tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83623294546558321752024-03-19T11:25:35.394+08:00My QueenstownUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger368125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362329454655832175.post-59680202309391078762011-08-26T21:43:00.002+08:002011-08-26T23:05:17.109+08:00Response to Straits Times Forum: "Active Citizenry Needs Space to Find Its Feet"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A week ago, Mr. Eric Tan, Director of the National Archives of Singapore, explained that the archives have generously acceded to our requests for photographs to be published in our website, upcoming book and newsletter. This was not the full story.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last year, we wrote in to the National Archives of Singapore, requesting them to sponsor photographs of the old Queenstown for our civic projects. However, one of the staff from the Archives, had reiterated that "we are currently not devoting any resources to the heritage of Queenstown." (See Attached) To our dismay, we approach the MP, Mr Baey Yam Keng, for help. After which, the National Archives acceded to our request and promise to support our activities.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This saga explains the difficulty of My Queenstown and other civic organisations in pursuing our goals and aspirations and it is impossible for us not to seek the magistrate for assistance.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nevertheless, it is heartening to see Mr Eric Tan and his team assuring the public that they will collaborate with civic groups such as My Queenstown in the future to preserve our heritage and history.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read Also: </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.straitstimes.com/PrimeNews/Story/STIStory_702452.html">SPH Article "Active Citizenry Needs Space to Find its Feet."</a> (requires log in)<br />
<a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=3&sqi=2&ved=0CCIQFjAC&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.straitstimes.com%2FSTForum%2FStory%2FSTIStory_703672.html&ei=Q7VXTpigB83P4QTMv822DA&usg=AFQjCNFe-i1_t-sd18_fKXB0jJdp-sSVGA&sig2=KM9n2GIF4j9yKlbrtZQmkw">NAS(NHB) response</a></span><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At ten minutes before eight, a group of Hindu priests from various temples across the island marched valiantly in front of an enthusiastic crowd, carrying containers of holy water from India. These priests entered the temple and performed a series of rituals before pouring the holy water from top of the dome known as gopuram to sanctify the place of worship.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_Kzu61Gslfg/ThlqVyl4U8I/AAAAAAAAABc/S801SaynZ4A/s144/IMG_4630.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_Kzu61Gslfg/ThlqVyl4U8I/AAAAAAAAABc/S801SaynZ4A/s400/IMG_4630.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The ensemble of Nadaswaram and Thavil</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><br />
</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DAwfb7Ft3dQ/Thlj42zrZbI/AAAAAAAAABE/wIKQRcG0wuQ/s144/IMG_4576.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DAwfb7Ft3dQ/Thlj42zrZbI/AAAAAAAAABE/wIKQRcG0wuQ/s400/IMG_4576.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Preparation Before Pouring of Holy Water</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><object height="266" width="400"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IGVpz5lTk6U?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IGVpz5lTk6U?version=3&hl=en_US&rel=0&hd=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="266" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Process of Consecration</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thereafter, an aarti was performed where devotees sing praises to their deity by chanting the Vedic yajna hymns. The burning of camphor followed. When aarti was performed, the priest faced the deity and waved in circular fashion, in a clockwise manner around the deity. Then it was distributed to the devotees, who hovered their hands over the flame and touch their hands to their eyes. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kzfq7pAex1U/ThlnIJ85moI/AAAAAAAAABQ/BijglJDK1ms/s144/IMG_4622.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Kzfq7pAex1U/ThlnIJ85moI/AAAAAAAAABQ/BijglJDK1ms/s400/IMG_4622.JPG" width="266" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Priest Pouring the Holy Water at the Deities</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Consecration ceremony marked the end of 18 months of renovation works at the historical temple at Commonwealth Drive where the prayer hall is expanded and 3 new sanctums are added. The carvings are repainted, exuding an aura of elegance and beauty.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;">在热门组屋区女皇镇里,有四房式组屋最近以74万5000元的最高价转售,但也有37万8000元。 组屋溢价回升之际,热门地点如女皇镇的组屋转售价也持续攀升。今年4月,一间位于女皇镇史达拉摩道(Strathmore Ave)的四房式高楼单位,以74万5000元售出。</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Arial, Verdana, Helvetica;">火车开动了!该各就各位了吧。经过女皇镇、武吉知马、武吉班让时看到铁路旁站着许多拿着相机、准备捕捉这列火车倩影的有心人,有的一手牵着幼童,有的一手抱着婴孩,有的忙于拍摄,大家挥手告别</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362329454655832175.post-54948810306191916172011-06-30T02:59:00.000+08:002011-06-30T02:59:20.978+08:00Farewell MyQueenstown #7 - Farewell KTM Tracks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Much has been written about KTM Tracks lately. A simple search on Google and Yahoo will bring you to numerous websites such as <a href="http://sg.news.yahoo.com/blogs/singaporescene/emotional-goodbye-ktm-railway-station-011918252.html">this</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/eisen-teo/tracking-our-past-present-and-future-the-straits-times-june-25-2011/10150214796702132">this</a>. After all, this cantankerous relic was Singapore's brave new world in the early 20th century. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have always been a believer of my secondary school's motto, "Rooted in Tradition, Equipped for the Future." We must track our past to find out about our roots and our purpose for everything we do. Then will we be able to set our goals and directions clearly. </span><br />
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</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Tanglin district used to extend itself into the backyard of Queenstown at Margaret Drive as the meandering road which led to Orchard would end off somewhere in Alexandra. The Keretapi Tanah Melayu trains, which commenced operations in 1903, would stop at several points in Queenstown, including Archipelago Brewery Company, hereby the name Tanglin Halt. It must be difficult to explain this to our future generations when the trains cease operations tonight and the tracks are removed. History and heritage have always been a second fiddle to the aspirations and dreams of the youths in their pursue of development and material. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Archived Stories about KTM Tracks in Queenstown:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=8362329454655832175&postID=7144746435563519912">Finding Our Roots... Tanglin Halt</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://myqueenstown.blogspot.com/2010/06/goodbye-ktm-tracks.html">When the story about the removal of KTM tracks first broke</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://myqueenstown.blogspot.com/2010/08/tonightmyqueenstown-10-date-with-mok.html">Ghost Trail Along KTM Tracks</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://myqueenstown.blogspot.com/2011/04/home-sweet-home-12-choo-choo-train-is.html">The Block next to KTM Tracks!</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://myqueenstown.blogspot.com/2010/03/railway-is-our-playground.html">We play at the KTM Tracks</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://myqueenstown.blogspot.com/2010/02/sri-muneeswaran-temple.html">From Muniady Shrine to Sri Muneeswaran Temple</a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Having running their business for over 30 years in the same market, the couple has more or less </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">gathered their fair share of loyal customers and has already become common faces among </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">market goers.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After a day of hectic work especially during weekend mornings, Mr Chen would close his stall </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">at around 2pm. However, work does not end there as the couple still has to visit their usual </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">supplies in Pasir Panjang and occasionally other smaller supplies around Singapore. They will be </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">shopping for quality stocks to top up their depleting ones, as well as new products in the local </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">market.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Chen explained that they have to shop regularly and purchase in small quantities because </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they need to ensure that the products are of high quality and far from their expiry dates when </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">they resell them.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Starting out as a dried goods supplier assistant at a very young age, Mr Chen knows the tricks </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and insights to the trade. Colour and texture of the dried goods can determine the quality of the </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">products and they are all secrets of the trade.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Duanwu Festival is believed to be originated from China. A number of explanatory myths are connected to its origins. The best known traditional story holds that the festival commemorates the death of a particular patriotic poet, Qu Yuan in ancient China. It was mentioned that the Qu Yuan was accused of treason for opposing his emperor's decision to collaborate with a foreign Qin state. His country was later conquered by Qin during his exile. In despair, he committed suicide by drowning himself in Miluo River on the fifth day of the fifth month in the lunar calendar. Local folks then threw dumplings into the river so that the fishes would not consume his body and paddled out on boats to scare the fishes away. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The folks arrived at the tiny pavilion located at the corner of Dundee Road at about 6am yesterday morning. They brought buckets of ingredients such as onion, glutinous rice, red bean past and meat fillings which they had prepared in the past two days. Some of them were lighting up the charcoal stove while the others were busy filling some 2,800 dumplings and tying them neatly into a pyramid shape. When the dumplings were ready, one of the helpers would lower the dumplings into boiling water. It takes about 3 hours to cook the dumplings.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">40 residents from low-income families were invited to the pavilion at about 6pm in the evening for a dumpling feast. Well, it is great to celebrate a meaningful traditional festival in this manner, knowing that someone in your community do care about your wellbeing. Of course, these dumplings look good and they are delicious.</span><br />
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</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362329454655832175.post-4573289905123197932011-05-31T20:07:00.002+08:002011-06-01T08:44:50.643+08:00新镇、老区各风采<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">大约五十多年前吧,当我仍系小学生时,女皇镇才刚从不怎么为人所知的乡村,以新镇(建于</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1952</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">年)的姿态,展现在新加坡沿一带。几年后,我已是个中学生了,著名的红砖厝十四楼即以本区、也是当年新加坡最高的建筑地标,耸天而立。即使它周围的几座七楼组屋,以及那排蓝玻璃组屋(因该几座组屋窗口皆装上蓝色玻璃而名),相较于其它区外和我的老家</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">–</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">方基山区,在当年,也都显得强势多了。该时候,由于我的好多个初中同学都住在十四楼附近的组屋区内,所以我很早就跟女皇镇结缘啦!反倒是后来,为帮父亲撑起那</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">灾余</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">建起的家,放弃了上大学的理想,提前到社会上去谋生,逐较少在女皇镇活动,却仍藕断丝连地,找时间回来逛逛往昔的街市</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">、店铺,看看曾经熟悉的住宅区有啥变化,顺道也寻访一些中学校友。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">迄至</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1980</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">年代初,机缘巧合地,我带着新婚不久的另一半,迁入了美岭街</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">150</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">号的一座租凭组屋的单位,先呆了三几年;直到</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1985</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">年,购置了史德林路大牌</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">170</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">的现址后,从此便定居下来,正式启动赤道风的出版工作。那时候,理想印刷出版有限公司还在,偶尔也能于寂静中听闻印刷机运作之声响。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">惟是,曾几何时,就如我的年岁日益增添那样,如今已经</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">59</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">高龄的女皇镇,也开始显现老太矣。不过还好,人老了,终究要入土为安,但屋子</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">老</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">啦,却可以破土重建。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">当下,好多曾经住过美岭街</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">、</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">史德林路的老友</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">、文人、墨客,搬走的搬走了、去世的去世了;几间电影院与百货公司,倒闭的倒闭,</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">换装</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">的</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">换装</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">’</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">;就连往昔曾经辉煌过的地标:十四楼,也已拆掉,让位给了更高、更新的未来建筑群。</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">据所知,一张务使女皇镇旧貌换新颜的建设蓝图,已然摆在有关方面的议事日程上,而多处女皇镇属区亦常能听见建筑工地之打桩音响。我想啊,再过三、五年的女皇镇,应有是</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">人事几番新</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">”</span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">啦!然则,兴许是岁数大了,喜欢怀旧,我总难忘怀过那些自在、悠闲的环境,惦念曾经一起欢聚,论辩的咖啡八儒,思忆以前充满浓郁、温馨气息的人间世事。</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="color: black; font-family: SimSun; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> ……<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: 'DejaVu Serif', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<div style="font-family: Arial, 宋体;">史德林路一组屋单位失火,三名邻居破门救人不果,屋内男子过后被发现烧死在睡房内。这起火灾命案发生在昨早11时30分,地点在女皇镇史德林路第48座组屋3楼的一房式单位。死者是49岁的黄福财,原本和年迈父母同住在事发的租赁单位,黄福财染上毒瘾后父母搬离,剩下他独自居住。据邻居透露,死者是嗜赌惯犯,上个月才坐牢出来。他也常向邻居借钱,表示要用来偿还水电费。</div><div style="font-family: Arial, 宋体;"> 在隔壁回教堂担任停车服务员的的李维尔(50岁)在早上约9时许,看见黄福财住家冒出黑烟,于是拨电通知民防,但以为是顽童玩火,过后就没有多加留意。随着失火单位冒出更多浓烟和火舌,还不断传出玻璃破裂的声响,惊动了附近居民,纷纷自行疏散。其中有三名邻居见义勇为冒着危险,企图冲入失火单位救人,但眼见火势太大,在灌救十分钟后只好放弃。</div><div style="font-family: Arial, 宋体;"> 其中一名试图救人的苏姓鱼贩(46岁)说,当时他帮忙到隔壁邻居家取水,递给另两个人救火,但火势太大,他们只好放弃。黄福财的大姐黄丽凤(54岁)受访时说,黄福财在六兄弟姐妹中排行第五,生性文静,但却在当兵后误入歧途,同家人开始疏远。黄丽凤说,70多岁的父母已经知道小弟去世的消息,非常伤心,目前只希望能完成小弟的遗愿,联络上离异多年的妻子,让一对子女能来送小弟最后一程。</div><div style="font-family: Arial, 宋体;"> 警方把这起案件列为“非自然死亡”性质处理,调查仍在进行中。</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362329454655832175.post-14936337140660062762011-05-23T20:44:00.001+08:002011-05-23T21:29:31.868+08:00EXCLUSIVE: Stirling Road Blaze Minute-By-Minute Guide<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Minutes seem like months for residents of Block 48 Stirling Road on Sunday, 22nd May 2011. Thick, black smoke billowing from the windows of #03-578 transformed the idyllic backyard of Queenstown into a battleground for the fire fighters of Alexandra Fire Station. There were desperate attempts to save the unconscious man from his apartment but to no avail. Frantic cries of "help" and "fire" startled the neighbouring followers from Masjid Mujahiddin. Let us unfold the drama of Stirling Road Blaze from first-hand interviews of 16 residents at Block 48 Stirling Road.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At 11.10am, Nor Haini's daughter and niece were playing at the corridor in the 3rd level. Ng Hock Chye, 49, the deceased, was seen loitering along the corridor and he was carrying a bag of "yellow stuff" which emitted strong and unbearable fumes. He was believed to be sniffing glue. Frightened at the sight of a fully tattooed and burly middle-aged man, the two young girls ran inside their apartment flat to notify the adults. When Nor Haini saw Mr Ng enter his rental flat, she reluctantly allowed the girls to continue playing at the corridor. </span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At about 11.25am, a stream of charcoal-black smoke began to emit from the windows at the kitchen of Mr Ng's flat. A Chinese lady (who declined to be named) at the 5th-storey alerted the whole block of rental residents with her boisterous voice by shouting "Fire, fire, fire." Her loud and clear voice prompted Nor Haini's sister-in-law to came out of her flat and saw that Mr Ng's unit was burning ferociously. Without hesitation, they called the police and fire fighters using their mobile phone and evacuated from their flat to the end of the corridor. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nor Haini's neighbour, an Indian man (who declined to be named), dashed out of his home and knocked onto the door of the burning flat. As the door was closed but not locked, he attempted to alert to occupant, that is, Mr Ng, to run for his life! However, Mr. Ng was deeply unconscious. He was deeply shocked and frightened. At this moment, the unforgiving flames were engulfing Mr. Ng's motionless body. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/boiderela/DSC03684.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/boiderela/DSC03684.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Victor Tjin, one of the heroes who attempted to douse the flames</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While residents from the block arrived at the grass patch in front of Block 48, Mr Victor Tjin, 53, the Indian man and two other brave residents of the block brought themselves with buckets of water to try and douse the ferocious flames. Nor Haini assisted the brave men by filling the buckets with water from her apartment (which was two apartments away from Mr. Ng's). </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crackles and sparkles were heard in Mr. Ng's unit. Fearing for an impending explosion, the brave men had decided to leave the firefighting to the Civil Defence team who arrived at about 11.45am. The fire was put out within 10 minutes.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MyQueenstown Team had returned to the site of the accident today and were greeted with an unpleasant odour which appeared to have diffused to the nearby schools and blocks. The apartment was charcoal black and everything seemed to be engulfed in the flames.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/boiderela/DSC03682.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/boiderela/DSC03682.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Notification from Town Council</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Residents have appealed to our team to request the Town Council to do maintenance checks at the building again. When contacted, Joe from Tanjong Pagar Town Council would like to inform residents that utilities supplies at most of the units have been restored and further maintenance checks will be conducted tomorrow. Repainting will be done after the insurers have assessed the damages. The SCDF has also removed all flammable items from the affected unit.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/boiderela/DSC03687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" src="http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b25/boiderela/DSC03687.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All that was left in the flat was this bicycle which Mr. Ng rode on frequently</span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">According to the national reports, residents were alerted to the thick dark smoke billowing out of Mr Ng's unit and fled their homes. Some of the residents in the block hurriedly filled buckets of water to try douse the flames.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From a telephone interview with Mr. Andy Tan, a resident in Stirling Road, the blaze was so huge that many residents have fled to the grass patch in front of the rental block. The deceased, Mr. Ng Hock Chye, had regularly asked for public assistance and he had trouble with the law for his drug offences. He leaves behind his ex-wife and two children.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Peek into the minute-by-minute guide of the Blaze<br />
<a href="http://myqueenstown.blogspot.com/2011/05/exclusive-stirling-road-blaze-minute-by.html">http://myqueenstown.blogspot.com/2011/05/exclusive-stirling-road-blaze-minute-by.html </a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362329454655832175.post-61101890808294227472011-05-22T20:48:00.000+08:002011-05-22T20:48:54.463+08:00Random Thoughts @ MyQueenstown #9 - 7 Funerals in 2 weeks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7 funerals in 2 weeks. There is a flurry of "activity" these two weeks for correspondents from My Queenstown. We did not leave our traces in photographs as a mark of respect for the deceased. We did leave our sincere prayers and heartfelt condolences for those present. Quietly and fleetingly, we made our way to some of the funerals and understood that all of them had passed away because of natural causes.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What that caught everyone's attention was probably the unfortunate suicide at Buona Vista last week. A 26-year old Indian national was fatally hit by a KTM train at about 1.15pm last Wednesday. His dead body was found at the glass verge next to the railway tracks near Block 12A near Buona Vista MRT Station. According to national reports, he was a cheerful and well-liked student at a private university in Alexandra.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><img src="http://static.stomp.com.sg/site/servlet/linkableblob/stomp/629564/data/corpse4jpg1305096932690-data.jpg" /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Photo from Stomp.com.sg</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is not the first time My Queenstown had reported incidents of suicides over the past 2 years.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Is committing suicide really that easy?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr XXX (in his 70s) has been residing at Stirling Road for the past 36 years. He has 4 grown up children who provides him with financial support regularly. He lives alone as his wife of over 50 years has passed away in recent years. Every morning, Mr XXX will visit the Mei Chin market for breakfast and stroll around the "SkyPark" at Mei Ling Heights to keep fit and pass his time. He does not wish to visit the Befrienders at around the corner because he considers himself as "unsocialble." Life, to him, is boring. There are many occasions when he feels lonely because he has no one to approach. He says in Hokkien, "<b>I would have committed suicide if I did not have phobia for pain</b>.<b> It is painful to live alone and it is tiring to be lonely.</b>"</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>MyQueenstown Team has regularly visited Mr XXX</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><br />
</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A friend of a correspondent in MyQueenstown Team has committed suicide last year. He scored a GPA of 4.2 in his university examinations but he felt he could have done better. He commented, "I'm stupid." A week later, he had committed suicide.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Suicide ratio for Singapore= Male:Female 10:1</i></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Perhaps death appears the only way out for these depressed and lonely people. It is worrying to see Singaporeans sending out "hate" messages to the family of the Indian youth instead of showing some care and concern to our loved ones. We, Singaporeans, pursue a materialistic and self-indulgent lifestyle which revolves around "me, myself and I." Selfishly, most of us can't even bother to ask for the wellbeing of our families and friends. Like many others, I used to blame those who committed suicide for being "mentally weak." More often than not, we failed as pillars of support for loved ones. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let us all take a step back and stop being egoistic. Let us show our concern in one way or another from today onwards.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362329454655832175.post-331014206362640772011-05-19T22:06:00.000+08:002011-05-19T22:06:03.493+08:00女皇镇1周新闻快讯 - 第二十二期<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 20px;">为了鼓励更多女皇镇的青少年阅读华文新闻,《我爱女皇镇》将推出全新单元 《女皇镇1周新闻快讯》,把这个星期观于女皇镇的主要新闻简略的描述。</span></span></strong></span><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "DejaVu Serif","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">For the past 42 years, Mdm Ker Ah Kin, 64, and her husband have been mending the unimpressionable Long Hwee Book Store at Mei Ling Street diligently. They sell bags, shoes, cassette tapes in addition to their wide collection of Chinese novels and literatures. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "DejaVu Serif","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "DejaVu Serif","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Married in 1969, Mdm Ker and her husband had initially rented a small space at Beauty World Shopping Centre for their book store. They bought over the shop house at Mei Ling and started their ‘small business’. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "DejaVu Serif","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "DejaVu Serif","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The township in Mei Ling blossomed and business at Long Hwee was brisk as the book store served a growing number of students in Queenstown. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "DejaVu Serif","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Mdm Ker’s greatest satisfaction in life was her ability to support her family and bring up her 4 children with the book store. She was delighted to make bosom friends who came back to visit her although they had moved out of Queenstown.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "DejaVu Serif","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 115%;">在马格烈通道,每到星期四早晨就有一个不同寻常的“观鸟会。”据说养鸟可以使居民的心灵得以松弛。</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ZH-CN" style="font-family: SimSun; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">The industrialisation programme took off in Queenstown when the Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate was established to generate employment in the neighbourhood. Initially, the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) planned a small industrial estate at Tanglin Halt to provide employment for the new residents. Measuring some 20 acres of land consisting of 38 factories lots for cottage industries, Tanglin Halt was chosen for its proximity to the railway tracks. Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate quickly established itself as one of the key driving forces in Singapore’ industrialisation programme in the early 1960s.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">In its heydays during the 1960s to mid 1980s, Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate was home to a smorgasbord of factories. Chocolate-making factories such as Van Houten and Sheng Huo; Electronic industries such as Setron and Roxy; textile factories and merchantile house such as Sime Dary were some of the big names filling the lots and providing employment.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br />
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</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-themecolor: text1;">One of the more memorable factories was Setron (Singapore Electronics). Before it was demolished in the 1980s, the unique roof dominated the corner of Commonwealth Avenue and Commonwealth Drive, where Haw Par now stands, and served as a navigational landmark for vehicles entering Tanglin Halt. Singapore’s first black-and-white television set was rolled out of Setron’s assembly line in 1964.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362329454655832175.post-60844713107566444312011-05-10T22:02:00.000+08:002011-05-10T22:02:02.464+08:00女皇镇1周新闻快讯 - 第二十一期<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 20px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; border-collapse: collapse; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 18px;">为了鼓励更多女皇镇的青少年阅读华文新闻,《我爱女皇镇》将推出全新单元 《女皇镇1周新闻快讯》,把这个星期观于女皇镇的主要新闻简略的描述。</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After arriving at Tanglin Halt Wet Market at around 2am in the wee hours, they use a trolley to unload these "basket-loads" of vegetables and place them at a corner next to their vegetable stall. The tough work begins here. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At around 11am or 12pm (depending on the business), Kumari and Devi will call it a day. After disposing the trash and leftovers, they will use high-pressured water to wash the floor and ensure the cleanliness of the stall. Hygiene is indeed very important. After which, they will go for lunch before resting at around 4pm</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MyQueenstown Team were rather surprised that a young girl like Kumari will choose to help her mother at the stall. She explains in remorse that she did not do well in her studies and she intends to help her mother at the stall. Little did residents know that both Kumari and Devi come from India. We understand that Devi worked as a farmer in India. "Life is tough, and I hope to lead a better life here."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>"Leading a better life" - isn't what all of us have wished for?</i></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362329454655832175.post-37281911547644265542011-05-06T07:16:00.000+08:002011-05-06T07:16:15.356+08:00Man Knocked By Incoming KTM Train at Tanglin Halt<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For 3.5 years, Mr Ken Ang, 40 has been taking the short cut behind Block 79 at Tanglin Halt to get to his workplace at Biopolis. This short cut requires residents and friends to walk across a dirt muddy path created by thousands of footsteps through the years, walking across the railway tracks used by the Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) trains. Unfortunately, tragedy struck yesterday morning when he was knocked by an incoming train at 7.35am. Mr Ang's motionless body was found beside the tracks and he was pronounced dead soon after at 7.50am.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-themecolor: text1;">The Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT) set aside </span></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-themecolor: text1;">seven sites for religious use and advertised for religious organisations to ballot in the 1950s. Of the ten enquiries received, four withdrew, leaving six Christian organisations. These went on to build the first churches of Queenstown; Queenstown Baptist Church, Queenstown Lutheran Church, Faith Methodist Church, Church of the Blessed Sacrament, True Way Presbyterian Church and Church of the Good Shepherd.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwn4S-V5L2tEro3vvfDKxvVLxfZnZmvCQncnVU-mQ65tNJVe3x13IqlenCOVUjY_9RiPY4TgFIypQvA5PImwfCYYki_tqC33IvMTjPbjwyQzQV0y_b1gamIupIRY4sUKykU0wq03S9V2Bl/s1600/Queenstown+Baptist+Church.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="209" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwn4S-V5L2tEro3vvfDKxvVLxfZnZmvCQncnVU-mQ65tNJVe3x13IqlenCOVUjY_9RiPY4TgFIypQvA5PImwfCYYki_tqC33IvMTjPbjwyQzQV0y_b1gamIupIRY4sUKykU0wq03S9V2Bl/s320/Queenstown+Baptist+Church.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: left;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-themecolor: text1;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Sans Unicode"; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br />
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就一通电话、一个会晤,还有选举官的肯定,让谢世儒医生在短短的22小时之内当上丹戎巴葛集选区议员。他说:“如果说不感到意外,是在撒谎。但这也不是出乎意料的,行动党一直嘱咐我,要随时做好(临时上阵)的心理准备。”<br />
新加坡中央医院骨科外科医生谢世儒昨天透露,他是在前天接到没有显示号码的几通电话,但当时因为在手术室动手术,无法接听。大约下午2时之后电话再响,是教育部长黄永宏医生传话要和他会面。“他告诉我身为候选人应该要有什么样的表现,要我亲口说我准备好了,然后就直接去见基层和选民了。”<br />
丹戎巴葛集选区行动党女皇镇支部秘书麦智泉(53岁,房地产经纪)向本报透露,他前天下午先接到陈振声的电话,问他当晚是否有空,和马炎庆一起出来谈话,谈话内容由马炎庆来透露。“我们就约在某家酒店。晚上8时30分到了停车场,就看到马炎庆、陈振声和谢世儒,当时心里有数了。”麦智泉表示,马炎庆说谢世儒将接替他在女皇镇的职务时,自己感到有点不舍和难过。<br />
他在昨天早上8时,和马炎庆一起见了女皇镇区基层,把临阵换人的消息告诉正准备到提名站的支持者。提名活动在昨天中午结束时,他已自动当选为新议员。马炎庆受询时说,自己是在前天傍晚得知自己被调到淡滨尼集选区,党这个突如其来的决定让他感到“有点惊讶”。他对于必须离开已服务了五年的女皇镇居民表示难过,不过能够加入淡滨尼团队也让他感到荣幸。<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">He is a "back-up" candidate from the ruling party and is not their first choice. So how will a second choice candidate be "good" for Queenstown? If he is that "good", why is he not selected in the first place? Without political competition, there is no way residents and volunteers will know how "good" he is!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The worries and concerns as well as the long history and heritage of Queenstown are well documented here. MyQueenstown Team would like to credit the previous leader for the changes and response to the civic requests in this platform and we strive to strengthen this approach for as long as possible. Is the previous leader willing to "show the ropes" to this greenhorn politician?</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Resident, Tan Wee Loong, 28, was interviewed by MyQueenstown Team this afternoon and expressed his disappointment at the political development here. He said, "Who is the new guy? I don't know him. He don't know me. He don't know the area well."</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MyQueenstown Team is apprehensive and wary, though this community leader may eventually become a bright spark. At this stand point, the future may not bode too well for Queenstown and the residents here. Let us pray hard that he is a dynamic, sincere and caring leader. Otherwise, Queenstown is going to be a disconnected community with no historical roots, no civic spirit and no aspirations for the future.</span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8362329454655832175.post-83273314333442117152011-04-27T01:56:00.005+08:002011-04-27T14:04:06.031+08:00MyQueenstown Votes #7 - Surprises at Nomination Day!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Queenstown residents can expect a brand new candidate put forth by the ruling party tomorrow. At 10pm last night, MyQueenstown Team understood that the current community leader, Baey Yam Keng, will be leaving Queeenstown to campaign in Tampines GRC according to reliable sources within Queenstown. It is confirmed that he will be replacing another candidate who had pulled out of the election campaign. The new candidate, Dr Chia Shi Lu, has not been introduced to the mainstream media so far.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Being a new candidate, older residents in Queenstown may have to spend a little while to acclimatise to his or her new ideas and practices if he is elected unopposed. Grassroots activists and business associations in Queenstown have collectively expressed their disappointment over the sudden and "last minute" decision, believing that residents should be given a longer period of time to understand and scrutinise the candidate. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, supporters from the opposition camp is mulling over a bid in Tanjong Pagar GRC. MyQueenstown Team is informed that an opposition team wearing yellow is trying to raise the required sum to contest in the election later. Another veteran opposition team led by Ng Teck Siong is soliciting funds online to contest in the election. Sources have indicated that he has successfully raised the amount required for the election last night. However, he missed the deadline for nomination and was disqualified.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At 12.45pm, it was confirmed that Tanjong Pagar GRC and Queenstown is a walkover.</span><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hisham is delighted by his new apartment as there was a pleasant shift in his living environment, which was worn down in its terminating stages. In addition to the larger dimensions, Hisham exclaimed that he did not have to top up any extra cash for his new house! He upgraded from a 3 room flat to a 4 room. Even the process of changing houses was hassle free. He liked the way HDB handled the shift and he only had to visit the main office 2 to 3 times over the entire process.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new blocks of flats has many facilities such as playgrounds, fitness stations and Hisham's favorite sheltered pavilion to chit chat with neighbors during the evenings. There are wheelchair accessible slopes all around and the lift serves every level, unlike his old flat which does not. </span><br />
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hisham sold his flat back to the authorities for a lump sum amount of cash, while he bought his new one with his CPF. He is very satisfied with the exchange and now has a sum of money for his mother's retirement. While not willing to depend on the sum of money as pension for himself, the licensed tourist guide works part time and enjoys it thoroughly.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While strolling with Hisham on the ground level during the interview, we noticed that he knows almost every resident who walks past. Hisham believes in the 'Kampong spirit' which he fights to preserve, by taking the initiative to greet his neighbors. He even go as far as to visit a sick neighbor when he did not appear in a while for chit chat sessions. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In a final note, Hisham believes that a home should be one which he feels happy and find peace in. </span><br />
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