Tag Archives: Seletar Camp

(10th Year Edition) A Look Back at What Vanished in Singapore in the Past Decade

Posted on October 23, 2020 by Remember Singapore

When RemSG blog was first set up in October 2010, it was largely due to the inspiration by the excellent Old Places documentary (by local director Royston Tan). Lamenting the loss of the good old National Library and other iconic … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged 77th Street, Afro-Asia Building, Ayer Rajah Camp, Bakerzin, Banquet, Bedok Bus Interchange, Bedok Swimming Complex, Bestway Building, Bidadari Estate, Billy Bombers, Biopolis, Borders, Braddell-Westlake Secondary School, Broadrick Secondary School, Bukit Brown Cemetery, Bukit Merah SAFRA Clubhouse, Bukit Panjang Bus Interchange, Bukit Panjang LRT, Bulim Bus Depot, Buona Vista Swimming Complex, Changi Coast Road, Chaoyang School, Chin Mee Chin, Chinatown Plaza, Chinese Pioneers, Commonwealth Avenue Food Centre, Copthorne Orchard Hotel, Dakota Crescent, Downtown Line, East Coast Park, East Coast Park Chalets, East-West Line, Eminent Plaza, Empress Cinema, Eunosville, First Toa Payoh Secondary School, Funan Centre, Fusionopolis, Gardens By The Bay, Geylang Serai Malay Village, Golden Bridge, Golden Shoe Hawker Centre, Green Corridor, Haig Camp, HMV Singapore, HomeFix, Housing And Development Board, Housing and Urban Development Company, Hup Lee Kopitiam, Innova Junior College, Institute of Technical Education Bishan, Jalan Kayu, Jalan Kayu Post Office, Jalan Kayu Rural Centre, Jewel Changi Airport, John Little, Jurong East Bus Interchange, Jurong Junior College, Jurong Pioneer Junior College, Jurong Road, Jurong Stadium, Kampong Java Park, Keat Hong Camp, KFC Singapore, Kranji Road, Land Transport Authority, Lavender Food Square, Liang Court, Light Rapid Transit, Lim Seng Lee Duck Rice Eating House, Lion City Hotel, Lornie Highway, Lorong Lew Lian, Loyang Bus Depot, Maju Secondary School, Marina Bay Sands, Marina Coastal Expressway, Marine Cove, Maritime Experiential Museum, Market Street Food Centre, Mass Rapid Transit, Matilda House, McDonald’s Singapore, Mediapolis, Mount Vernon Sanctuary, MPH Bookstores, National Aerated Water Company, National Stadium, New Crown Cinema, New Town Cinema, Normanton Park, North-South Corridor, Northlight School, Novotel Singapore Clarke Quay, Old Keat Hong Camp, Old Woodlands Town Centre, One-North Avenue, Ordnance Supply Base, Park Mall, Paya Lebar Police Station, Pearl Bank Apartments, Pearls Centre, Portsdown Road, President Shopping Centre, Prima Tower Revolving Restaurant, Princess Cinema, Queenstown Cinema, Queenstown Driving Test Centre, Queenstown Neighbourhood Police Centre, Queensway Cinema, Raintree Gardens, Redhill Close, Regal Theatre, Republic Theatre, Resorts World Sentosa, Rio Casa, River Safari, Rochor Centre, S.E.A. Aquarium, Saint Joseph’s Institution, Selective En-bloc Redevelopment Scheme, Seletar Aerospace Drive, Seletar Aerospace Park, Seletar Bus Deport, Seletar Bus Depot, Seletar Camp, Seletar West Farmway, Sembawang Hot Spring Park, Sentosa, Sentosa Merlion, Serangoon Bus Interchange, Serangoon Junior College, Serangoon Plaza, Serangoon Road, Serangoon Ville, Shaw Tower, Shunfu Ville, Silat Avenue, Sin Ming Industrial Estate, Singapore 2010s, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore Railway, Singapore Sports Hub, Sizzler, Sloane Court Hotel, SportsLink, Sungei Road Flea Market, Sunny Bookshop, Tampines Junior College, Tan Moh Hong Reptile Skin and Crocodile Farm, Tanah Merah Coast Road, Tanglin Estate, Tanglin Halt Close, Ten Mile Junction, Tengah New Town, The Café Cartel, Thomson Nature Park, Thomson-East Coast Line, Tiger Balm Building, Tiger Sky Tower, Toa Payoh Rise Apartments, Tong Ah Eating House, Topshop/Topman, Transit Road, Tuas South Boulevard, Tuas West Extension, Underwater World, Union Farm Eating House, Universal Studios, Yangtze Theatre, Yishun Bus Interchange | 24 Comments

Looking for Bits and Pieces of Old Seletar

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Remember Singapore

Seletar has changed tremendously in the past decade. The Aerospace Park is increasing well developed with many multinational companies making their investments here at the northeastern part of Singapore. It is also more accessible now with a direct route, via … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgic | Tagged Bayswater Road, Changi Airport Group, Church Of The Epiphany, Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, Department of Civil Aviation, Hamilton Place, Hay Market, Hyde Park Gate, Jalan Kayu, Jalan Kayu Bus Terminal, Jurong Town Corporation, Lambeth Walk, Maida Vale, Old Birdcage Walk, Oxford Street, Park Lane, Piccadilly Circus, Royal Air Force Seletar, Second World War, Seletar, Seletar Aerospace Drive, Seletar Aerospace Park, Seletar Aerospace Way, Seletar Air Base, Seletar Airport, Seletar Airport Passenger Terminal, Seletar Base Golf Course, Seletar Camp, Seletar Country Club, Singapore Armed Forces, Sussex Garden, Swallow Street, Urban Redevelopment Authority, Wheeler's Estate | 8 Comments

The Remaking of Jalan Kayu’s Church of The Epiphany

Posted on December 8, 2019 by Remember Singapore

The familiar old white building of the Church of The Epiphany, located off the roundabout outside the former Royal Air Force (RAF) Seletar (later Seletar Camp) main gates, had been demolished. An Anglican church at Jalan Kayu, the Church of … Continue reading →

Posted in Religious | Tagged Abundant Grace Presbyterian Church, Church Of The Epiphany, Group Captain R.W.G. Freer, Jalan Kayu, Jalan Kayu Bus Terminal, Jalan Kayu Primary School, Jalan Kayu Village, Lorong Thanggam, Reverend C.K. Sansbury, Royal Air Force, Royal Air Force Seletar, Second World War, Seletar, Seletar Camp, Sengkang New Town, Tampines Expressway | 1 Comment

Sipping Teh at a Kampong Kopitiam

Posted on August 24, 2012 by Remember Singapore

I was reading about the “kampong kopitiam” on the Chinese newspaper, and decided to pay a visit one morning. Looking nothing like a typical coffeeshop found elsewhere in Singapore, it actually resembles more of an old school tuckshop. Housed in … Continue reading →

Posted in Nostalgic | Tagged 398 Canteen, Kampong Kopitiam, Piccadilly Road, Seletar Camp | 27 Comments

Grand Mansions, Bungalows and Villas of the Past

Posted on February 8, 2012 by Remember Singapore

The grand mansions and villas of yesteryear might not match the likes of the modern houses owned by the rich and famous today at Nassim Road, Ridley Park, Bukit Timah or Sentosa Cove, but they certainly had their charms in … Continue reading →