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“So long as we stay united, be clear-eyed about our challenges and face them squarely together, there is absolutely no reason why we cannot celebrate SG100 with even greater pride and confidence!” Minister Chan Chun Sing

TOWN NEWS

Well over a thousand of us, young, old and of all races, filled a huge tent at the

Global Indian International School on 24 February to celebrate Chinese New Year together. Along with the god of fortune, we were all glad to see our MPs. Many greetings and wishes were exchanged and many pictures were taken. And at the table toasts, many huats were “huatted”.

Over an excellent dinner, we enjoyed all kinds of performances on the stage. Dances. Dragon dancers. Wushu. Classical Chinese instru-ments like the flute and erhu. Many gasped when the acrobats and con-tortionists took their turn. Imagine fitting yourself into a middle-sized bucket. They fit.

Minister Chan Chun Sing spoke brightly of the future. “Through productivity growth and innovation, we can move beyond the domestic market and penetrate external ones. We must also continue to invest in the education of our people and our infrastructure.

“We are determined and confident of the next lap of our country’s his-tory,” he said.

After the toast to the new year, with some very long and loud “yam sengs”, the MPs went to every table with mandarin oranges, and we looked under 1,000 chairs for eight special ang pows.

To end the night, we sang together. If you didn’t make it to our party, here’s a hearty Gong Xi Fa Cai to you!

The doggy god of fortune was a huge hit at our Chinese New Year celebrations.

Striding intothe new year

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TOWN NEWS

After extensive repairs and redecoration (R&R) by the Town Council, the Bukit Merah View Market and Food Centre was

officially reopened on 30 December.The R&R programme included many improve-

ments for the elderly – such as non-slip flooring, wider aisles, ramps and railings. And for the lunchtime crowd – extended awnings, more fans

and free Wi-Fi. All the improvements were based on feedback from residents and hawkers.

Speaking at the opening, Ms Joan Pereira, MP for the division, said the two-month closure for upgrading ended as the holiday season lull began, “So when the New Year comes around, I think resi-dents will be back to the centre.” She also thought the free Wi-Fi will pull in more young people.

And that’s more than fresh paint at Bukit Merah View

A better dining experience at Bukit Merah Central

This information panel on the facade of the market tells everyone what’s inside. It was suggested by stallholders who told the Town Council many people did not know what stalls were inside the market and that affected their business.

and parking!

On 3 February, after a major upgrading, the hawker centre at Bukit Merah Central was officially re-opened by the MP for Radin

Mas, Mr Sam Tan Chin Siong. Some very young children celebrated the event with exuberant danc-ing and swordfights with balloons. The Advisor and his grassroots leaders celebrated by checking

out the new features the hawker centre now has. All stalls in the centre have been rebuilt with a

better cooking exhaust system. The new tables and stools are arranged optimally, with wider aisles and walkways. The toilets have been refurbished and canopies have been installed on the sides facing the central courtyard. Brighter and airier,

The carpark has LED lighting now.

A feature of the opening ceremony was the presentation of 30-year service awards to members of the Bukit Merah Merchants and Hawkers’ Association.

This machine sorts the contents of returned trays. New canopies to shield diners from sun and rain. Return your tray here and collect your $1 deposit.

the centre now features an automated tray return system with central dishwashing.

All the piping and lighting on the ceiling of the car park below has been replaced, the floor has been rescreeded, stairs and railings have been renewed, and everything has a fresh coat of paint. It is now a pleasant place to park your car!

Wider aisles and slip-free flooring.

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TOWN NEWS

The Embracing PArenthood Movement is a community-based initiative, led by the PA and supported by NTUC and other partners,

to give parents from the same neighbourhood a chance to get to know each other and build a sup-port network.

It’s also a platform for the partners to share in-formation on parenting and family bonding.

We held our first party in Buona Vista on 18 November last year. About fifty families came to celebrate the birth of new babies in the community.

Every family with a Singaporean baby born between 2016 and 2019 can expect to be invited to a similar party, where they will get gift sets that include some insurance.

NTUC Social Enterprises, the main sponsor, has set aside $28 million, spread over four years. Or $200 per child, based on an estimate of 35,000 babies born each year.

Embracing PArenthood in Buona Vista

Our Year-end Carnival was an event for families to come together and have a fun Sunday. The theme was Times Past and we

wore old-style clothing – the ladies had bows in their hair and the men wore fedoras!

It was planned to please all age groups. We had old-style stage performances for the seniors to enjoy. PassionArt volunteers had a handicraft

Going down memory lane in Tiong Bahruactivity for you to decorate your own tote bag. And we had a carnival train and bouncing castles for the children – in case the Kampong Games failed to engage them.

Kampong Games and Kampong Foods were the highlights of the day. We wanted the younger set to know what we had before Ipads and fast food. We also spent a lot of time hunting down “antique”

cameras, photos, certificates and such for a display. It brought back many memories for the seniors.

There were lots of seniors there. In addition to those who bought tickets, we invited another 200 folks who often have to spend their time alone.

The Carnival closed, appropriately, with an outdoor movie screening. They were so popular in “the good old days”.

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TOWN NEWS

For the seventh year in a row, the good folks from BNP Paribas brought Christmas cheer to Queenstown residents on 10 December last year.

In Moulmein-Cairnhill, we have a slogan, “Mo-Ca Cares”. It’s an umbrella under which we do all kinds of volunteer work.

“We are blessed with 88 per cent of our constituency being residents in private properties who are able to help and are willing to help,” said Mr Melvin Yong, MP for the division when he announced the app Mo-Ca Cares. The app plays a connecting role, linking volunteers with projects where help is needed.

Projects cover everything from tuition to haircuts to painting rental units at Owen Road during the school holidays.

“Mo-Ca Painting” is now two years old and last December, two groups of young volunteers from tertiary institutions went to work, sprucing up homes, ready for the new year.

The elderly residents were very pleased by the hard – and good! – work done by the young people.

Christmas Celebrations at Leng KeeChristmas care packages were distributed to

many needy families within the estate, and then the volunteers organised a Christmas party with lots of good food, good cheer and lovely presents.

Dr Chia Shi-Lu took the opportunity to give out our study bursaries to primary school stu-dents at the party, in anticipation of the coming school year.

Above – our MP, Dr Chia Shi-Lu, and Mr Pierre Veyres, regional head for SE Asia at BNP Paribas, with one of the young awardees. Left – some of the many Paribas volunteers take a bow after the party.

Painting (part of) the town (and some volunteers) white

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Food, Food, Glorious Food

Kim Huat Wanton Mee is stall #01-05 in the newly upgraded food centre at Block 115 Bukit Merah View. They still believe in the $3 meal, and we tried both a wet – a bowl of soup with five huge dumplings, noodles and crunchy fresh spinach – and a dry, as in the photo. The roast pork was A1 and the bowl of soup came with three small wantons. The only argument that developed while we sampled these very tasty bargains concerned the noodles. They were perfectly cooked, but sooooo loooong! Open 5am to 2.30pm.

Lean Bento Cafe is at #01-49, Block 43 Holland Drive. We tried their All-day Brunch ($10/-, shown) of scrambled eggs on a waffle, baked cherry tomatoes, air-fried tater tots and mesclun salad. Their menu was a tad complicated, but the friendly staff were helpful and we understand they have since developed a new menu. If it still features their couscous (sparkling with basil) and their mesclun, you should have a meal here, really soon. Open 10am to 9pm on weekdays and 10am to 6pm on weekends.

Yean Heng Pancake occupies stall #01-32 in Pek Kio Market. You could never cook these at home! They come off the hotplate half a metre wide! But you only have to buy a slice. Our photo shows one slice with peanut filling and one with coconut. Like a lot of good food, the cake is crispy on the out-side, soft and springy on the inside. The fillings are generous and the service is smiling. This is food that brings back memories of days gone by, when our “treats” were simpler. The wonderful thing is: these old treats are still the best treats. And only $0.60 a slice! Open 6am to 1.30pm, closed on Mondays.

Wei Yi Laksa and Prawn Noodle is stall #01-20 at Block 48A Tanglin Halt Road. Before you decide what is the ideal laksa, you should try the laksa here. He’s been cooking it for 30 years. “Fresh” would be our first adjective. Not just for the prawns and chicken. Or the plentiful beansprouts. It’s light on coconut, with just a few, whole, laksa leaves. Perfect noodles. And when it’s all eaten, you’ll want to pick up the bowl and drink the soup you usually leave behind! Servings start at $3 (shown). Open 5.30am to 2pm, but “usually sold out by twelve plus!”. Closed on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays.

Collin’s Grille Bento is stall #01-10, at the east end of the coffeeshop at Block 26 Jalan Membina. We tried their Roasted Shredded Chicken with Aglio Olio. The spaghetti pasta was cooked al dente and tossed with grilled mushroom, chopped dried parsley, garlic, aromatic olive oil – and just exactly the right amount of chili. Add the flavourful roast chicken and you have a great meal in a bowl, served in a flash. And this dish, unlike most at Collin’s, only costs $6. Open 11am to 4am every day.

Soon Heng Fishball Noodles is stall #01-124 in the Block 11 Telok Blangah Crescent hawker centre. Plan on queueing if you want some fish ball noodles as good as they get. Your order will be cooked when you get to the head of that queue, then served with genuine smiles. Dry $3, wet $2.50. A remarkable bargain nowadays. And the fish balls are silky, the noodles cooked just so – plus a taster of pickled cabbage to set things off. Open 5am to 2pm, closed on Sundays and Mondays.

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YOU CAN PLAY YOUR PART IN SAVING WATERWITH THESE SIMPLE TIPS

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Monitor your water billsCheck your water bill to monitor your family’s water consumption. If your consumption is more than the average,re-look your family water usage habits.

Take shorter showersKeep showers to under 5 minutes and turn off the tap while soaping.

ReuseCollect rinse water from the washing machine for flushing the toilet or mopping the floor.

Repair leakspromptlyRepair leaks and drippingtaps immediately to prevent water wastage.

Reduced flushUse reduced flush for liquid waste.

Wash in a filled sinkWash vegetables and dishes in a filled sink instead of under arunning tap.

Wash on a full loadFill your washing machine on a full load.

Towards Clarke Quay StationRoad Name Bus Stop Description Bus Stop No.

CLEMENTI AVE 3CLEMENTI INT 17009

NTUC FAIRPRICE 17239

C'WEALTH AVE WEST

BLK 365 17159

DOVER STN 19039

OPP BLK 19A CP 19019

BLK 15 11199

C'WEALTH AVE

BLK 43 11189

BLK 8 11179

C'WEALTH STN EXIT B/C 11169

QUEENSWAYQUEENSTOWN POLYCLINIC 11059

OPP BLESSED SACRAMENT CH 11049

EU TONG SEN ST

OUTRAM PK STN EXIT F/SGH 10018

PEARL'S CTR 05012

PEOPLE'S PK CTR 05022

CLARKE QUAY STN EXIT E 04222

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Towards Clementi InterchangeRoad Name Bus Stop Description Bus Stop No.

NEW BRIDGE ROAD

CLARKE QUAY STN 04239HONG LIM PK 05059

CHINATOWN PT 05049NEW BRIDGE CTR 05039OPP PEARL'S CTR 05019

OUTRAM PK STN EXIT H 05069OPP NEW BRIDGE RD TER 10011

QUEENSWAYAFT C'WEALTH DR 11041

OPP QUEENSTOWN POLYCLINIC 11051

C'WEALTH AVEC'WEALTH STN EXIT A/D 11161

OPP BLK 7B 11171OPP BLK 43 11181

C'WEALTH AVE WEST

BUONA VISTA STN 11191BLK 19A CP 19011DOVER STN 19031

BLK 410 17151OPP BLK 329 17161

CLEMENTI STN 17171CLEMENTI AVE 3 CLEMENTI INT 17009

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少停站快速路线从 2018年1月28日 (星期日) 开始服务

Khidmat Hentian Terhad Dari Ahad 28 Januari 2018ஞாய, 28 ஜனவ 2018 த இேசைவ றிபட நிதகள ம ெசயப

• Service 147e will be introduced to provide a faster connection from Clementi, Dover, Buona Vista and Commonwealth toOutram Park, Chinatown and Clarke Quay. Distance fares for express services will be charged.

• 巴士服务路线147e将让乘客从金文泰、杜弗、波那维斯达和联邦，到欧南园、牛车水及克拉码头更快捷方便。车资将根据快捷巴士

服务的收费计算。

• Perkhidmatan 147e akan diperkenalkan untuk menawarkan perjalanan lebih pantas dari Clementi, Dover, Buona Vista dan Commonwealth keOutram Park, Chinatown dan Clarke Quay. Tambang berdasarkan jarak bagi khidmat bas ekspres akan dikenakan.

• ேசைவ 147e கிளெம, ேடாவ, வன வதா, காமெவ ஆகியவ ஊர பா, ைசனாட, கிளா கீ ஆகியவ இைடய வைரவான பயண இைணைப வழக அறிகமாகிற. வைர ேப ேசைவகான பயண ர கடணக வதிகப.

Map not drawn to scaleCLEMENTI BUS INTERCHANGE / STATION

CLEMENTI AVE 3

TOWARDS HOUGANG

CENTRAL BUS INTERCHANGE

DOVER STATION

BUONA VISTA STATION

COMMONWEALTH STATION

CLARKE QUAY STATION

CHINATOWNSTATIONOUTRAM PARK

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COMMONWEALTH AVE WEST

COMMONWEALTH AVE

QUEENSWAY

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JALAN BUKIT MERAH

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Service 147Service 147eNon-stop sector

Operating Hours (Daily including Public Holidays)From Clementi Bus Interchange From Clarke Quay MRT Station

Weekdays Weekends / Public Holidays Weekdays Weekends /

Public HolidaysHrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins Hrs Mins6 00 30 6 00 30 7 30 50 7 307 00 20 40 7 00 30 8 10 30 50 8 00 308 00 20 40 8 00 30 9 10 30 9 00 309 00 30 9 00 30 10 – 16 00 30 10 – 16 00 30

10 – 16 00 30 10 – 16 00 30 17 00 30 50 17 00 3017 00 20 40 17 00 30 18 10 30 50 18 00 3018 00 20 40 18 00 30 19 10 30 19 00 3019 00 30 19 00 30 20 – 23 00 30 20 – 23 00 30

20 – 21 00 30 20 – 21 00 3022 00 22 00

Clementi Bus Interchange – Clarke Quay MRT Station

PORTSDOWN AVE

*Timings are subject to traffic conditions.

LIMITED STOP SERVICEFrom Sunday, 28 January 2018

SBS Transit is running a new lim-ited stop service –147e – from Clementi bus interchange to

Clarke Quay MRT station. The service was introduced to provide a faster

connection from Clementi, Dover, Buona Vista and Commonwealth to Outram Park, Chinatown and Clarke Quay. Distance fares for express ser-vices will be charged.

New bus servicehas fewer stops

Municipal Services Awards 2017 (Team) – Collaboration on Investigations on Public Health Feedback at Lengkok BahruPresented by OneService Municipal Services Office (MSO)

Water Efficiency Award 2017Presented by Public Utilities Board (PUB)

Singapore Best FM Building Owner/Occupier 2017Presented by International Facilities Management Association (IFMA)

Moulmein-Cairnhill Division - Most Improved Estate CleanlinessPresented by National Environment Agency (NEA)

The Town Council won much praise

last yearYou can tell if you’re doing

things the best way if your way wins prizes. Here are

four of the prizes won by our Town Council last year.

Our Town did well to win a Water Efficiency Award

– but we could do better!hose during block-washing. 3. Any fault in the automatic plant-watering systems.

And to help you save on your household water bill, here are seven tips from the PUB:

We can help the Town Council save even more money on the Town’s water bill by telling them if we see in any of the common areas:

1. Water leaking from a pipe. 2. Water leaking from a

TOWN NEWS

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Your SaYIf 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.

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:

Mdm Teo Chwee Nee ............SXXX6531IMr Ling Leck Poh ...................SXXX0321FMs Sandra Chan ......................SXXX9022JMdm Agai Kannie Balan ....SXXX4711DMiss Loo Lay Hua .................SXXX6641E

Miss Nur Adani Bte Mhd Adam TXXX7761CMiss Ng Teng Fang ........................SXXX4712DMrs Abdul Mannan (Messilah) .SXXX6237DMs Emily Sin .....................................TXXX7358FMr Kanesa.N ....................................SXXX1021D

Contest is open to all residents of Tanjong Pagar GRC. All entries must be mailed before 1 May 2018 to:

Quiz, Tanjong Pagar Town Council,

Blk 166 Bt Merah Central #03-3527, Singapore 150166

Name: Mr/Ms/Mrs/Mdm/Miss

Address: Postal Code: NRIC: Age: Telephone: Handphone: Email:

Entry Form

The Window is published by the Tanjong Pagar Town Council and printed by HoBee Print Pte Ltd.

After having a leaking pipe for several months, we were finally relieved of the prob-

lem when Mr Clemence stepped in to solve it for us. We are impressed with the efficiency of his response to

our call for assistance and appreci-ate his effort in solving our problem promptly. This has brought much convenience to us. Thank you very much!

Cheers, Dawn Xu

I want to highlight how helpful Iskandar and his team have been. I called to get help with our lift’s

loud, wailing sound and, within the day, he assigned someone to look into it and solve the problem. Solving this noise issue was important for my family and me. Thank you for being so gracious to work on it, so profes-sionally, and so very quickly!

Regards, Dylan Swa

Well done to the two hardworking supervisors who take care of 671B

Klang Lane. They are dedicated in keeping our blocks clean and en-suring that our corridors are neat and spotless. Both of them are very hardworking.

Thank you, Decwel

Thank you Ms Hazlin for the swift response and effective action to relocate the incense

burning cage to another spot that will cause less smoke for residents in the block. We appreciate your understanding.

Cheers, Zie Kamarudin

As part of the constant efforts being made by the LTA to improve bus services in

Singapore, there will be more bus trips during peak hours for the fol-lowing services that run through our Town:

5, 12, 16, 23, 32, 48, 56, 57, 66, 93, 100, 124, 132, 145, 151, 153, 175, 185, 186, 191, 196, 518, 857, 972 and 980

In addition there will be more high capacity buses on these services:

2, 10, 65, 106, 130 and 198

More and bigger buses for us from

32 Tanjong Pagar GRC and Radin Mas SMC

More Bus Trips During

Peak Hours

Services 5, 12, 16, 23, 32, 48, 56, 57, 66, 93, 100, 124, 132, 145, 151, 153, 175, 185, 186,

191, 196, 518, 857, 972 and 980 From September 2016 to July 2017

More High Capacity Buses

Services 2, 10, 65, 106, 130 and 198

From September 2016 to July 2017

{For MP’s usage}