Singapore's hidden history

[GoldenDragon]

Just like the bomb blast outside the Israelic consulate. That is another mystery.

It is not a mystery. The Israelis wanted more police presence etc but felt they were not given priority. They planted the bomb themselves to get the upper echelons to act swiftly.

The blast served its purpose. Undercover officers kept observation for months while uniformed chaps made their presence felt. We weren't good enough for the Israelis. They committed a crime and yet we LL.

If real damage was the agenda, the bomb would have gone off at lunch time or at 5pm when that location would be crowded.

 

[eatshitndie]

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Unlike other bands of the 1960s that reunited over the years for nostalgia and charity events, the Crescendos never regrouped as they felt that Lim could not be replaced.

she might have been re-incarnated or reborn as lady gaga.

 

[eatshitndie]

nov 21, 1972 - robinson's department store fire at raffles place. 9 lives were lost.

http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_797_2004-12-30.html

 

[ps07857]

Hidden History : Largest tomb in Singapore... size of 10 HBD flats

Notice the life sized (2 metres tall) Sikh guard...... our own terra cotta warrior

Ong Sam Leong (b. 1857, Singapore - d. 7 February 1918, Singapore) was a successful and respected Chinese businessman. He was the key contractor supplying labourers to the mines in the phosphate-rich Christmas Island. He also owned other businesses such as brickworks and plantations in the Straits Settlements. His remains are housed in the largest tomb at Bukit Brown Cemetery in Singapore. His two sons, popularly referred to as the Ong Brothers, built and owned the New World Theme Park.

Ong was very active in the patriotic movement of the Straits Chinese community during World War One. He contributed liberally to the fund raising efforts during the war. In appreciation of the Straits Volunteer Corps (SVC), which defended the Settlements, he built a garage at the SVC Drill Hall at his own expense for use by the Corps' motor unit.

Before his death, he built a fine house in Bukit Timah Road called Bukit Rose. This was where Ong entertained friends on a lavish scale.

Ong died of heart failure in 1918 at 60 years of age.

Sam Leong Road is named after him.

http://infopedia.nl.sg/articles/SIP_1461_2009-02-19.html

wow, never realised there was a Bukit Brown cemetery in Singapore. But sooner or later, will be acquired by govt for land developing purposes....

 

[Harry Lee]

Hidden History: Elephant found on Pulau Ubin 1991

On 29 May 1990, national servicemen on Pulau Tekong spotted a family of three elephants while out training in the jungles of the island. They seemed to have had a happy stay on Tekong island enjoying the plentiful food available to them, in the form of their favourite meal - coconut shoots.

Within a year, another runaway elephant had made its way from Johor to Pulau Ubin.

All the these Foreign Talents were sent back to their proper homeland in Malaysia...
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[Harry Lee]

Hidden History : British Cpt destroyed our National Treasure - the Singapore Stone.

The Singapore Stone is a fragment of a large sandstone slab which originally stood at the mouth of the Singapore River. The slab, which is believed to date back to at least the 13th century and possibly as early as the 10th or 11th century, bore an undeciphered inscription, which could probably shed more light on Singapore's early history before the coming of the British.

In June 1819, a few months after the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in Singapore, a sandstone slab about 10 ft (3.0 m) high and 9 to 10 ft (2.7 to 3.0 m) long was found by Indian labourers clearing jungle trees at the mouth of the Singapore River. The men on discovering the inscription were very much frightened, and could not be induced to go on with the clearing, which was completed by Chinese under the stimulus of high wages...

In 1843, on the orders of the acting Settlement Engineer, Captain D.H. Stevenson, the slab was blown to pieces to clear and widen the passageway at the Singapore River mouth to make space for Fort Fullerton and the quarters of its commander.

Lt-Col James Low managed to save small fragments bearing the most legible parts of the inscription and sent them to the Royal Asiatic Society's museum in Calcutta in 1848. A large block from the monument lay abandoned at Fort Canning until finally being broken up and used as gravel for a road.

One of the fragments of the original sandstone slab that was saved by Lt-Col Low was later returned to the Raffles Museum in Singapore. This is today known as the Singapore Stone. It is currently displayed in the Singapore History Gallery of the National Museum of Singapore. The Stone was designated by the Museum as one of 11 "national treasures" in January 2006

Because of this silly British Captain/Engineer, the secrets of the Singapore Stone will forever remain a Secret.....

Details in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Stone

 

[red amoeba]

Hidden History: Elephant found on Pulau Ubin 1991

On 29 May 1990, national servicemen on Pulau Tekong spotted a family of three elephants while out training in the jungles of the island. They seemed to have had a happy stay on Tekong island enjoying the plentiful food available to them, in the form of their favourite meal - coconut shoots.

Within a year, another runaway elephant had made its way from Johor to Pulau Ubin.
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i recalled the NS guys could not even find elephants...its the gurkhas who found it.

then fast fwd to 2008....no-one can find Mas Selamat when he made his way to Mudland.

 

[kingrant]

Good! Shoot the bugger. It let Dirty harry dismount without eating him alive. And we had to live 50 years with him.

 

[Harry Lee]

For Kingrant - Chin Peng says LKY approached the Communists for help to set up the PAP

From the book:

 

[kingrant]

Harry,

Of cos he needed the Communist support to launch into power. But the nucleus for a Party later PAP was there already. So correct to say still founded & set up by yr alter ego with GKS and TCC. Others came in - Samad, Chin Siong..after meeting CP's faction. So not set up by CP's faction.

I still hold that the communists shld have eaten him up but failed. Harry done a better job in masquerading as a wolf in lamb's clothing.

 

[Harry Lee]

The carcase of the tiger looks like the same animal as the one pictured with the 3 hunters. But this one everyone seems to claim credit, even the hunting dogs are in the pic on the right.

So who actually killed the tiger?

 

[0939]

Harry Lee, Thanks for bringing old memories. Back in the 60s, there was a murder case. So called two friends, But i can only recalled the dead man was murdered by his good friend, Not sure of the name, maybe Frankie or something like Sean who was finally hanged. Check the internet, I had found nothing. Maybe it was covered up. It was a long court case. Do you know about it.

 

[Harry Lee]

Hidden History : Sunny Ang

Ang, Sunny (1939– 1967) One of Singapore’s most famous criminals, convicted on 18 May 1965 for the murder of bar waitress Jenny Cheok Cheng Kid, whose body was never found. The prosecution alleged that on 27 August 1963, Sunny Ang had hired a sampan (small boat) to bring him and Cheok to Sisters Islands south of Singapore, ostensibly to collect corals; but the real motive was murder— she was heavily insured. Ang was bankrupt whereas Cheok had been insured for a total of $450,000 with several insurance companies. Some of Cheok’s policies were renewed on the morning of her death, although Ang’s were not. The beneficiaries were Ang’s mother and Cheok’s estate.

Ang had helped Cheok to don the diving gear and let the novice diver descend alone. When she failed to surface, he did not go down to search for her. Moreover, he filed the insurance claims less than 24 hours after her disappearance. One of Cheok’s flippers was later found with the heel strap cut in two places by a sharp instrument. The prosecution relied entirely on circumstantial evidence. The jury found Ang guilty of murder and he was sentenced to death. He was unsuccessful in applying for leave to appeal to the Privy Council and was hanged on 6 February 1967.

This case was closely followed by most Singaporeans. There were rumours that he would be rescued by helicopters from Changi Jail, and steps were taken to prevent this possible escape.

I think Sunny Ang could have had gotten away with the crime had he insured Jenny for less........ anyway, always be careful if your bf/gf/husband/wife wants to take you skin-diving.....

 

[Balllessme]

Do you happen to have anything about the disappearance of the two boys whom MacDonald put up a Big sum of rewards?

 

[Windsor]

Many may not know that his father worked for the Supreme Court and many times invited his colleagues and Judges (like Justice D'Cotta),attended luncheon at Sunny Ang's chickem farm in Sennett Road. Sunny was a playboy, racing driver, pilot and was taking up law before the incident. He was a dashing and handsome guy and many women fell for him, even a former Singapore Beauty Queen, Alice Woon. Sunny raced his Sunbeam Alpine Sportscar in one of the Singapore GP, and did well. In real life, he was a very nice person to all, teaching deprived kids and took good care of them, whilst they helped put the daily chores there.

His siblings (they were badly affected by his death) were all highly intelligent, expecially Victor. The other 2 younger ones, Richard and William had altercations with the government agencies, and in fact I heard Richard was in some deep shit for international crimes. William on the other hand, as a helicopter pilot in the Air Force, left when he landed the aircraft in the Johor Straits. The 2 sisters did not appear in the limelight, but Juliet became a lawyer.

Hidden History : Sunny Ang

Ang, Sunny (1939– 1967) One of Singapore’s most famous criminals, convicted on 18 May 1965 for the murder of bar waitress Jenny Cheok Cheng Kid, whose body was never found. The prosecution alleged that on 27 August 1963, Sunny Ang had hired a sampan (small boat) to bring him and Cheok to Sisters Islands south of Singapore, ostensibly to collect corals; but the real motive was murder— she was heavily insured. Ang was bankrupt whereas Cheok had been insured for a total of $450,000 with several insurance companies. Some of Cheok’s policies were renewed on the morning of her death, although Ang’s were not. The beneficiaries were Ang’s mother and Cheok’s estate.

Ang had helped Cheok to don the diving gear and let the novice diver descend alone. When she failed to surface, he did not go down to search for her. Moreover, he filed the insurance claims less than 24 hours after her disappearance. One of Cheok’s flippers was later found with the heel strap cut in two places by a sharp instrument. The prosecution relied entirely on circumstantial evidence. The jury found Ang guilty of murder and he was sentenced to death. He was unsuccessful in applying for leave to appeal to the Privy Council and was hanged on 6 February 1967.

This case was closely followed by most Singaporeans. There were rumours that he would be rescued by helicopters from Changi Jail, and steps were taken to prevent this possible escape.

I think Sunny Ang could have had gotten away with the crime had he insured Jenny for less........ anyway, always be careful if your bf/gf/husband/wife wants to take you skin-diving.....

 

[soikee]

S'pore most notorious gangster and kidnap-king, Lim Ban Lim aka thow-hong Lim was shot by CID SS officers at Margaret Drive sometime in the late 60's.

 

[kukubird58]

Harry,

I still hold that the communists shld have eaten him up but failed. Harry done a better job in masquerading as a wolf in lamb's clothing.

hahaha....u mean like this ???

 

[Windsor]

Keith Locke & The Quests - Don't Play That Song For Me (You Lied)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIMUZN0FxdU

The Crescendos - Bengawan Solo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IeYRG8pnWc


mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Does anyone remember the obscene version? I can only remember the first line:

"Bengali so long......" (refering to the male genitals!!)

 

[Windsor]

Yamashita apparently took all stolen treasure and buried them in Philippines, and that is why there are still many treasure hunters scouring the country to find them.

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i was always facinated by the possibility of a tunnel linking Labrador to Sentosa...

there was a program many years back on this...and there was no definite conclusion - which means it might exist...

another one was the rumored Yamashita's treasure some where in MacRitchie Reservoir.

 

[Harry Lee]

Hidden History : Every Singapore kid wanted to be Man from U.N.C.L.E.

Their great theme music is here :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC88U1SyQQw

MUST LISTEN !!!!

Were you there when the movie played at Orchard?