Tag Archives: Tanglin Halt

Closure (Partial) of Tanglin Halt Close

Posted on March 12, 2018 by

The loop made up of Tanglin Halt Road and Tanglin Halt Close was once the witness of the rise of Singapore’s earliest light industrial development program. When the iconic 10-storey Tanglin Halt flats were built in the early sixties (they … Continue reading →

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A Singapura Mystery – The Queenstown Shooting 1972

Posted on January 16, 2016 by

It was a sunny Sunday noon, like any other normal weekends in Singapore. Yet a tragic case happened and shocked the Singapore society; an unsolved case that still baffles many till this day, even after 43 years. On 17 September 1972, at around … Continue reading →

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Singapore Trivia: The Tembusu Tree and 5-Dollar Note

Posted on November 19, 2015 by

If you visit the Botanic Gardens via the Tanglin gates, you may have notice the iconic Tembusu tree and find it familiar. That is because the tree, with its signature low stretching branch, is used as a motif on our current … Continue reading →

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Tanglin Halt – Where the Trains used to Pass by

Posted on July 13, 2014 by

Tanglin Halt. This was where the trains used to pass by, exchanging key tokens with the station master in order to receive the authority to enter the correct tracks. Express trains from Kuala Lumpur used to stop regularly at Tanglin … Continue reading →

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Have a Cup of Kopi…. with Butter

Posted on February 26, 2014 by

It was a warm and humid afternoon. There were few customers in this old kopitiam tucked away at the ground floor of one of the old HDB flats at North Bridge Road. The sleepy neighbourhood had seen several changes in … Continue reading →

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From Villages to Flats (Part 2) – Public Housing in Singapore

Posted on May 11, 2012 by

The history of the public housing in Singapore is largely divided into two sections: The Singapore Improvement Trust’s (SIT) period and the Housing and Development Board’s (HDB) era. Two minor players that had also contributed in the building of public … Continue reading →

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