Wahh, years ago used to stay around Beauty World. Didn't know the area had a reputation.
Beauty World long gone, heard there was some sort of fire. Maybe a victim of PAPs urban planning
369, 333 are also secret societies
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secret societies operated in Singapore in the 1950s and the 1960s
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369, 333 are also secret societies
369 have, never hear 333 before, maybe i olds liao. lol
What about the jln besar crowd? Met a retired gangster (in my youth) who waxed lyrical on his heydays, how connected he was etc. Seen better days then, had to ask me for $30 to buy durians for his family. But remembered he taught me a few tricks on gin rummy (even managed to give me a passport when I was strung up in mid game). Met his crony loan shark for coffee (looked liked any shenton way bloke) at his base station in old Hock Lam street lane. Got to give it to the guys, they got good cameradie. Standing offer to help out in any tight spots. Thankfully, never got a chance to make any SOS call. 
THERE were hundreds of opium dens all over Singapore way back in the 1960s.
And it was easy to detect a den, said Mr Harmon Singh. Just follow your nose.
"All you need to do is to stand at a particular spot, and just breathe -- you can smell opium, and quite easily know that there's a den in the vicinity. But today it's hard to detect in that manner.
"There were hundreds of opium dens all over the island, especially in places like See Kar Teng (Tiong Bahru area), Poh Lee Long (Henderson Road area), Ho Chwee Shua (Bukit Ho Swee), Sembawang, Johor Road, Queen Street and Geylang. "
Got enough problems don't want any anyone to come looking for me
Actually still got many gangsters out there, all working for the old man.
Or perhaps it's the crotch mentality!must be the crutch mentality!
PEOPLE became gangsters for several reasons.
Some looked upon gangs as a means of making a living, while others were influenced by friends. Some enjoyed the feeling of power of being associated with gangs.
But every new member had to go through the same initiation ceremony.
A finger of the new member would be pricked and the blood collected in a bowl. All the new members would then be required to drink from this bowl. The members also need to swear their allegiance before the Chinese Warrior God.
Good discussion here. Very informative although it's a bit outdated.
These kinds of threads always surfaced every few months in the old forum and there would always be saying biggest gang in sinkeeland is pinky the chief and his hatchet man's gang, this thread is no exception of course.
Imagine asking in a US forum which gang is biggest over there and they BUSH gang with his US army, fbi and police????
These kinds of threads always surfaced every few months in the old forum and there would always be saying biggest gang in sinkeeland is pinky the chief and his hatchet man's gang, this thread is no exception of course.
Imagine asking in a US forum which gang is biggest over there and they BUSH gang with his US army, fbi and police????
These kinds of threads always surfaced every few months in the old forum and there would always be saying biggest gang in sinkeeland is pinky the chief and his hatchet man's gang, this thread is no exception of course.
Imagine asking in a US forum which gang is biggest over there and they BUSH gang with his US army, fbi and police????
So many people say LKY is A gangster, so must be true lah :p
American army, FBI, police not in Bush's pocket, unlike in Spore where WKS & other relatives & cronies run the show for LKY. Americans also have right to bear arms. In Spore they can arrest & jail you without trial. Heck they can charge you for wearing the wrong T-shirt
According to Mr Singh, the opium smokers were mainly elderly Chinese people in those days.
"Some of the gangsters those days used to smoke opium before they went out to commit crime, especially housebreaking. It gave them the needed courage."
Mr Singh recalled how easy it was to carry out raids on opium dens.
"There were hundreds around -- you could see 30 to 50 dens in Tiong Bahru or Sungei Road area easily. Maybe even 50 or 100 in Chinatown alone."
Due to police efforts in wiping out drugs, the opium dens began to disappear in the 1970s.
As most of the dens were located in attap huts, urban renewal also helped to decrease the number of possible venues that could be used as opium dens.
"With newer drugs coming into the market, opium just went out of fashion."
At that time, there were licenced dens and illegal dens similar to samsu stalls. Opium does not give courage, it actually subdues you and you will end up making peace with everyone including your mother-in-law.
Because dens were patronised primarily by the elderly and sick/dying of lower classes, it was not an attractive place and its demise was expected. It did not require anything but cursury attention.
SS would throw out members who were addicted.
Ask any chinese educated ah peks, they will tell u many stories about LaoLee walk hand in hand with gangsters during the 50s. He gain power by making use of these SS members. Last time, he only speak malayu and england, how can he gain the trust of the chinese voters? By making deals with SS headman, who are respected within the area of their operation, LaoLee get manpower from the SS and also endorsement from the headman.
Heard that those who helped him was spared after he gained power. Many of them went to Holland with their money intact and form new gangs over there.(Even then, local talents had been leaving singapore
) Those that refused to leave were sent to changi resort without trial. They wear uniform that was marked to indentified them from common inmates.In the past, SS headmen are pillars of the society, respected by all. When i was a kid, there was such a person living in the community. I believed he make $$ by racketing and take 4D bet and giving loan. His men never touch the locals, and always organised those 7th month auction dinner.
I was very surprised to learn from my campmate in the mid-90s that his grandfather was an opium smoker. He got his daily fixes from a flat in the Redhill/BHS area.
Apparently the CNB knows of this den but leaves it alone since most of the clients are very old men who could just kick the bucket anyday. If the den was raided alot of old addicts would just die painfully.
maybe you are too young to know,
it must be a small unknown gang lor
like near the estate i stayed,
one gang, the "18 hai lam kia"
anyone heard before?
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