WUJ Malay Kampung & Chek Jawa Heritage Tour
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Updated: Jan 17th, 2020 06:52 PM Hi all; and considering that this is the first post of 2020 on WUJ, a very Happy New Year to you! I came across this Facebook article by Ria Tan from WildSingapore which reminded me of the constant vulnerability that Pulau Ubin faces when it comes to redevelopment in an ever rapidly-modernising Singapore. Photo courtesy of Ria Tan As highlighted in her post, among the more notable features conceptualised in Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) Master Plan 2030 include a road link from Punggol which cuts across Ubin and into Pulau Tekong, before circling back into the mainland at Changi East as well as the reclamation along the eastern shores of Ubin, which would potentially bury Pulau Sekudu and the entire Chek Jawa Wetland Reserve. Her other concerns raised include the reclamation along Pasir Ris and Changi shores. However, the proposal for a "Pan-Ubin" road link and reclamation along the eastern shorelines of Ubin ...
Hi All! For today's post, I would like to share with you my thoughts on kampong architecture - particularly that of my late grandparents' house; 818K, Kampong Surau. I continue to be astonished as to how kampong houses were built; even more so knowing that the entire house was built from scratch and were assembled and designed by the owner themselves. My late grandfather built his house from the ground up, along with the help of other villagers, and he too came up with the overall look and function of the house. He was not an architect; or at least coined as one in today's day and age. Any architect would have had a blueprint in hand but back then, many kampong house builders - just like my late grandfather and the generations before him - would build their houses with just the power of visualisation and estimated calculations and measurements. Let me bring you through the different parts of the house that really made me marvel on my late grandfather's cre...
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