
- Ellison Building
- Esplanade Park
- Former Beach Road Police Station
- Former CID Headquarters
- Former Communicable Disease Centre (CDC)
- Former National Aerated Water Company
- Former Paya Lebar Police Station
- Former Sun Yat Sen Villa
- Geylang Serai Malay Village
- Ghim Moh Bus Terminal
- Haw Par Villa
- Hougang Rainbow Flat
- Istana Woodneuk
- Jalan Bahar Dragon Kiln
- Japanese Cemetery Park
- Jinrikisha Station
- Jurong Hill Observatory Tower
- Jurong West Nantah Arch
- Kallang National Stadium
- Kampong Lorong Buangkok
- Kampong Silat SIT Flats
- Karikal Mahal
- Katong Park Guard Sculptures
- Keppel Hill Reservoir
- Kim Keat Dinosaur Playground
- Lim Chu Kang Pier
- Lorong Chuan Overhead Bridge
- MacAlister Terrace
- MacPherson Mamak Shop
- Marine Parade Sea Breeze Lodge
- Marsiling Underpass
- Maxwell Chambers & Maxwell Chambers Suites
- Mount Sophia Tower House
- Nee Soon Post Office
- Neo Tiew Estate
- Old Bus Stops/Street Name Signage
- Old Changi Hospital
- Old Kallang Airport
- Old Tan Tock Seng Hospital
- Pasir Panjang Fort/Labrador Battery
- Pearl’s Hill Police Operational Headquarters
- People’s Park Complex
- Portsdown, Seletar & Sembawang Colonial Houses
- Pulau Ubin
- Punggol Matilda House
- Queenstown/Queensway Cinema
- Rochor Centre Coloured Flats
- Seletar Camp & Old Lamp Posts
- Sembawang Hill Estate Taxi Service Stand
- Sembawang Hot Spring
- Sentosa Blakang Mati Artillery Barrack
- Sentosa Fort Serapong
- Siglap Blocks
- Simei Beauties’ Portraits
- Singapore En-Bloc Flats
- Singapore Railway
- Sungei Road Thieves’ Market
- Taman Jurong “H-Shaped” JTC Flats
- Tanglin Barracks
- Tanglin Hill Brunei Hostel
- Tanjong Pagar Railway Station
- Tiong Bahru Bird Singing Corner
- Toa Payoh Dragon Playground
- Tuas Television World
- Upper Seletar Reservoir
- Upper Serangoon Shopping Centre
- Upper Thomson Secondary & Other Abandoned Schools
- View Road Mental Hospital
- Whampoa Dragon Fountain
- Woodlands Camps/Kranji Army Barracks
- Yan Kit Swimming Complex
- Zion Road Blue Flats
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Tag Archives: Public Works Department
100 Years of the Causeway
The Causeway is finally reopened after almost two years of closure. Despite decades of congestion woes, trafficking issues or an occasional tool used in political bickering, the Causeway remains an important link between Singapore and Malaysia. The Land Connection Mid-1910s … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Bukit Timah Expressway, Covid-19 Pandemic, F.M.S Railway, Federated Malay States, First Earth Run, Johor Bahru, Johor Straits, Johore Causeway, Kampong Lorong Fatimah, Public Works Department, Singapore Bus Services, Singapore Passport, Singapore Restricted Passport, Straits Of Johor, Straits Settlements, The Causeway, Tuas Checkpoint, Tuas Second Link, Woodlands, Woodlands Checkpoint, Woodlands Immigration Checkpoint, Woodlands Road
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Creative and Unique National Day Parade Floats Procession Through the Years
Floats procession was one of the highlights of Singapore’s National Day celebration event. Starting from 1967, various local organisations, ministries and statutory boards would spent tons of efforts to design their floats, wowing spectators with different flashy, creative and sometimes … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural
Tagged Adult Education Board, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Floats Procession, Housing And Development Board, Indian Chamber of Commerce, Ministry of Information and The Arts, National Courtesy Campaign, National Day, National Day Parade, National Productivity Board, National Theatre Trust, National Trades Union Congress, People's Action Party, Port Of Singapore Authority, Post Office Savings Bank, Public Utilities Board, Public Works Department, Raffles City, Sentosa Development Corporation, Singapore Airlines, Singapore Family Planning and Population Board, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit, Singapore Police Force, Singapore Tourist Promotion Board, Telecommunication Authority of Singapore, Urban Redevelopment Authority
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Adam Park and its WWII Past
Adam Park was developed as early as the 1920s. Between 1925 and 1929, colonial houses were built at Adam Park by the municipal council as housing quarters for the senior officers in the British government. Three types of residences – … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Adam Flyover, Adam Park, Adam Park Guild House, Adam Park POW Camp, Adam Park Project, Adam Road, Asian Women's Welfare Association, Cambridgeshire Regiment, Fall Of Singapore, Farrer Road, Frank Adam, Hellfire Corner, Jon Cooper, Lornie Road, MacRitchie Reservoir, National University of Singapore Society, Pan-Island Expressway, Public Works Department, Pulau Brani Tin Smelting Works, Second World War, Singapore Cage Bird Society, Straits Trading Company, Syonan Jinja
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The History of Singapore’s Night Soil Bucket System
The modern liveable city of Singapore today has a complete sanitation system supported by a network of sewers and water reclamation plants. Since 1997, Singapore has achieved 100% accessibility to the modern sanitation system. Toilets of modern sanitation system used … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Alexandra Sewage Disposal Works, Deep Tunnel Sewerage System, Environmental Public Health Division, Japanese Occupation, Kim Chuan Road, Lorong Halus, Midgeley Taylor, Ministry of the Environment, Municipal Government, Municipal Sludge Disposal Works, Night Soil, Night Soil Bucket System, Public Utilities Board, Public Works Department, Rangoon Road, Robert Peirce, Sanitation System, Sewerage Master Plan, Singapore 1960s, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore River, Sungei Serangoon, Sustainable Singapore Gallery
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From Old Woodlands to New
The Woodlands of the early 20th century was an entirely rural area, filled with forest and mangrove swamps with clusters of attap huts, rubber plantations and farms. Over at Malaya, across the Straits of Johore, all that its residents could … Continue reading
Posted in Historic
Tagged Admiralty MRT Station, Admiralty Road West, Ang Mo Kio, Bukit Timah Expressway, Causeway Point Shopping Centre, Gambas Avenue, Housing And Development Board, Jalan Ulu Sembawang, Jalan Wak Selat, Johor Bahru, Kampong Lorong Fatimah, Kampong Melayu, Kampong Sin Min, Kampong Sungei Mandai Kechil, Kampong Wak Selat, Kranji, Kranji Road, Lorong Gambas, Mandai Tekong Village, Marsiling, Marsiling MRT Station, Marsiling Road, Naval Base Railway, North-South Line, Old Woodlands Town Centre, Public Works Department, Second World War, Sembawang Naval Base, Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore 1970s, Singapore 1980s, Singapore Bus Services, Singapore Mass Rapid Transit, Singapore Naval Base, Telok Blangah, The Causeway, Thomson-East Coast Line, Trans Island Bus Services, Woodgrove, Woodlands, Woodlands Bus Interchange, Woodlands Civil Centre, Woodlands Immigration And Customs Checkpoint, Woodlands MRT Station, Woodlands North MRT Station, Woodlands Regional Bus Interchange, Woodlands Regional Library, Woodlands Road, Woodlands South MRT Station
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The Idyllic Days of Changi Creek and Villages
Singapore has many rivers and waterways, one of which is Sungei Changi, also commonly known as Changi Creek (creek refers to a narrow, sheltered waterway), a short river situated at the northeastern part of Singapore. The Changi area, by the … Continue reading
Posted in Exotic, Nostalgic
Tagged Ayer Gemuroh Malay School, Changi Airport, Changi Creek, Changi Creek Reservoir, Changi Village, Chen Su Lan Methodist Children's Home, Cheshire Home, Children's Society Convalescent Home, Crippled Children's Home, Kampong Ayer Gemuroh, Kampong Beting Kusa, Kampong Tanah Merah Besar, Nicoll Drive, Public Works Department, Singapore 1970s, Sir John Nicoll, Telok Paku Road
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Goodbye Kampong Java Park
Come end of August, the 45-year-old Kampong Java Park will be permanently closed. Once a Christian cemetery bounded by Kampong Java Road and Bukit Timah Road, works were carried out in 1971 by the Public Works Department (PWD) to convert … Continue reading
Posted in General
Tagged Bukit Timah Road, Cavenagh Road, Ellision Building, Halifax Road, Kampong Java Park, Kampong Java Park Road, Kandang Kerbau Women's And Children's Hospital, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Land Transport Authority, Lee Ah Mooi Old Age Home, Lim Kim San, Marymount Convent, Ministry Of Finance, Nanyang Pho Leng Building, New Cemtery Road, New Park Avenue, New Scenery Road, North-South Corridor, Palm Beach Seafood Restaurant, Park Road, Parks And Recreation Department, Public Utilities Board, Public Works Department, Rochor Centre, Singapore City Council, Singapore Municipal, Sir Orfeur Cavenagh, Sunshine Corner, Toa Payoh Rise Apartments, Victoria Street Wholesale Centre
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Toa Payoh Rise’s Past and Present
Relatively undisturbed for the past 50 years, Toa Payoh Rise may see a big change in the coming years, due to its location being one of the areas that will be affected by the construction of the North-South Corridor, Singapore’s … Continue reading
Posted in General, Historic
Tagged Armand Joseph Braga, Blind Rise, Caldecott MRT Station, Changi General Hospital, City Council, Committee On Street Names, Convent Of The Good Shepherd, Girls' Homecraft Centre, Jalan Buta, Jalan Toa Payoh, Lions Clubs Of Singapore, Maria Hertogh Riot, Marymount Convent, Marymount Convent School, Marymount Road, Ministry Of Social Affairs, North-South Corridor, Public Works Department, Singapore 1970s, Singapore Association For The Blind, Singapore Association For The Visually Handicapped, Thomson Road, Thomson Road General Hospital, Thomson Road Hospital, Toa Payoh, Toa Payoh Girls' Home, Toa Payoh Hospital, Toa Payoh Rise, Toa Payoh Rise Apartments, White Cane Road
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