Most people will be hard pressed to remember Lim Chong Pang, once-member of the Singapore Rural Board who lends his name to the village and the road. The words “village” and “rural” are no longer associated with Singapore, so Jerome leads us to discover this village whose names are but a memory today.
Jerome writes:
Today, the area where Chong Pang once stood bears very little evidence of the bustling village that once occupied the area. Most of the roads associated with the village have disappeared: the main part of the village centered around Chong Pang Road and the roundabout where the Sultan Theatre stood and around which some sumptuous hawker fare could be found in the evenings, is now a clear plot of land, that is, based plans for the area, to be used for the construction of a sports and recreation complex. The roads on the other side of the road, where I remember there was a market of sorts, have similarly disappeared, a “Land for Sale” sign sticking out prominently where wooden shop houses once stood.
Find out more about Chong Pang Village in the 70s and 80s in The Long and Winding Road. The Singapore Infopedia also has an article on the village’s namesake, Lim Chong Pang.
3 Responses
i can remember three schools in chong pang, two of which are still around but relocated elsewhere. the schools were west hill, canberra and naval base. i don’t think there is a west hill anymore.
Posted on January 26th, 2010 at 9:43 pm
That would have been up Canberra Road, close to the area where Sun Plaza is these days.
Posted on January 27th, 2010 at 8:56 am
I grew up in Sembawang n studied in West Hill School. Graduated in 1984. Anyone from 1979 to 1984, please go to West Hill School page in FB:)
Posted on July 31st, 2011 at 2:25 am
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