What you are going to read from here on, is like a compilation of some of the photography\/writing that I had been doing, what’s happening recently with history, heritage, preservation, conservation and what action groups, movement had done and still ongoing. With quite a few things\/situations happening around us in Singapore over this year 2011, let’s take a walk through this short timeline<\/p>\n
The Green Corridor\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n When it was announced that the KTM Railway will be returned back to Singapore, it didn’t kick start a major reaction until closer to the last days of the end of the KTM Railway. The 2 train stations were preserved and conserved, the railway tracks were removed and returned back to Malaysia, leaving the current entire stretch very different, just a path with grass, while waiting for the masterplan to be out on the plans for the Green Corridor. The future of the Green Corridor, with an exhibition at the URA centre, known as Re-Imaging The Green Corridor<\/a>, showed that between public and private sectors, we can come together to work, discuss, plan and decide together for the future of the Green Corridor. Do follow this facebook group “We Support The Green Corridor<\/a>” for updates!<\/p>\n My coverage of The Green Corridor can be found here on my photoblog<\/a> and the special folder The Green Corridor on Flickr<\/a> !<\/p>\n Old Places<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Singapore is developing at such a fast pace, especially for me in the past 5 years, the transformation is remarkable and it gives us a modern cosmopolitan city landscape. However, in the quest for modernisation and change, Singapore had already lost and are losing things, from history, heritage, landmarks and many old places. After watching Royston’s Tan Old Places, I was very motivated to do my own photojournalistic coverage and write up of the Old Places in Singapore before it’s gone forever and they can only be seen on DVDs, libraries, micro-films, internet, photographs etc. For those who are into Old Places in Singapore, do check out the Facebook Group – Old Places<\/a> for more updates !<\/p>\n My coverage of the Old Places in Singapore can be found here on my photoblog<\/a> and a special folder Old Places on Flickr<\/a>!<\/p>\n Interest Groups –\u00a0Preserving, documenting and sharing early days of Singapore – On a little street in Singapore<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n This Facebook group is started by Jerome Lim<\/a>, a blogger\/photographer, someone who has very great passion in sharing and preserving the history and heritage of Singapore. His Facebook Group is sharing and connecting like-minded people of different age groups, who are keen on Singapore in the early days from the colonial days to independence days and early nationhood days. This is a very informative and interesting site, especially for the younger generation to learn beyond the history books on our culture and heritage and those landmarks and lifestyle gone by. Here’s the link on Facebook<\/a> !<\/p>\n Recently, a few other areas surfaced into the picture<\/p>\n Bukit Brown Cemetery\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n With a rising population in a limited and small land space Singapore, a thirst for more cars and expected heavier traffic, Bukit Brown Cemetery was slated for re-development, not just for roads, it’s also being planned for housing development too. This caused quite a stir too, with people stepping up to write, share and document down. This cemetery is iconic because of Singapore’s early pioneers, who helped to build up Singapore’s economy and society, some of them were buried there. Removing them is like tearing what builds up Singapore in the first place, way before independence during the British Colonial days. However, with the inevitable quest and thirst for more land, space and housing, where does the balance lies ? This is a question that is not a million dollar question as some people would put it, there might be no answer that fits everybody.<\/p>\n