Look how close we were to the sea then! Here’s an aerial view of Pasir Panjang before the land reclamation for the container port, and before the West Coast highway was built. Moving ahead, the Greater Southern Waterfront, which includes Pasir Panjang,...
Long-time residents of Pasir Panjang will have no difficulty recognising this building. Pictured below is The Village Centre in Feb 2009, along South Buona Vista Road, and where Viva Vista now sits. Many will remember frequenting the Cold Storage supermarket...
Have you ever noticed a lighthouse-like structure while walking along the Mapletree Business City here in Pasir Panjang, or perhaps while driving out of the ARC parking lot? A quick search online revealed that this is actually the once-functioning Fullerton Lighthouse...
Pasir Panjang Primary School was constructed in the 1930s at the end of Yew Siang Road where it survived the tumultuous days of World War II. The school shut down in 1986 and the premise was later used as a drug rehabilitation centre named Breakthrough Missions. A...
Chia Boon Leong grew up in Pasir Panjang and is a local football icon in the 50s. He is the only Singaporean footballer to play at an Olympics Games, representing China at the 1948 London Games in a 4-0 loss to Turkey. He was aptly nicknamed “Twinkletoes” for his...
At the foot of the winding South Buona Vista hill road is Zehnder Road. This road was named after Hugh Ransome Stanley Zehnder (b. 27 August 1879, Sarawak, Malaysia–d. 20 October 1963, possibly in Jamaica), a prominent Eurasian lawyer who ran Zehnder Brothers, a law...
It’s been a while since we’ve seen such high water levels in the canal that winds past Jambol Place Park and through the Springwood neighbourhood. We were getting serious Venetian vibes as we strolled along the canal this weekend…we could just picture gondolas gliding...
Chwee Chian Road is an S-shaped road that winds past the Poh Ern Shih temple off Pasir Panjang Road. It was named after Lim Chwee Chian 林推迁 (1868-1923), pioneer, merchant and philanthropist. Born in Fujian, China, he arrived in Singapore in his youth with little...
Long-time residents of Pasir Panjang will have no difficulty recognising this South Buona Vista Road – many of us travel up and down this road every day, carefully navigating its bends and turns, or just enjoying the scenic ride on (sometimes late but always...
Recently we had the honour of visiting Mr Phoon Yew Tien, a pioneer and giant in Singapore’s music scene. Born in Singapore in the early 1950s, his love for music started with tunes and stories from the radio and Rediffusion. It was not an easy time for a budding...
The Old Pasir Panjang – An Aerial View
Memories of The Village Centre
The Fullerton Lighthouse: An artefact in our midst
Pasir Panjang Primary School
Football Icon Chia Boon Leong
Hugh Zehnder: a Eurasian Pioneer in Pasir Panjang
Sungei Nipah: Our Canal was once a river
Pioneers: The road named for Lim Chwee Chian
Buona Vista Gap Hill – An Interesting Past
Phoon Yew Tien – A Pioneer In Singapore’s Music Scene