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KAMPONG DAYS
Chu Kang Pore!
Just like much of Singapore in the past, our north-western region was dotted with Chinese villages and Malay kampongs...
Here, we look to the history of the Singapore-Malaysian Railway, which has served both Singapore and Malaysia alike since its opening in 1903 and has accumulated over 100 years of service in the process....
WARTIME KRANJI
The Last Train...
You may know Kranji as the place where farms in Singapore are located, or where Singaporeans flock to to board a bus towards Malaysia, but did you know that there is more to Kranji than that?
Although we do not know much of Kranji in the 19th century, it has been recorded that there were not only extensive gambier and pepper plantations in the regions, there were many, MANY, Chu Kangs....
The north-western sector of Singapore, the first point of contact between the Allied and Japanese forces during the Battle of Singapore in WWII...
1819
Mid 18th century
Sir Stamford Raffles lands in Singapore - rewriting the island's history as we know it
19th Century- Late 20th Century
1903 - 2011
1939 - 1945
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LOST IN TIME
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