The NUS History Alumni Association is hosting (for the first time) a Mad Hatters Party at the new NUS Alumni House next Friday.
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Shedding Some Light: Rifle Range Road
by Kevin Lee
Leading into a quiet residential area in posh Bukit Timah is a road that doesn’t conjure up images of quiet or residents: Rifle Range Road.
But the area does seem to have been a residential area even before the present houses there were built - except that early residents, though living on landed property,… »
Shedding Some Light: Jalan Kampong Chantek
by Kevin Lee, with additional research by Ho Chi Tim
Off Dunearn Road is a road with a picturesque name: Jalan Kampong Chantek. This road (jalan) once led to a to a pretty (chantek) village (kampong).
A search on Google throws up over 500 mentions of the road name, mostly relating to property sales and international schools… »