Chingay Parade 2009

Chingay Parade 2009

From a neighbourhood parade of performers in costumes and decorated vehicles, Singapore's Chingay Parade has grown in size and stature over the decades.

On 30 January 2009 and 31 January 2009, Chingay Parade 2009 will become “Asia's grandest street and floats parade”.

The 90-minute Chingay Parade 2009 Show in Singapore will be held on 30 Jan 2009 from 8.30pm and 31 Jan 2009 from 8pm between City Hall and Marina Bay.

Image: Last year's Chingay Parade

Spectators with paid tickets will get an excellent opportunity to view the entire cultural performances up-close at four viewing areas. If you prefer to save money during this recession, get to the fenced perimeters early to 'chope' a good spot. However, the performers will not be at their best nor performing their routines along the transit routes.

What features of Chingay Parade 2009, organised by the People's Association, are there to distinguish it as Asia's grandest street and float parade?

Their grand opening show could be one reason. It promises music, dance and the Colours of Singapore's unique cultural traditions, supplemented with foreign talent from China's Famed “Tong Liang Fire Dragon”.

Another reason could be the presence of foreigners from Indonesia, India, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand, who will provide a dash of international flavour to the Chingay parade.

Yet another reason could be the fancy costumes, wearable art pieces, 13 floats and energetic displays of cultural diversity.

The closing sequence of the Chingay Parade 2009 will feature a magic and illusion show by Lawrence and Priscilla Khong that will culminate in an unrivalled fiery magical escape, the first “burning man” act in Asia. This sounds like the clincher for me.

After the Chingay Parade 2009, revellers can expect to enjoy themselves at City Alive!, Singapore's largest street dance party in front of City Hall. With DJs like supermodel Sassy Pandez from United Kingdom, Sarasa (Silverboombox) from Japan, KoFlow from Singapore and Yiu & Bo from Hong Kong, it will be a night to remember.

Fret not if you can't make it on these two days for you can still catch the Chingay Floats at Ang Mo Kio GRC at another venue and time slot.

On the evening of 1 February 2009, Chingay 2009 will make an appearance from Lentor Avenue through Ang Mo Kio and meander its way to Sengkang West Avenue and Anchorvale Street. On 7 February 2009, Chinatown is also scheduled for a visit by the Chingay Floats.

It looks like there's lots to see in the coming days. Take note of road closures and diversions if you are passing through these areas during Chingay Parade 2009.

More details at website of Chingay Parade 2009.

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Ann Siang Hill, Singapore

Ann Siang Hill, Singapore

If you happen to be visiting relatives and friends living around Chinatown during Chinese New Year, this festive period is an appropriate time to detour to Ann Siang Hill in Singapore's Chinatown.


While most workers at shophouses and eating places around Ann Siang Hill will be away to 'bai nian', Ann Siang Hill will remain open 24/7 to receive visitors. In the process of climbing up the tallest hill in Chinatown, you will be rewarded with tranquil scenes filled with greenery at Chinese-themed pavilions and look-out corners.

If you go back in history, when the sea reached Telok Ayer, the Ann Siang Hill scene would have consisted of nutmeg and clove plantations. Now if you wander around the nooks and crannies of Ann Siang Hill, the rear views of shophouses and the facades of distant highrise offices will greet you.


The contrast between the two-level five-foot-way shophouses of ancient times and the tall Central Business District skyscrapers of modern times could not be more stark.


Chinese opera shows and dragon dances used to feature during festive seasons at Ann Siang Hill, the focus of Chinatown's commercial and social scenes. Now the centre of social activities has shifted elsewhere.


I have never seen Ann Siang Hill before its face-lift of wooden pathways and covered walkways. But from looking at its old map, yellowed photographs and type written notes placed along Ann Siang Hill, the spirit of this place remains to stir thoughts of what a hub of a hill it must have been.


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Map: Park is located next to Ann Siang Road. You can access from Amoy Street too. (Google Map)

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Other related posts to tour:
1. History of Ann Siang Hill Part 1 of 4
2. History of Ann Siang Hill Part 2 of 4
3. History of Ann Siang Hill Part 3 of 4
4. History of Ann Siang Hill Part 4 of 4

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Sentosa Flowers Show 2009

Sentosa Flowers Show 2009

The core attractions at the annual Sentosa Flower Show 2009 on Singapore's Sentosa island are the colourful flowers like Antirrhinum (dragon-face-resembling blooms), Carnations (the Flowers of God), Daffodils (harbingers of Spring) and Pansies (human-face-resembling flowers).

These colourful flowers, plus many other spirited blooms, will grace many outdoor spots around Imbiah Station and Palawan beach to woo visitors during the Chinese New Year.

In addition, the Sentosa Flower Show 2009 will feature a giant recycled sculpture painstakingly put together by reknown artists, Gardening and Sculpture Design competition prize-winning displays by schools, a Festival Market and a Sentosa Food Street.

Photographers get an opportunity to participate in "Magical Moments", an online digital photography competition where attractive prizes can be won.

In addition, visitors to Sentosa will not forget all the other wonderful touristy attractions that will greet them in the Year of the Ox.

I think the best reason to visit this Sentosa Flower Show 2009 now will be the excuse for families, friends and relatives to spend time together for some Lunar New Year bonding in a picturesque outdoor floral setting; and to shed some weight after rounds of ritual feasting.

Sentosa Flowers Show 2009:

Where: Imbiah & Palawan, Sentosa

When: 24 January to 1 February 2009, 9am to 10pm

Website: http://www.sentosa.com.sg/sentosaflowers/

Getting There:

(1) By Buses
(a)Public Buses to HarbourFront Bus Terminal
10, 30, 65, 80, 93, 97, 100, 143, 145, 166, 188, 855
(b)Sentosa Bus: Board at HarbourFront Bus Terminal to Beach Station.

(2) By MRT
Board the North East Line (NEL) and alight at HarbourFront MRT Station. From Sentosa Station at VivoCity Level 3 and alight at Beach or Imbiah Station.

Admission fee: $2 per person

Vehicle fee: $2 per entry

Drive into Sentosa and park at Beach Carpark.
Taxi drop off at Imbiah or Beach Station.

On 26 & 27 Jan 2009 (9am - 10pm): Flat rate of $6 applies for every car/taxi, regardless of the number of passengers. Payment via CashCard in IU at gantry. Parking fee of $5.35 per entry applies at Beach Car Park and Cove Arrival Plaza Car Park.

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Greetings For the Year of Ox

Greetings For the Year of Ox

Wishing all Seen This Scene That readers

a Happy and Auspicious

Lunar New Year.


May the Year of the Ox bring you

health and happiness,

peace and prosperity,

longevity and fortuity.

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Places For Youth Olympic Games Events

Places For Youth Olympic Games Events

The world's first Singapore Youth Olympic Games will only take place in the year 2010, but there were places in town where YOG-related events were held recently.

I participated in the Youth Olympic Games CAN! Carnival held at the premises of Singapore Management University on 10 January 2009. Various sports-related activities like equestrian (horse riding), basketball, handball, wrestling and fencing awaited visitors. While I did not join in those sports, I did take part in the YOG-supported two thousand and ten-metre run around town.

It was a unique run with spectacular landmarks on offer: the Singapore Art Museum (former SJI) building, Cathedral of the Good Shepherd, a glimpse of the Peranakan Museum, the National Museum of Singapore, The Cathy and of course the buildings of SMU.

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Holiday Places Out Of Singapore

Holiday Places Out Of Singapore

This post on holiday places out of Singapore serves several purposes. One is to share the reason why I stopped posting for some days at the end of December last year. Another is to share some of my private moments with family. The last is to seek out new places to visit on my holidays out of Singapore to fulfill my blogging passion in Seen This Scene That with my readers.

I must declare that I am not working as a public civil servant. And my trip to this holiday place out of Singapore did not cost an arm or a leg or a combination of the two. It was also booked and confirmed before the financial meltdown in September. My big boss and three mini-bosses also went with me, so there’s no fear of being given a public warning.

These holiday places that took me away from my comfortable Little Red Dot were a potent mix of sun, sand, surf, strange creatures, Sea, Superman and other scary rides. Yes, I am writing about my travels to a foreign country, south of the Equator in the passionate heat of summer.

To keep a story from turning into a bore, here's the gist of it.

Family and I wandered along part of the 70-km long Gold Coast City shoreline, hoping to spot incriminating litter or a rubbish bin but failing to find convincing evidence of either. The powdery sand looked too clean to be real and the foamy surfs were too tall to be generated by nature.

We also wondered how many hours were required for food to digest before mustering sufficient courage to attempt the daredevil roller-coaster rides like Superman Escape or the triple loop Corkscrew Rollercoaster. Answer: Unknown. Everyone chickened out.

We were not short of wonder when faced with strange but cute looking protected Koalas, Snowy Owl and Polar Bears. How much food must they eat to maintain their full figures? How do they maintain their coat of feathers and fur? Isn’t it hot to wear that thick coat in summer? Is that owl Hegwig from Harry Potter’s movie set?

Wandering and wondering became a routine throughout the holiday places out of Singapore over there in Down Under. No need to wonder anymore about my private moments on holiday. There won’t be compromising photos like my sunbathing pictures to show, nor stories about any culinary skills to share.

Photo: I am not wearing nothing. I am covered with hair.

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Where is this playground?

Where is this Playground?

I have been sharing my views on the places of interest around Singapore in Seen This Scene That for almost one year. It's time to let my readers do the sharing today.

From this photograph, can you answer these questions about the playground?

(a) Where is this playground?

(b) Name any two facilities near this playground.

(c) Do you (or your kids) like / dislike such a playground?

(d) Explain your answer to question (c).

Thanks for playing in this playground quiz!

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Vanda Miss Joaquim Park - Part 2

Vanda Miss Joaquim Park - Part 2

The mystery of how the Vanda Miss Joaquim Park collected its name is explained in this plaque planted within its grounds.

"This garden commemorates the founder and the birthplace of our national flower, Vanda Miss Joaqium. Historical records show that Miss Joaqium stayed around this area during the late 1800s."

I believe there is a typo error on the plaque. The letters 'i' and 'u' are reversed in the word "Joaqium". Probably a contractor mixed up the letters.

If you wonder what the Vanda Miss Joaquim flower looks like, the photograph of the flower is here at Nparks. You can scrutinize the spelling and compare it with Nparks. There is also a little write-up about Miss Joaquim and our national flower.

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Singapore River Hong Bao

Singapore River Hong Bao

In Lunar New Year tradition, gifting and receiving of Hong Bao (red packets filled with currency) are customary. At the Singapore River Hong Bao 2009, will you find some Hong Bao by the Singapore River that now flows into Marina Reservoir?

The Singapore River Hongbao will be held at the Floating Platform from 24 January 2009 to 1st February 2009.

What I look forward to most are the giant lighting installations of the God of Fortune and the twelve Chinese Zodiac Animals. These attractions will be lit every night to enthrall up to half a million visitors expected over the Lunar New Year period.

On 24 and 25 Jan 2009 (Lunar New Year Eve), a concert "ETHNIC DANCE & ACROBATICS SPECTACULAR" will be performed nightly by Hubei Art College & Nanjing Acrobatic Troupe. Of course, I expect to see the count-down on Chinese New Year Eve that will lead to a lively fire-crackers display to usher in the Year of the Ox.

Cultural programmes have been planned with traditional classical performances as well as the not-so-old-fashioned on other nights.

Song and dance performances by New Singaporeans entitled 'New Year Extravaganza' will be held on 26 Jan. Catch live Peking Opera highlights featuring excerpts from Journey To The West on 27 Jan. Enjoy 'Power of Youth', an artistic and cultural expression by youths on 28 Jan. Singapore schools will put up a grand show at Campus Clapper on 29 Jan.

Ox-Pop Concert, on 30 to 31 Jan 2009, will feature popular artists such as Project Superstar champions Kelvin Tan Wei Lian and Kelly Poon, Taiwanese classic female rock singer “Wa Wa” Jin Zhi Juan and local music veteran Li Fei Hui. This should appeal to young people and those young at heart.

The Singapore River Hongbao will end on 1 Feb 2009 with 'ALTOGETHER FOR A BULLISH YEAR', the River Hongbao Closing Performance cum Grand Lo Hei Dinner.

In challenging times like these, more Hong Bao for everyone will definitely be welcomed. So I hope the river of Hong Bao will flow like charging bull.

Details of Singapore River Hongbao at www.riverhongbao.sg

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Smallest Park In Singapore: Vanda Miss Joaquim Park

Photo: Stop! No entry! Is Vanda Miss Joaquim Park The Smallest In Singapore?

Smallest Park In Singapore: Vanda Miss Joaquim Park

The Vanda Miss Joaquim Park is a little red dot of parkland that you can find within the shores of our Little Red Dot. I believe it is the smallest park in Singapore. Yet despite its size, simple features stand out to give this park its unique character.

It has its own arched entrance, a red Chinese-style pavilion, a concrete chessboard, its own landscaping that comes complete with plots of bamboos. There are benches that allow residents to sit and enjoy listening to the rustle of leaves when an occasional breeze passes by. Tall trees at Vanda Miss Joaquim Park provide good canopy against a tropical sun.

Photo: Vanda Miss Joaquim Park With Bamboo Plots and Temple In Background.

Vanda Miss Joaquim Park park blends well into a corner of Chinatown along Yan Kit Road, near to Tanjong Pagar Plaza. Other buildings of note around this area are Phoo Thor Jee Temple, Yan Kit Swimming Pool (closed) and Duxton Plain Park.

Despite its unique name that is shared by our national flower, I did not see any orchids, much less the Vanda Miss Joaquim flower, in this serene garden. I suspect the park was named after a famous visiting dignitary on an auspicious occasion.

This well-used park shows its age. That is a good sign for a park as it indicates that residents have made Vanda Miss Joaquim Park their own private playground. Such a small simple garden with its conducive mingling areas for residents, augmented with useful amenities, certainly encourages neighbourly interaction that is often lacking in many other bigger parks and gardens in this fast-paced society of ours.

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Buangkok Green Medical Park

Buangkok Green Medical Park

First time visitors to Buangkok Green Medical Park like myself will be pleasantly surprised to find a park that has buildings utilized by a hospital and other health care institutions, surrounded by a forest of peaceful greenery.

The egg-shaped perimeter of this cluster of buildings has a well-marked jogging track with numbers painted to plot the intervals around a 1.6 km long route. Many runners and walkers were spotted using the Buangkok Green Medical Park Jogging Track, which also connects to the Buangkok Green Park Connector.

The Buangkok Green Medical Park jogging track sits at the top of a slope with a wall of tall trees beyond the valley - a perfect setting for that top-of-the-world feeling. As you run with the wind in your face, it's a relaxing and therapeutic way to unwind.

A small children's playground and a fitness station serve to attract families with kids to Buangkok Green Medical Park. If you and your spouse prefer jogging, I suggest one spouse take to the 1.6 km long track first while the other perform stationary exercises at the fitness station to keep an eye on your kids. When your spouse returns from his or her run, you swap places to allow both parties to get their therapeutic dose of endorphin.

As you mobilize your limbs and navigate your way around this scenic jogging park, consider the importance of physical and mental health.

Like those souls who exercise on the same jogging paths dressed in their orange, red or black in-patient garments, we should also maintain our health, whatever the state of our mental or physical health.

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Volvo Ocean Race: Singapore

C.C. Picture via flickr

Volvo Ocean Race: Singapore

I am still learning about the Volvo Ocean Race since the teams sailed into Singapore waters and had an in-port race off the beaches of East Coast Park recently.

What is the Volvo Ocean Race?
According to the Volvo Ocean Race press release, it is the "Everest of Sailing". During the nine months of marathon sailing between 11 ports around the world, the professional crew will have to weather Nature's elements, endure sleep deprivation, survive on canned food and hunger, take no showers nor change of clothes, put their lives in constant danger and fly their families to the 11 ports for reunions. Just so to get their adrenaline rush from the offshore drama and a chance for onshore glamour to be crowned as winners of the world's most demanding team sporting event.

Who are the teams?
There are 8 starting teams competing in the Volvo Ocean Race. They are Ericsson 3 (skipper: Anders Lewander), Ericsson 4 (skipper: Torben Grael), Puma Ocean Racing (skipper: Ken Read), Telefonica Blue (skipper: Bouwe Bekking), Telefonica Black (skipper: Fernando Echavarri), Team Russia (skipper Andreas Hanakamp), Green Dragon Racing team (skipper: Ian Walker) and Delta Lloyd (skipper Ger O-rourke).

Where are the ports?
The 11 ports in the order of racing are Alicante (Spain), Cape Town (South Africa), Cochin (India), Singapore, Qingdao (China), Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Boston (USA), Galway (Ireland), Marstrand (Sweden), Stockholm (Sweden) and St Petersburg (Russia).

photo via Sg Youth Olympic Games

At every port of call, there is a mini-race. This in-port race was held off East Coast Park on 10 January 2009 in Singapore, the fourth port of call for the Volvo Ocean Race.

Results of Singapore In-Port Race
The results of the Singapore In-Port Race (UBS Challenge) held over two races on Saturday 10 January, 2009 08:30 GMT:

Overall winner:
1st - Ericsson 4
2nd - PUMA
3rd - Telefonica Blue
4th - Telefonica Black
5th - Green Dragon
6th - Ericsson 3
7th - Delta Lloyd

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Singapore Tattoo Show 2009

Photo: Would you like this 'tattoo' on your skin?

Singapore Tattoo Show 2009

From a badge of gangster-hood and a stigma of low-life, the skin tattoo has inked its way into an industry and a niche form of fine art with the first ever Singapore Tattoo Show 2009.

Times have really changed when I see men and women who deliberately mutilate beautify their appearance with such inked accessories. These days, permanent tattoos are not hidden discreetly anymore. They shout to you from uncovered anatomical locations. Some are even worn like a uniform, for the whole wide world to gawk admire.

With the Singapore Tourism Board's endorsement and a brief write-up on the Singapore Tattoo Show 2009 webpages, I suppose the exhibition would have mustered minimum standards fit for a general audience. I should put aside my prejudice and give this exhibition a chance to show me what it's got. Without getting permanent ink on in my skin.

Singapore Tattoo Show 2009 Details:

Where: Singapore Expo, Hall 6B
When: 9 to 11 January 2009
Entrance Fee: Yes
Website: http://www.tattoo.com.sg/

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STST LINKS

LINKS

This is a collection of blogs and websites that have reached out to me or touched me in one way or another since I started Seen This Scene That in February 2008.

It is by no means a close-ended link list as I intend to explore and find meaning in the millions of brilliant blogs out there. I will eventually seek out your gem of a blog and add it here.

In no particular order or ranking, the links added in the year 2008 are found below:

Yesterday SG
Ganxiezhu
Sg Youth Olympics blog
Five Cents Ten Cents
Liverpool Football Club
Military Life
Singapore Fixed Deposit
Singapore Savings Rates

Speaking Life
Times of My Life
Wild Singapore
Y G's blog
Singapore Kids Places
Good Morning Yesterday
Mumspotting
Photojournalise-tgh (Jing Hui)
S'pore Reefs (IYOR08)
Pasir Ris Not Paris
noelbynature
Oceanskies70
Otterman
victorkoo
Passionate About Life (Muhd Imran)
2nd Shot

Mother of Shrek - UK
Casdok: Faces of Autism
Rocky Mountain - Canada
Stardust - Japan
Peter's Paris - France
Visual Norway
Digi Polariods - Argentina

Yesterday...Today...Tomorrow
Tan Geng Hui's blog


RESOURCES
Picture Archives
National Heritage Board
National Parks Board
SAFRA

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Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church

Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church

Tourists who pass by Telok Ayer Street in Singapore should not miss the Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church.

Some reasons to spend a little time to explore this building:

1) Oldest Chinese-speaking Methodist church established in 1889.

2) Built in 1924-1925.

3) Gazetted as a National Monument on 23 March 1989.

4) Unique architecture of a western-style rectangular main body sitting on arched colonnades, with a pavilion roof shaped in the traditional Chinese manner.

5) Second-storey level church sanctuary.

6) Arches along its five-foot way look impressive.

More heritage details at Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church website.

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Telok Ayer Park

Telok Ayer Park

Most visitors to Chinatown are attracted to the Lunar New Year festivities and the open-air street shopping during this festive season.

As for me, I am attracted to the open-air park attractions around Chinatown like this Telok Ayer Park.

Located at the junction of Telok Ayer Street and Maxwell Road, this park can easily be missed because it is one of the smallest parks in Singapore. Without the prominent Nparks sign-board, I initially thought that the foot paths would lead me up into the hills between buildings.

Photograph: EW15 Tanjong Pagar MRT exit at Telok Ayer Park.

An MRT exit from the Tanjong Pagar MRT station (EW15) brings MRT travellers right to the doorstep of Telok Ayer Park. A bus-stop along Maxwell Road offers another convenient route to reach this park in Telok Ayer.

A good reason to visit Telok Ayer Park is to rest tired limbs along the park benches after exploring Chinatown's famous heritage places. Along Telok Ayer Street, not-to-be-missed attractions like Nagore Durgha Shrine, Thian Hock Keng Temple, Al Abrar Mosque and Chinese Methodist Church are worth an hour or two of exploration, complemented with commentary by a well-informed guide.

Another reason to come here is to enjoy nature at this tiny oasis of greenery amidst the built-up areas. Hide away from vehicular traffic, refill your lungs with fresh air and release body heat under cool canopy shade. Let your mind relax under the hypnotic songs of insects that sing to the wind.

I will not show you any picture of children's playground as none exists at Telok Ayer Park. I will also not produce any photos of fitness station for the same reason. The walking paths here seem to weave itself into the urban landscape that surrounds the park.

I can't show you any picture of rowdy kids chasing one another because there is none. I can't show you photographs of pedestrians and cars chasing each other as that did not happen on the Sunday that I was present.

Photo: Telok Ayer Park has covered walkways linking MRT to nearby buildings.

What I can show you are pictures of Telok Ayer Park. Hopefully its essence of tranquillity will show up well. If you pine for a place to take a break from the human crush of Chinatown's pre-Lunar New Year shopping,

Telok Ayer Park could be it.

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Pearl Garden Estate Park

Photo: Pearl Garden Estate.

Pearl Garden Estate Park

This small park is tucked away at Bedok North Avenue close to Block 98 and Block 100. It hugs the periphery of the Pan Island Expressway, next to St Anthony's Canossian Convent.

This simple neighbourhood park does not have a garden of pearls. There are no colourful flowers not exotic plants. If you think that gems could be found in this garden, think again.

Pearl Garden Estate Park possesses some basic fitness stations that may not rival other bigger parks like West Coast Park. But these amenities are functional and suit the need of the residents around the area.

Photo: Fitness stations at Pearl Garden Estate Park.

A short stretch of jogging path that ends in a loop sits in Pearl Garden Estate Park. Tall shady trees provide vital protection from midday heat. Park benches are scattered around to rest tired limbs after a good workout.

As I walked around the cool park, I felt at ease. Street traffic and noise from the Pan Island Expressway did not seem disturbing, even though its proximity to the park may be too close for comfort to some visitors.

I think this cozy little park will suit those who live nearby, hate crowds, like traffic views and want the fitness stations all to themselves.

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Smoke-Free Places In Singapore From 2009

Advertisement: courtesy of National Environment Agency (NEA).

Smoke-Free Places In Singapore From 2009

From today 1 January 2009, more places in Singapore will turn smoke-free areas. The National Environment Agency (NEA) has the complete list of places in Singapore that will be smoke-free.

These places include playgrounds and exercise areas that readers of Seen This Scene That and their families may visit from time to time.

More details on smoke-free playgrounds, exercise parks and other places have been written in my earlier post.

Smoke-Free Places. Live More Life.

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