Old Tanglin, Singapore

[Cecil Lee]

More old Malay Kampong scenes

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On 8/26/2013 8:04:22 PM, Anonymous wrote:
A Malay fishing villageOn 8/26/2013
8:02:09 PM, Cecil Lee wrote:
Old
Serangoon RoadOn 8/26/2013 7:11:59
PM, Cecil Lee wrote:
In the
past, it
was known as the main
gate to the
government house
(today it
is called
Istana).Today, you can still
see
the
same gate: entrance to the
Istana
guarded by several
policemen
carrying sub-machine
guns along the
orchard road /
side.On 8/26/2013
7:08:31
PM,
Cecil Lee wrote:
A
rubber
plantation in Singapore in
the
1930's. Rubber tapper at
workOn
8/26/2013 7:06:21 PM,
Cecil Lee
wrote:
Singapore
used to have a
zinc mine
in
the 1920's
to
1930's.On
8/26/2013
6:56:13 PM,
Cecil
Lee
wrote:
Many
years
ago, drinking water
was

brought via bullock

carts.Chinatown
is
also
named
after
"buffalo carting

water"....Photos are
around
the
1910's to
1930's.Did you
notice
that
they come in

pairs?