Saturday, January 10, 2009

A 90-min trip at Kampong Buangkok

After I read an article published in TOC, i decided to pay a visit to Kampong Buangkok on 10 Jan 09' to have a last glimpse, the first and could be the last, I afraid. I hope the article is wrong, that our last kampong at Buangkok could be demolished, based on Master Plan 2009.

Surprisingly, what I thought would be a lonely trip turned out to be 6! I guessed I've convinced some of them, when I say it's unlike you want to catch a movie, but no longer shown but can still buy or rent the CDs.

When we reached there, we were surprised to see at least one wooden house is in renovating. I started to wonder if the owner knows that this kampong might be flatten soon, or the article is wrong..Btw, if Kampong Buangkok is to be retained, I hope it won't becomes another "Chinatown".

Sometimes, I'm thinking I would rather STB staffs (Singapore Tourist Board) sit and do nothing and that will be their biggest contribution - to preserve our historic sites and buildings. The more busy they are, the more we got to worry about.

Renovating






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6 comments:

Lilian is ... said...

this place is right behind my house. i love their spirit :)

Vincent Sear said...

The Vietnamese T-shirt is interesting, can convert to WP T-shirt by replacing the Vietnamese star with the WP hammer.

Anonymous said...

Wai Leng did bring WP T-shirt for group photo. See the pic. But it looks a bit funny.

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