Jerome blogs about an old landmark that once stood along Sembawang Road – an imposing red building that was used to process rubber.
There was a rusty red coloured building that once greeted the traveller along Sembawang Road. This would have been just after where the road started at the junction with Mandai Road. The building seemed to leap out at you on the right side of the road travelling north, just after you passed the old Post Office up Mandai Road on the left, breaking the monotony of what seemed an endless journey to the village of Chong Pang and towards Sembawang end, as was often the case on the many car rides to the Mata Jetty and the coastal villages near end of Sembawang Road, sitting in the back seat of the car.
The rubber factory, last used by Kota Trading in the 1980s no longer stands along Sembawang Road, but must have played an instrumental role in shaping the population of the neighbourhood because it was an important industrial focal point. One of the places in this area is also named after the original owner of the rubber factory – find out who in That old rusty red coloured building along Sembawang Road.
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Feel great after reading this article!
Posted on April 19th, 2010 at 9:35 am
At first I thought that the building was made of rubber and coloured red! My bad…
Nice article on the rubber making history of the building.
Posted on April 19th, 2010 at 7:56 pm
When/Where was the first movie theater in Singapore?
Posted on June 12th, 2010 at 5:04 am
I was born in sebawang and live in sebawang village facing this old building, my grandpa is the worker in this company.
until now, I still remember very clearly.
Posted on October 14th, 2010 at 11:05 pm
I was born in sebawang and live in sebawang village facing this old building,
Posted on December 28th, 2010 at 2:22 pm
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