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1 The Tanjong Pagar Town Council Wind wnumber MCI(P) 121/10/ /09/2017 wnumber 7369 September February Celebrating National Day

The food was excellent, if all the empty plates were anything to go by, and we all had a good time sitting and chatting.

What was being done to create more jobs for Singaporeans, and what we could do to help ourselves.

work environment for our workers. He also went on to talk about our relations with other countries.

2 TOWN NEWS Here s to our 52 years! After more than two years of renovation, the Tiong Bahru CC hosted our annual GRC National Day dinner on 12 August. The food was excellent, if all the empty plates were anything to go by, and we all had a good time sitting and chatting. Our host MP, Ms Indranee, wanted to focus on jobs in her speech. What was being done to create more jobs for Singaporeans, and what we could do to help ourselves. Following up, Mr Chan Chun Sing spoke more on jobs, on how technology, systems and processes can be designed for a more efficient and safer work environment for our workers. He also went on to talk about our relations with other countries. We know there have been significant shifts in the global geopolitical environment and Singapore will need to navigate it carefully. 中峇鲁民众俱乐部经过两年多的装修之后, 我们于 8 月 12 日在那里举行集选区的常年国庆晚宴, 反应热烈席间佳肴美味, 道道都被一扫而空, 毫不留存此外, 大家也聊得很开心我们的东道国会议员英兰妮女士在致词中聚焦于就业问题, 一方面说明政府正在采取一系列措施, 为国人创造更多就业机会, 另一方面指出我们为帮助自己所能采取的行动接下来陈振声先生说英兰妮女士经常和他互相配合, 相辅相成他进一步提到就业问题, 指出科技系统和过程如何能设计得更加有效, 为我们的工友带来更安全的工作环境此外, 他也提到我国和其他国家的关系他说 : 我们知道全世界的地理政治环境都在经历重大的改变新加坡置身其间, 必须小心行事 2 The Tanjong Pagar Town Council

town news Upgrades at Stirling Cutting the ribbon at Block 166 Stirling

lift, skybridge, covered linkway and barrier-free ramps, with shelter.

bus. It was a celebration of the improvements we have, and a great night

Neighbourhood renewal for Cambridge and Buffalo Roads The latest in a

of us who had settled down with our carrot cake and mee siam.

3 town news Upgrades at Stirling Cutting the ribbon at Block 166 Stirling Road in April, Dr Chia Shi-Lu marked the completion of work on an outdoor lift, skybridge, covered linkway and barrier-free ramps, with shelter. Then we ate kacang putih while watching old movies from the Be My Kaki bus. It was a celebration of the improvements we have, and a great night downstairs with neighbours. Neighbourhood renewal for Cambridge and Buffalo Roads The latest in a series of NRPs in our town, the exhibition and consensus gathering to start the upgrade was first open 5 May. While the upgrade is free, a vote of at least 70% still must be achieved before it can proceed. Mr Melvin Yong took time to explain this as he went around greeting those of us who had settled down with our carrot cake and mee siam. After taking a few rounds of feedback from us as to what upgrades we would like to see in the NRP, work will soon begin. Better shelter. A community garden. A heritage park. This will be good for all of us. Window September

town news Helping hands at Buona Vista Working together, grassroots leaders and volunteers of Buona

They were given a goodie bag, treated to dinner with entertainment and got the chance to speak with Mr

Kim Tian West Keeps Clean No one likes to see litter. Our cleaners work tirelessly so we don t have to.

We would clean the estate, and all they had to do was eat, and receive their goodie bags.

4 town news Helping hands at Buona Vista Working together, grassroots leaders and volunteers of Buona Vista made sure that those in need were looked out for in the Malay community, just before Hari Raya. They were given a goodie bag, treated to dinner with entertainment and got the chance to speak with Mr Chan Chun Sing, who presented the bags and spent some time at each table getting to know the recipients. Kim Tian West Keeps Clean No one likes to see litter. Our cleaners work tirelessly so we don t have to. In May, our Kim Tian West RC called to give the cleaners a break. We would clean the estate, and all they had to do was eat, and receive their goodie bags. The total amount of waste collected that day was 84kg out of which 47kg was recyclable. People really throw away a lot, thoughtlessly. 4 The Tanjong Pagar Town Council

town news FRESH at Bukit Merah View Project FRESH stands for Fix, Refurbish and Enhancement of Seniors Homes, aimed at helping the elderly and families in need in rental blocks.

Volunteers also clean and paint the flat and furniture, like they did at the recent FRESHening of Bukit Merah View in June.

The National University Health System will be taking over Alexandra Hospital next year.

5 town news FRESH at Bukit Merah View Project FRESH stands for Fix, Refurbish and Enhancement of Seniors Homes, aimed at helping the elderly and families in need in rental blocks. The project brings together other help schemes in place, like free energy saving bulbs, EASE for a safer flat for the elderly, and bedbug extermination. Volunteers also clean and paint the flat and furniture, like they did at the recent FRESHening of Bukit Merah View in June. Free health checkups for those 40 and above in Queenstown This November, if you or your family members live in Queenstown, you can get a health checkup. The National University Health System will be taking over Alexandra Hospital next year. In collaboration with the Queenstown Active Ageing Committee, they will be running the checks at Queenstown CC on 19 November, from 8.30am to 10.30am. Participants must not have been screened in the past year, have no known chronic disease, and have to had fasted 8 hours before. Looking out for mozzies at Telok Blangah With upgrading works for the Home Improvement Programme taking place in May at Telok Blangah Crescent, some of us were concerned about mosquitoes and possible Zika outbreaks. To help, Mr Sam Tan went around the Telok Blangah Crescent Food Centre and market and the estate to distribute insect repellent and 5-step mozzie wipeout flyers to residents on 21 May. Window September

town news ROUTE EXTENSION From Sunday, 30 July 2017 123 路线延长从星期日 2017 年 7 月 30 日起 Lanjutan Laluan Dari Ahad 30 Julai 2017 ஞ ய 30 ஜ ல 2017 த வழ தட ந Bukit Merah Orchard Tiong Bahru Sentosa Links

Purmei Avenue, or board Service 65, 123M or 855 along Lower Delta Road 连接圣淘沙和中峇鲁地铁站与乌节路不停靠怡丰城与港湾转换站 123M 号巴士路线保持不变乘客可在中峇鲁路和武吉宝美道搭 123M 号巴士, 或者在立达路下段搭 65 号 123M 号或 855 号巴士 Menghubungkan Sentosa ke

6 town news ROUTE EXTENSION From Sunday, 30 July 路线延长从星期日 2017 年 7 月 30 日起 Lanjutan Laluan Dari Ahad 30 Julai 2017 ஞ ய 30 ஜ ல 2017 த வழ தட ந Bukit Merah Orchard Tiong Bahru Sentosa Links Sentosa to Tiong Bahru MRT station and Orchard Road Vivocity and HarbourFront Interchange will be skipped No change to Service 123M Commuters may take Service 123M along Tiong Bahru Road and Bukit Purmei Avenue, or board Service 65, 123M or 855 along Lower Delta Road 连接圣淘沙和中峇鲁地铁站与乌节路不停靠怡丰城与港湾转换站 123M 号巴士路线保持不变乘客可在中峇鲁路和武吉宝美道搭 123M 号巴士, 或者在立达路下段搭 65 号 123M 号或 855 号巴士 Menghubungkan Sentosa ke Stesen MRT Tiong Bahru dan Orchard Road Khidmat 123 tidak akan lagi melayani pusat pertukaran bas HarbourFront dan Vivocity Tiada perubahan pada khidmat 123M Penumpang boleh menaiki khidmat 123M di sepanjang Tiong Bahru Road dan Bukit Purmei Avenue, atau menaiki khidmat 65, 123M atau 855 di sepanjang Lower Delta Road ச த ச வ த ய ப எ ஆ ந லய த ஆ ச ச ல ய இ ண க ற வ வ ச, ஹ ப ஃப ர ப ந லய தவ க ப ச வ 123M- எ த ம ற இ ல பயண க த ய ப ச லய க ப ம அ வ வ ச வ 123M- ஏறல, அ ல ல வ ட ட ச லய ச வ 65, 123M அ ல 855- ஏறல. New s Towards Beach Station Terminal Road Name Description No. Sentosa Gateway Resorts World Sentosa Artillery Ave Merlion Plaza Beach View Rd Beach Stn Ter New s Towards Bukit Merah Interchange Road Name Description No. Beach View Rd Beach Stn Ter Artillery Ave Opp Merlion Plaza LEGEND Extended Route Towards Beach Station Bus Terminal Extended Route Towards Bukit Merah Bus Interchange Skipped Route New s Towards Beach Station Terminal New s Towards Bukit Merah Bus Interchange Skipped s Note: No change to Service 123M Skipped HARBOURFRONT STATION/ BUS INTERCHANGE Skipped Skipped Vivocity Towards Tiong Bahru MRT / Orchard Road / Bukit Merah Bus Interchange Skipped s Sentosa Gateway Road Name Description No. Telok Blangah Rd Vivocity Seah Im Rd HarbourFront Int Telok Blangah Rd HarbourFront Stn Exit A Telok Blangah Rd Opp Vivocity New New New Resorts World Sentosa Operating Hours / 穿行时间 / Waktu Operasi / ச வ நர From Bukit Merah Bus Interchange From Beach Station Bus Terminal Mon-Sat 5.45am 11.45pm Mon-Sat 6.00am 11.45pm Sun 6.00am 11.45pm Sun 6.15am 11.45pm BEACH STATION BUS TERMINAL Beach View Merlion Plaza Artillery Ave Map not drawn to scale For more information, please call SBS Transit Customer Relations Centre at (7.30am pm daily) or visit 欲知更多详情, 请致电新捷运顾客联络中心 ( 平日早上 7 时 30 分至晚上 8 时 ) 或查阅我们的网站 Untuk keterangan lanjut, sila hubungi Pusat Perhubungan Pelanggan SBS Transit di talian (Setiap hari 7.30 pagi - 8 malam) atau layari ம வ வர க, எ ப எ ர ஸ வ கய ள த ட ந லய எ (த ன க ல 7.30 மண இர 8.00 மண ) ய த ட க ள அ ல எ ற இ ணய ப க த ச ல <insert PTO logo here> 6 The Tanjong Pagar Town Council

food Heng Leong Carrot Cake at #01-13 at the Pek Kio Market is where you ll want to go for good carrot cake.

Our $3 plate of black carrot cake came fried firm, not mushy, and did not have too much sugar in it. Open 6.30am till 2pm, closed on Mondays.

What s there to eat? More goodness. Ice cold grass jelly with toppings of all sorts. All very reasonable at about $1 per drink and $2 per bowl of dessert. Our chin chow was just perfect.

Marmite fried chicken. Salted egg yolk fried chicken. Tom yum seafood pasta. The list just goes on. On a hot day, however, what we tried were their gelatos.

30am to 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Danger Close is a new, unique stall at #01-05, Block 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1. They only serve beverages, but the choices are quite special.

And we agreed the brew he had on tap when we visited went perfectly with the stingray from next door. $3.50 for a sparkling tea. Open 11am to 9pm, closed Tuesdays.

7 food Heng Leong Carrot Cake at #01-13 at the Pek Kio Market is where you ll want to go for good carrot cake. As the stall s name suggests, they only sell carrot cake, and if you re lucky, you can watch them make the raw carrot paste from scratch. With that amount of dedication, how could it not be good? Our $3 plate of black carrot cake came fried firm, not mushy, and did not have too much sugar in it. Open 6.30am till 2pm, closed on Mondays. Stall #02-40 at the Tanjong Pagar Plaza sells drinks and desserts centred around soy beans, soy bean curd and chin chow. Soy bean milk, grass jelly drink, or a mix of the two you can have as a drink. What s there to eat? More goodness. Ice cold grass jelly with toppings of all sorts. All very reasonable at about $1 per drink and $2 per bowl of dessert. Our chin chow was just perfect. Not too sweet, and actually tasty! Open 5-6am daily, closed evenings. Even more good food to try in our town Dandelion at # Bukit Merah Central serves all kinds of neat things. Marmite fried chicken. Salted egg yolk fried chicken. Tom yum seafood pasta. The list just goes on. On a hot day, however, what we tried were their gelatos. Home made fresh with low sugar, and they re a real treat each. $3.80 a scoop. Open 11.30am to 2.30pm on Monday, 11.30am to 9.30pm on Tuesday- Thursday and Sunday, and 11.30am to 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Danger Close is a new, unique stall at #01-05, Block 120 Bukit Merah Lane 1. They only serve beverages, but the choices are quite special. From nitro coffee to sparkling teas, and a whole range of microbrewed beers, you ll find them worth a try. The manager, Mr Calvin Ang, is quite happy to talk shop. And we agreed the brew he had on tap when we visited went perfectly with the stingray from next door. $3.50 for a sparkling tea. Open 11am to 9pm, closed Tuesdays. Cafe Galilee at the Queenstown Library is a delightful place to have a light meal, coffee, and read. The latter goes without saying you have the whole of the library at your disposal. We found service to be quick and friendly. Our order of an iced espresso and tuna mayo sandwich came to $8.80, and we thought it was quite filling. They also sell snacks, and heartier meals like pasta. One could see many a family spending a weekend afternoon here. Open 10am to 9pm, every day. Good Taste Seafood Garden serves Chinese tze char at Block 43 Holland Drive. They re known for their XO bee hoon, which you can get served with crab, fish head or sliced fish. They pour the XO into the bowl in front of you. But what we found also stood out was the patin fish with fried cai poh. Be sure to eat it fast it s served perfectly done, but continues to cook on the platter. Call to book seats. Open 11am to 2pm, and 5pm to 11.45pm daily. Window September

Your Say If you think the Town Council has done a good job somewhere or you have a complaint, please email feedback@tptc.org.sg, or call the Town Council at 1800-272 6415.

She had called the Town Council to find out the colour code for the paint outside her flat, as it was peeling. Mr Soon sent somebody to deliver a can of paint to me within half an hour. I was wowed.

Ms Sim s friend realised that she had misplaced her grey sling pouch at the sky bridge near Blk 1G at the Pinnacle@ Duxton, as she slung it on the fence while she was taking pictures and left without

I received a call from Mr Sam Liew and he assured me that his worker has passed him the pouch. We were so delighted and felt glad that we have such honest workers in our estate.

Thanks again! Ms Ann Tan wrote to commend the Town Council s cleaning team, especially cleaner Mr Hassan, for his alertness and integrity.

Within 10 minutes, the Cleaning Supervisor, Mr Poovanan, came to my centre to return the bag to me. The laptop, cash and other items inside the bag were intact.

8 Your Say If you think the Town Council has done a good job somewhere or you have a complaint, please feedback@tptc.org.sg, or call the Town Council at Ms Agnes Siew wrote to say she was pleasantly surprised at the service she received from property officer Mr Ken Soon. She had called the Town Council to find out the colour code for the paint outside her flat, as it was peeling. Mr Soon sent somebody to deliver a can of paint to me within half an hour. I was wowed. Ms Connie Sim would like to thank Mr Sam Liew and Mr Bilal as they helped her to retrieve a missing pouch. Ms Sim s friend realised that she had misplaced her grey sling pouch at the sky bridge near Blk 1G at the Pinnacle@ Duxton, as she slung it on the fence while she was taking pictures and left without retreiving it. She then went to the guard house at Blk 1G to find out how to retrieve footage of the sky bridge. I received a call from Mr Sam Liew and he assured me that his worker has passed him the pouch. We were so delighted and felt glad that we have such honest workers in our estate. They even brought the pouch to my residence and that was really so kind of them. We really appreciate what they had done and they deserve to be commended. They are the gems in the community. Thanks again! Ms Ann Tan wrote to commend the Town Council s cleaning team, especially cleaner Mr Hassan, for his alertness and integrity. On 3 July, she accidentally left her bag on the bench at the Senior Citizens Corner at Blk 32 Telok Blangah Rise. She called the Town Council to inquire. Within 10 minutes, the Cleaning Supervisor, Mr Poovanan, came to my centre to return the bag to me. The laptop, cash and other items inside the bag were intact. I applaud the cleaning team for their hard work in keeping the estate clean and for their honesty. Thank you Mr Hassan and Mr Poovanan for setting a good example to the community. Ms Rose Heng had thanks for Mr Iskandar Bin Jasni and Ms Jayleen Ng at the Town Council after there was a fire at her house. Mr Iskandar is friendly, patient and ever ready to offer help while liaising with HDB. He is efficient in getting things done. Ms Jayleen has also been of great help. She is also friendly and patient, and her willingness to answer and update us promptly reduced the stress that we were experiencing. Here are six zoomed-in sections of pictures that appear in this newsletter. Write the headline of the story to which each picture belongs below it... and win a very handy trolley bag! Congratulations to the ten prize-winners in our last contest: Ms Gwyneth Ser...TXXX9489A Mr Chan Chun Meng...SXXX4270A Ms Wendy Toh Ying Xuan...SXXX0031I Ms Low Qing Ling Claudia...SXXX8638I Mr Alban De Rozario...SXXX2507G Mdm Ng Swee Hiang. SXXX3570D Miss Hajjah Zaiton... SXXX9613A Ms Margaret Tang... SXXX7116H Mr David Michel Wee.. SXXX2810Z Ms Vaswani Poonam.... SXXX1254I Entry Form Name: Mr/Ms/Mrs/Mdm/Miss Address: Postal Code: NRIC: Telephone: Age: Handphone: Contest is open to all residents of Tanjong Pagar GRC. All entries must be mailed before 30 November to: Quiz, Tanjong Pagar Town Council, Blk 166 Bt Merah Central # , Singapore The Window is published by the Tanjong Pagar Town Council and printed by HoBee Print Pte Ltd.

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The Tanjong Pagar Town Council Wind wnumber wnumber 69 75 February July 2016 2018 Working with our MPs, we did some litter-picking in May. Then we stopped to say Thank You to every one of our cleaners