My Chew Joo Chiat Story

Chew Joo Chiat 周如切 is my great grand-father. My family tree in Singapore begins with him. The purpose of this blog is for my children and grand children to know their root's humble beginning. Secondly, there are inaccuracies and gaps I discovered published in books, articles and websites about Chew Joo Chiat. I also want to talk about some lost landmarks in Joo Chiat.

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Joo Chiat Walking Tour

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The Straits Times has a Special Travel page every Tuesday. On Tuesday November 10 2009 it published an article about The Best Travel Exper...
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Saturday, June 27, 2009

Unique Crossed Road Junction

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Bird's eye view of the unique road junction This unique crossed road junction refers to four roads of different names converging at the ...
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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Business As Usual

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An old Chnese bakery at Joo Chiat Credit to URA There was a Chinese bakery at Joo Chiat when I was a school boy. It occupied two shop fron...
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Sunday, May 10, 2009

History of Mountbatten Road

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Pre-war map of Grove Estate The above map shows clearly the railway line starting from Grove Road to Jalan Eunos. It cuts through Tanjon...
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Sunday, April 19, 2009

Visting Chew Joo Chiat's grave

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I visited Chew Joo Chiat's grave on Saturday 11 April 2009 morning. Together with me were my uncle and his son, and a female cousin from...
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