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Along Waterloo Street, there lies a building which is a place of worship for the Jewish community in Singapore. Built in 1878, it is the oldest synagogue in South-East-Asia where members of the Jewish community congregate to worship.
Tags: Waterloo Street, Maghain Aboth Synagogue
“iremember goes to Toa Payoh” is the first of a series of outreach initiatives to the heartlands island-wide. At this carnival we will be premiering two local short films by Singapore film-makers Tan Pin Pin and Wee Li Lin. They were commissioned as part of the Singapore Memory Singapore’s efforts to showcase memories via [...]
Tomorrow, Christians all over the world commemorate Good Friday, or the day when Jesus was unjustly executed, as part of the run-up to Easter, where Christians believe he was resurrected from the dead three days later. In this post from last year, Jerome documents a local tradition observed by Catholics in Singapore on the evening [...]
Image credit: Carolyn Lim Did you know that somewhere in this urban island, lie one of the last two surviving dragon kilns in Singapore? Would this rare surviving dragon kiln survive in a rapidly changing world where at times heritage from the past disappear in the name of progress? I learnt that it was a [...]
During my really quick trip to ION Orchard yesterday, I got deterred from buying shoes by this great exhibition in the middle of Basement 4 – Noise City, the festival showcase of Noise Singapore 2011. For the uninitiated, Noise Singapore is a National Arts Council initiative that encourages the creativity of Singaporean youths through a [...]
Just the other day I heard a sound of Chinese New Year that I never thought I would hear again – the sharp pop-pop-pops that were the unmistakable sound of firecrackers. But that couldn’t be, because firecrackers were banned in the 1970s. What I heard instead was the pop of an electronic firecracker, and I’m [...]
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I am desperately trying to contact the above person, if indeed she is still alive, who was a dear friend of mine in Singapore in the mid 1960s. She used to present arts programmes on Radio Singapore. Her first names were Gladys Estelle. Her parents were Alan and Esther (nee Elias) Manasseh, and she had two older siblings Leonard and Sylvia. Gem lived on the Serangoon Garden Estate
in Berwick Drive no. 20 I think. I left Singapore in 1967 and we lost touch during the 1970′s. I did hear that she was beset with money problems in the 1980′s. She drove a large ancient black Citroen, reminiscent of the Maigret tv series which was popular at the time. I often think of her and wonder what became of her and whether she got over her money worries. I am wondering if anyone in your community knew this lady and and could give me any news. I should be so grateful if you circulate this request for me. Thank you Alan Cottrell UK
Posted on August 11th, 2011 at 7:38 pm
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