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.

Monday, September 6, 2010

A Malay Grandson

My Grand Father I am searching for one of Chew Joo Chiat's grandson. He is my father's half brother and also my uncle. The differne...

Monday, August 23, 2010

The Peranakan Town

In the recent issue of the Peranakan magazine I was surprised to learn that there was so much talk about making Joo Chiat a Peranakan Town. ...

Friday, July 2, 2010

KING OF KATONG

"Chew Joo Chiat came to be known as the undisputed King of Katong in the 1930s" said Chew's grandson Lee Beow Guan in the boo...

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Reminiscence

Recently I met Ah Heng, an old Joo Chiat neighbour. We talked about the good old days of more than half a century ago. He was a teenager the...

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Joo Chiat Walking Tour

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

Saturday, June 27, 2009

Unique Crossed Road Junction

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

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Business As Usual

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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