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SINGAPORE – Dating back to the 18th century, the Seletar Estate has hosted various groups of people.
The first settlers known as Orang Seletar and Orang Laut lived near the mouth of the Seletar River. Immigrants, mostly from China, established cash crop plantations and farms, while Royal Air Force soldiers and their families were based near Seletar Air Base.
The subdivision is today at the forefront of national aerospace industry transformation projects. He also has his own lifestyle enclave.
His rich history and ever-changing story has now been captured in a new book entitled Uncovering Seletar.
Six residents of Seletar have spent the last two years collecting a 432-page book containing historical anecdotes, watercolors from Seletar Air Base and Jalan Buangkok Kampung, as well as photographs of rubber plantations, waterways, waterways, waterways, and waterways. pineapple and tapioca.
Seletar, as defined in the book, includes Jalan Kayu, Seletar Air Base and parts of Ang Mo Kio, Yao Chu Kang and Lorong Buangkok.
Launched Saturday, July 28, the book was produced to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the residents' association of Seletar Hills Estate. This is his second book on Seletar, with the first launched five years ago.
The last book, chiefly authored by senior retiree Eugene Wijeysingha, 84, describes in more detail the natural heritage of Seletar and explores the features and milestones that define the region
including the famous Jalan Kayu Road. air base, and gave life to the area, the personal memories of those who attended schools, churches and temples there and developments to come in the region.
The president of the association, Mr. Percival Jeyapal, 76, the project director, said the book aims to present a different side of Seletar.
He said: "This shows how progress and advancement have arrived while preserving the greatness and tranquility of nature and how (Seletar) has gone from farming and farming. breeding to a residential and industrial development. "
by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, the book was supported by the National Heritage Council, Bukit Sembawang Estates, Jurong Town Corporation, Fairview Developments, Tuan Sing Holdings and two individual sponsors Daniel Teo and Andy Chua.
The $ 30 book was launched at Seletar Country Club. The project director, Ginger Tiah, 71, said the book offers many "fascinating nuggets" such as how Seletar Airport became Singapore's first international airport and how the oldest developer in Singapore – Bukit Sembawang Estates – went from managing rubber plantations to being a major real estate developer now.
She said, "How did they make these transitions?" The answers are found in the book.
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