https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg Getting to know you - Singapore... your past en-us 2022-12-15 05:46:49 UTC 2023-01-24 19:57:57 UTC hello@padlet.com loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421451282 https://www.roots.gov.sg/places/places-landing/trails/tiong-bahru-heritage-trail]]> 2022-12-15 05:49:44 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421451282 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421452155 Link to Resource Guide
https://www.roots.gov.sg/-/media/Roots/Files/tiong-bahru-heritage-trail/tiong-bahru-ht-booklet-updated19July2022.ashx?la=en]]> 2022-12-15 05:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421452155 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421456026 Not covered in this trail:
03 Grave of Tan Tock Seng
04 The Outram Precinct]]> 2022-12-15 05:57:44 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421456026 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421650680 Ended the trail at Havelock MRT station]]> 2022-12-15 10:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421650680 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421650969 ... which is the "borderline" of Tiong Bahru]]> 2022-12-15 10:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421650969 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421770067 Started the trail from Tiong Bahru MRT station. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421770067 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421772836 See Boon Tiong (1807–1888) was born in Malacca and lived in Singapore between 1825 and 1848. He was a wealthy merchant, tapioca planter and a close friend of the Scottish trader Alexander Laurie Johnston (1783–1850), after whom the former Johnston’s Pier was named. He was also involved in mining in Pahang, Trengganu, Kelantan, Patani and Singora. See is best remembered as one of the principal founders of the Keng Teck Huay, a Hokkien Peranakan association established at Telok Ayer Street in 1831.

]]> 2022-12-15 12:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421772836 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421773787 Tan Chay Yan (1871–1916) was a rubber industry pioneer. Born in Malacca, he was the eldest son of Tan Teck Guan, and a grandson of Tan Tock Seng. Tan’s family was wealthy, owning large tracts of land, and operating trading companies and plantations growing mostly tapioca. After completing his secondary education at the Malacca High School, Tan went to England to further his studies and there met Henry Nicholas Ridley (1855–1856), who later became Director of the Botanic Gardens in Singapore and a champion of the Malayan rubber industry. With encouragement from his friend Dr Lim Boon Keng (1869–1957), Tan obtained nine rubber seedlings from Ridley in 1895 and planted them on a 43-acre site at Bukit Lintang near Malacca – this was the first Malayan rubber plantation. Tan was also active in public affairs, serving as a member of the Malacca Municipal Council and as a committee member of the Singapore Straits Chinese British Association. The original Chay Yan Street has been replaced by the construction of Seng Poh Road Market and the current location of Chay Yan Street was designated in the 1950s. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:35:09 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421773787 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421774544 Koh Eng Hoon (1823–1880) was a Malacca-born merchant, the son of Koh Kee Oot and grandson of Koh Teck Hin. The Koh family had settled in Malacca for almost two centuries. Koh Eng Hoon came to Singapore in 1840, aged 17, in search of new opportunities and started work as a shop assistant at Boustead & Company. He was later promoted to cashier but after five years with the firm, he left to establish his own company, the Benefit Society. He had large dealings with the Bugis traders and also acted as a commission agent. When he died in 1880, he left behind many properties in Singapore and Malacca. Unfortunately, his sons, San Tee and San Chun, were less capable than their father and by 1891, Chop Soon Bee, the company he founded, was bankrupt. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421774544 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421774884 See Eng Watt (1826–1884) was a Malacca-born merchant, second son of See Hood Kee. He was admitted to his father’s partnership of Boon Tiong and Co in 1846. The younger See founded Eng Wat, Moh Guan & Bros Co in 1859 with ships plying between Singapore and Xiamen. He was a Chinese pioneer in the shipping line. He was also one of the founders of a Chinese free school known as Chui Eng Si E in Amoy Street. A Hokkien community leader, he died in 1884. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421774884 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421776550 Seah Eu Chin (1805–1883) was a China-born Teochew businessman who came to Singa- pore in 1823. He established a mercantile business and owned a large gambier plantation that stretched from Irwell Bank Road (off River Valley Road) to Bukit Timah Road and Thomson Road. A member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce and a Justice of the Peace, Seah founded the Ngee Ann Kongsi along with 30 other community leaders in 1830. Seah was one of the wealthiest Chinese merchants of his time. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:38:09 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421776550 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421779107 So Guan Chuan was a member of the first committee of the Singapore Chamber of Commerce formed in February 1837. He was also a founding member of the Keng Teck Huay, and he contributed generously to the building funds for the construction of the Thian Hock Keng Temple in Telok Ayer Street and even served as the Temple’s general manager in the 1840s. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421779107 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421780432 Lee Keng Kiat (1851–1917) was born in Ma- lacca and was the son of Lee Quee Lim. He was educated in Penang and came to Singapore after graduation to work, joining the Straits Steamship Co as a sub-Manager. He contributed much to the Straits-born Chinese community. Lee Keng Kiat had two sons: Lee Chin Tuan and Lee Chin Huk. Lee established a steamship business in the 1870s but it went bust in the 1890s. He was a cousin of Lee Choon Guan. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:42:08 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421780432 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421781248 Kim Cheng Street was formerly named Kim Ching Street, in honour of Tan Kim Ching (1829–1892). Tan was the eldest son of pioneering businessman, Tan Tock Seng. Born with a keen business mind which was sharpened by working with his father, Tan started Chop Chin Seng which dealt with rice. He owned rice mills as far as Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and Siam (Thailand). Tan was also instrumental in establishing the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company, and moved into shipping as well. After his father died, he inherited the mantle as leader of Singapore’s Chinese community. In 1865, he was made Justice of the Peace, and in 1888, became a Municipal Commissioner. He co-founded the Tan Si Chong Su Temple at Magazine Road with Tan Beng Swee in 1878. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421781248 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421781764 Low Kim Pong (1837–1909) was born in Fujian, China and came to Singapore in 1858. He started a small medical shop, Chop Ban San and later Chop Hock Nam, which eventually became one of the largest Chinese medical halls. He also dealt in private banking. Committed to social services, he was a member of the Chinese Advisory Board, the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce and the Royal Society of Arts. Among other things, Low helped establish the Siong Lim Temple (now a national monument) in Kim Keat Road in 1902. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421781764 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421782310 Tan Kim Tian was a Baba from Malacca. He started life as a comprador or local intermediary in the European firm of Paterson Simons & Company, and later went into business on his own, establishing Tan Kim Tian and Son Steam- ship Company, the first local Chinese shipping company to build and buy steamships. Capitalising on the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869, Tan and his son, Beng Wan, set up the company in 1871 and made a fortune. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:44:17 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421782310 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421783119 Lim Liak (alias Lim Leack) was a tin miner, tapioca planter and ship owner in the 1850s. Lim Liak Street was named in 1941 on completion of the Tiong Bahru housing estate. The street did not originally appear on the master plan for Tiong Bahru. Lim was the proprietor of Leack, Chin Seng and Co and Chop Hiap Chin. He came from China to Malaya in 1825. He started his business in tin-mining and later moved to Singapore and started his shipping business. A public spirited man, he was much respected in the Chinese community. He died at the age of 71. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:45:10 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421783119 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421783636 See Moh Guan (d. 1879) was born in Malacca and was the fourth son of See Hood Kee. He was in the pepper and gambier business. In 1879, he assumed chairmanship of the Tiong Bahru Heng San Teng temple, taking over from his father who had passed away that year. Moh Guan Terrace is named after him. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:45:46 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421783636 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421784130 Lim Peng Nguan (1833–1879) was one of the earliest gambier and pepper planters in Singapore. He married Teo Choon Lian, daughter of a famous businessman and community leader, Teo Lee. His son, Lim Nee Soon (1879-1936) became one of the most important rubber and pineapple tycoons in Singapore as well as a major philanthropist. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421784130 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421784470 Khoo Tiong Poh (1830–1892) was a Hokkien merchant who came to Singapore aged 22 from China. His first business venture was Chop Tiong Ho. In 1874, he set up Bun Hin & Co and went into the shipping business and was also engaged in the ship chandlery business under Ann Bee & Co. In 1888, he obtained a Manchu title conferred by the Emperor of China as an expression of political and economic affiliation. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:46:41 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421784470 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421784996 Tan Seng Poh (1830–1879) was a Teochew merchant who was born in Perak. His father, Tan Ah Hun, was from Zhaonan and became the wealthy Kapitan China of Perak. His eldest and second sisters married Seah Eu Chin with whom he had close business ties. Tan later became the head of an opium farm and part of the Great Opium Syndicate alongside tycoons Cheang Hong Lim (1841–1893) and Tan Yeok Nee (1827–1902)). He was made a Justice of the Peace and Honorary Magistrate in 1872. He lived in a huge mansion he built in what is now Loke Yew Street. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:47:14 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421784996 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421786067 Sit Wah Road is named after well-known local contractor Sit Wah or See Wah (of Chop See Wah fame). ]]> 2022-12-15 12:48:24 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421786067 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421786570 Tan Yong Siak (1835–1914) was a Teochew merchant and contemporary of Seah Liang Seah (1850-1925). Born in Zhao’an, China, in 1835, he came to Singapore at a young age. He first worked as an apprentice before becoming manager of Chop Ban Seng. In 1863, he founded Chop Yong Hak Seng at 49 Circular Road and Ban Seng Soon at 71 Boat Quay in 1879, both dealing in Siamese rice, rattan and rubber. He was a founding member of The Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce. He was a charitable man and a highly-respected arbitrator. ]]> 2022-12-15 12:48:53 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421786570 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421799543 2022-12-15 13:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421799543 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421808230 See Hood Kee (1793–1847) was the most important Hokkien Peranakan leader at that time, and the wealthiest Hokkien leader in Singapore. Many roads in Tiong Bahru are named after members of See’s family and other notable Chinese businessmen.

Text Source: NHB Tiong Bahru Heritage Trail Guidebook]]> 2022-12-15 13:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421808230 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421814537 2022-12-15 13:17:18 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421814537 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421814992 2022-12-15 13:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421814992 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421815861 2022-12-15 13:18:29 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421815861 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421816129 By Sarawak-born sculptor Lim Nang Seng (1916–1987)]]> 2022-12-15 13:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421816129 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421816411 2022-12-15 13:19:02 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421816411 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421816765 2022-12-15 13:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421816765 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421821032  In July 1948, Lau Yew Hock, a prominent member of the Tiong Bahru community and Secretary of the Singapore Chinese Importers and Exporters Association, proposed the establishment of a community centre. ]]> 2022-12-15 13:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421821032 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421821529 The original building was gone...]]> 2022-12-15 13:23:28 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421821529 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421827849 In July 1951, a community centre building was established at Eu Chin Street at the cost of $20,000 and was officially opened by Duncan Robertson on 8 July 1951

Text Source: NHB Tiong Bahru Heritage Trail Guidebook]]> 2022-12-15 13:29:03 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421827849 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421829601 The Tiong Bahru Qi Tian Gong (齐天 宫), more popularly known as the Tiong Bahru Monkey God Temple, was founded in 1920 in a small attap hut located within a taro garden just across Eng Hoon Street. It moved to its current location in 1938 ]]> 2022-12-15 13:30:28 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421829601 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421830201 2022-12-15 13:31:02 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421830201 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421830815 2022-12-15 13:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421830815 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421831301 2022-12-15 13:32:02 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421831301 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421832031 2022-12-15 13:32:40 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421832031 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421832852 2022-12-15 13:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421832852 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421833209 2022-12-15 13:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421833209 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421833769 2022-12-15 13:33:59 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421833769 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421834254 2022-12-15 13:34:21 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421834254 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421834796 The Christmas tree is where the "Hu Lu Temple" was]]> 2022-12-15 13:34:46 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2421834796 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422363059 2022-12-15 21:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422363059 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422370379 Facing junction of Seng Poh Road and Lim Liak Street]]> 2022-12-15 21:37:12 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422370379 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422370715 2022-12-15 21:37:49 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422370715 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422371042 2022-12-15 21:38:26 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422371042 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422371762 Facing Seng Poh Street]]> 2022-12-15 21:39:49 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422371762 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422373679 2022-12-15 21:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422373679 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422374504 2022-12-15 21:44:42 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422374504 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422375369 2022-12-15 21:46:26 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422375369 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422375821 2022-12-15 21:47:08 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422375821 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422376269 2022-12-15 21:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422376269 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422376645 2022-12-15 21:48:29 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422376645 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422377138 2022-12-15 21:49:15 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422377138 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422377813 2022-12-15 21:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422377813 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422378130 2022-12-15 21:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422378130 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422378481 2022-12-15 21:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422378481 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422379044 2022-12-15 21:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422379044 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422382738 The design of these post-war flats in Tiong Bahru was done by SIT’s Senior Architect Lincoln Page and Robert FN Kan, the first locally-born person to be appointed assistant architect and town planner in SIT. Page and Kan favoured the International Style of design which was inspired by mechanical simplicity and structure. One important characteristic of the International Style is the use of boxes to carve out the interior space of the building. Lines are clean and simple, giving the building a modern yet functional look.

The International Style emerged in the 1920s as a reaction against historicism (a theory that each period of history has its own unique beliefs and values and can only be understood in its historical context) and the ostentatious decorative aspects of the Art Deco movement.

Page and Kan avoided a completely boxed design for these blocks by infusing the external staircases with luscious curved landings and round portholes, reminiscent of the older flats in the estate.

Text Source: NHB Tiong Bahru Heritage Trail Guidebook]]> 2022-12-15 21:59:03 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422382738 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422384808 2022-12-15 22:03:04 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422384808 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422387287 2022-12-15 22:07:55 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422387287 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422387651 Along Tiong Bahru Road]]> 2022-12-15 22:08:34 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422387651 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422388030 with a bridge linking 2 buildings across a road]]> 2022-12-15 22:09:19 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422388030 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422388348 2022-12-15 22:09:49 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422388348 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422389799 2022-12-15 22:12:40 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422389799 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422390215 2022-12-15 22:13:33 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422390215 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422392741 The "continuity" is more noticeable from the carpark]]> 2022-12-15 22:18:42 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422392741 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422393107 its back... from the carpark]]> 2022-12-15 22:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422393107 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422393400 The back... notice the 2 different designs of the back staircase? ]]> 2022-12-15 22:19:50 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422393400 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422394111 around the corner]]> 2022-12-15 22:21:24 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422394111 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422394911 along the cooridor]]> 2022-12-15 22:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422394911 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422396615 a Christmas tree in the park in front of the horseshoe block (background)]]> 2022-12-15 22:26:34 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422396615 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422397320 The park in front of the horseshoe block]]> 2022-12-15 22:28:14 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422397320 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422398629 These distinctive curved ‘horse-shoe’ shaped flats at Moh Guan Terrace and Guan Chuan Street were built between 1939 and 1940. Block 78 is the largest block of flats in Tiong Bahru and is unique for two reasons.

First, this single block of flats actually straddles both Moh Guan Terrace and Guan Chuan Street; and second, the section on Guan Chuan Street features a purpose-built air raid shelter, the first to be included in a public housing project.


]]> 2022-12-15 22:31:20 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422398629 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422399906 2022-12-15 22:34:16 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422399906 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422400228 2022-12-15 22:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422400228 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422403920 Right opposite the current bird corner. This was the original site of the bird corner.]]> 2022-12-15 22:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422403920 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422408185 2022-12-15 22:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422408185 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422408890 2022-12-15 22:54:38 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422408890 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422409236 2022-12-15 22:55:30 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422409236 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422409549 2022-12-15 22:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422409549 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422410402 2022-12-15 22:58:25 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422410402 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422410628 2022-12-15 22:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422410628 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422410830 The entire block]]> 2022-12-15 22:59:30 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422410830 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422411098 2022-12-15 22:59:57 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422411098 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422417437 right outside the community centre]]> 2022-12-15 23:14:09 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422417437 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422417689 2022-12-15 23:14:49 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422417689 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422418486 2022-12-15 23:16:45 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422418486 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422418946 Blocks 81 and 82 along Tiong Poh Road were known to early residents as ‘aeroplane flats’ because they appeared, from a distance, like the wings of an airplane. ]]> 2022-12-15 23:17:55 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422418946 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422421280 2022-12-15 23:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422421280 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422423896 2022-12-15 23:29:34 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422423896 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422424930 2022-12-15 23:31:05 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422424930 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422425159 2022-12-15 23:31:35 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422425159 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422425415 2022-12-15 23:32:12 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422425415 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422426958 Architect Alfred G. Church was entrusted with the design of Tiong Bahru between 1936 and 1941. His pre-war designs were a modified form of a style called Streamline Moderne, which was a late development of the Art Deco movement. Inspired largely by technology and the speed of modern travel, buildings were designed to look like automobiles, trains, ocean liners and aeroplanes, complete with the sweeping, streamlined and aerodynamic lines that were so characteristic of these forms of transport ]]> 2022-12-15 23:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422426958 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422429175 2022-12-15 23:40:02 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422429175 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422429633 2022-12-15 23:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422429633 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422429928 2022-12-15 23:41:28 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422429928 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422432360 Read more to find out what qualifies to be a heritage tree in Singapore
https://www.nparks.gov.sg/gardens-parks-and-nature/heritage-trees]]> 2022-12-15 23:46:39 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422432360 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422432926 2022-12-15 23:47:51 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422432926 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422433949 2022-12-15 23:49:58 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422433949 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422434324 https://spd.org.sg/
SPD: Serving People with Disabilities]]> 2022-12-15 23:50:44 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422434324 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422436356 2022-12-15 23:55:07 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422436356 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422441722 Another unique design feature of Tiong Bahru’s flats is the use of brick work on some of the balconies. These fair-faced (unpainted) facing bricks are laid out in pleasing patterns of darker and lighter bricks. Can be found blocks 57, 82 and 76.

Text Source: NHB Tiong Bahru Heritage Trail Guidebook]]> 2022-12-16 00:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422441722 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422445105 Refer to p50 of the NHB Tiong Bahru Heritage Trail Guidebook for a list of famous stalls in the food centre and outside the food centre (around Tiong Bahru.]]> 2022-12-16 00:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422445105 loh_kwai_yin https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422464950 2022-12-16 00:39:37 UTC https://padlet.com/loh_kwai_yin/ba5teq6p839yqsfg/wish/2422464950