tree planting day - Moulmein-Kallang Town Council

Moulmein-Kallang
TOWN COUNCIL
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MICA(P)127/08/2012 December 2012
tree
planting
day
Happy holidays and wishing you
a successful 2013!
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Chairman’s Message
Singapore is well-known for our cleanliness and as a garden city. Our town
planners have done really well to blend greenery into our concrete jungle.
In Moulmein-Kallang GRC and Whampoa SMC, I am heartened to see residents
playing your part in keeping our estates clean and green.
On November 11, many of you witnessed this year’s Tree Planting Day at the grass
patch in front of Block 9 Boon Keng Road (see page 6). This is a tradition that we
have been practising since 1971 as part of the drive to make Singapore a tropical
garden city.
Our other “green” effort involves the replacing of conventional fluorescent lights
with light emitting diode (LED) luminaries which are just as bright but consume
60 per cent less energy. More than 180 HDB residential blocks have had their lights
replaced.
Besides greening, let’s continue to keep our estates clean and litter-free. High-rise
litter can kill and indiscriminate throwing of rubbish can cause inconvenience and
create hygiene issues in your environment.
With all of us chipping in, I am sure that our estates will be a place where you are
proud to call home and delighted to come home to.
Happy holidays and wishing you a successful 2013!
Yours sincerely,
Denise Phua, Chairman
MEEt-tHE-pEoplE SESSionS
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Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim
Minister for Communications and Information & Minister-in-charge
of Muslim Affairs, MP for Moulmein – Kallang GRC
Venue: Block 64 Kallang Bahru #01-373 Singapore 330064
Day: Every Monday (except public holidays)
Time: 8.00pm Tel: 6293 6443 Fax: 6299 8570
Venue: Block 52 Sims Place #01-138 Singapore 380052
Day: Last Wednesday of the month (except public holidays)
Time: 8.00pm Tel: 6742 3108 Fax: 6748 5901
Mr Lui Tuck Yew
Minister for Transport, MP for Moulmein – Kallang GRC
Venue: Block 52, Kent Road #01-23 Singapore 210052
Day: Every Monday (except public holidays)
Time: 8.00pm Tel: 6293 0592 Fax: 6296 8840
Ms Denise Phua Lay Peng
Chairman of Moulmein – Kallang Town Council
MP for Moulmein – Kallang GRC
Venue: Block 462 Crawford Lane #03-33 Singapore 190462
Day: Every Wednesday (except eves of and public holidays)
Time: 8.00pm Tel: 6292 1784 Fax: 6293 1210
Mr Edwin Tong Chun Fai
Vice Chairman of Moulmein – Kallang Town Council
MP for Moulmein – Kallang GRC
Venue: Block 806 King George’s Avenue #03-222 Singapore 200806
Day: Every Wednesday (except public holidays)
Time: 8.00pm Tel: 6297 1616 Fax: 6299 9507
Mr Heng Chee How
Senior Minister of State, Prime Minister’s Office
MP for Whampoa SMC
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Venue: Block 85 Whampoa Drive #01-248 Singapore 320085
Day: Every Monday (except public holidays)
Time: 8.00pm Tel: 6255 8986 Fax: 6352 4359
Contents
Environment
Go green and save the earth 03
Tips to help you save the
earth and money 03
Upgraded facilities... 04
...and other refinements in our estates 05
What a bright idea! 05
people
Digging in on Tree Planting Day 06
1,500 residents sing by the river 07
Making a difference through
mentoring and tutoring 08
Snap away! 08
Delightful Teochew fare in
Whampoa West 09
Heart
Whampoa Familiarisation &
Bonding cum Fire Safety Day 09
Senior citizens savour sumptuous
dinner 10
One Community Walk bonds
residents 10
200 take scenic walk 11
Breakfast by the river, anyone? 11
High-rise litterbugs, beware! 12
Free bulky removal service 12
Keep our common space clear 12

Project EARTH (Every Act of Recycling Trash
Helps) is a recycling project organised by NEA
Central Regional Office and Central Singapore
CDC, and supported by DELL Singapore and
public waste collectors such as 800 Super Waste
Management, Veolia-Environmental Services
Singapore and SembWaste.
The first phase, namely the 10,000-Tonnes Project
EARTH Challenge, was introduced in 2009,
followed by Project EARTH E-recycling and 10%
Total Project EARTH Challenge in 2010 and 2011
respectively.
Since its launch in 2009, Project EARTH has
reached out to 26 schools, 15 corporate partners
and all 23 constituencies in Central Singapore
District, contributing almost 30, 000 tonnes of
recyclables.
Environment
Go green and save the earth
Cut your shower time
Source: National Environment
Agency, Public Utilities
Board
积极绿化保卫地球
Ways to support Project EARTH
You can do your part by:
• Dropping recyclables in Neighbourhood
Recycling Bins.
• Bagging recyclables and leaving them outside
your home before 8.30am on collection dates.
• Bringing down recyclables to Project EARTH
recycling drives organised by our Grassroots
Organisations.
Recyclable items
• Papers
• Plastics
• Metal tins and cans
• Glass containers
• Old clothing
• Electronics such as computers
For more information, call 1800-CALL NEA
(1800-2255 632).
tipS to HElp you SavE tHE EartH and MonEy
1 Get a reusable bag: Plastic bags take many years to decompose and break
down. This generates large amounts of garbage over time
2 Cut your shower time: You can save nine litres of water every minute
3 Wash your vegetables and dishes in a filled tank instead of under a running
tap: You can save up to 14 litres of water
4 Set your air-conditioner at 25°C: Save about $25 a year or more with every
degree you raise
5 Boil water only when needed: If you require hot water throughout the day,
use a thermo-flask to keep it hot. An electric air-pot uses energy
continuously and can cost about $25 a month in electricity
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Environment
upgraded
facilities...
Before
新添设施
Before
Before
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Fitness Corner at
Blk 1 Maude Road
Covered Walkway at
Blk 111 McNair Road
Whether rain or shine, our newly
upgraded walkway, drop-off
porch and community plaza will help
protect you from the elements. We’ve
also renovated a playground and fitness
corner. Stay tuned. Other upgrading
works are in the pipeline.
Drop-off Porch at
Blk 40 Sims Drive
Children’s Playground at
Blk 12 Farrer Park
Before
Senior Citizens’ Corner at
Blk 73 Geylang Bahru
Before
Community Plaza at
Blk 26 Kelantan Road

ight
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idea!
Environment
…and other refinements
in our estates 与改进工程
To deliver a better living environment, we have completed
repair, redecoration and re-roofing works in many of our
neighbourhoods.
Repair & redecoration works
Blk 101 to 108 Jalan Rajah
Blk 101 to 107 Towner Road
Blk 108B & 108C McNair Road
Blk 57,61,62,66 to 68 Geylang/ Kallang Bahru
Blk 29 Bendemeer Road
Re-roofing projects
Blk 9 to 23 St George’s Road
Blk 58, 59A to 59C & 60 Geylang Bahru
Blk 40, 42, 43, 43A & 61 Sims Drive
Blk 104 Whampoa Drive
Blk 13, 14, 14A Upper Boon Keng Road
Blk 801 & 802 French Road
What a esidents can now enjoy brighter, more
Refficient lights. More than 180 HDB
residential blocks in Moulmein- Kallang
GRC had their lights replaced with light
emitting diode (LED) luminaries in August.
These were installed along HDB corridors,
stairways and void decks.
LED luminaries are as bright as, use 60 per
cent less energy and generate less heat
than conventional fluorescent lights.
Better yet, a LED light lasts for 12 years
while a fluorescent light lasts for just two
years. Over the years, electricity tariffs have
risen substantially. This initiative not only
helps the Town Council cut down expenses,
but also reduce carbon emission.
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People
Digging in on
Tree Planting Day
His maneuvering of the
balancing rod wowed not
just the crowd gathered for Tree
Planting Day but got a couple
of our MPs interested. Juggler
Jonathan Goh made the balancing
rod swing with the deftest of hands
and slightest movement of his
body – prompting MP Heng Chee
How to try it out and Minister Lui
Tuck Yew to give him a hand.
Jonathan, a member of Circus Arts
of Kallang CC, has been learning the
ropes of the trick since he was 10. “I
was enthralled by jugglers when I
was young and wanted to learn the
skills,” said the 16-year-old student.
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Community
effort to
solve a
puzzle
Mr Heng gets
a little help in
watering the tree
植树节
Besides Circus Arts, the Samba
Drumming team from Kallang CC
also performed at the opening of
the event.
Residents, food
and games
Residents got to see and
experience more than just the
formal planting of trees on
November 11. The organisers
put in much effort to ensure
that residents can dig in to food,
entertainment and fun as well at
the game stalls.
The activities included exhibitions
by the National Environment
Agency, Land Transport Agency
and Neighbourhood Police Post,
and games and food stalls.
Mr Tong is all smiles
after planting the tree
Thumbs up for
tree planting
This year’s Tree Planting Day
took place at the grass patch
in front of Block 9 Boon Keng
Road. Moulmein-Kallang GRC
and Whampoa SMC MPs Yaacob
Ibrahim, Lui Tuck Yew, Heng Chee
How, Denise Phua, and Edwin Tong
planted five trees at the event.
More community
gardens on the way
In line with our greening
initiatives, new community
gardens at Block 6 Boon Keng
Road, Block 14A Upper Boon
Keng Road and Block 23 St
George’s Road, will be set up
in the coming months.
Ms Phua gets a grip
of the changko
Happy residents

河畔齐欢唱
1,500 residents
sing by the river
Kolam Ayer ABC Waterfront along Kallang River
turned musical on November 17 as about 1,500
residents of all ages gathered for the inaugural
Community Singing Festival 2012.
Organised by volunteers from Moulmein-Kallang and
Whampoa Community Arts & Culture Clubs (CACC), the
event featured three platforms around the waterfront
where residents sang community and retro songs led by
MediaCorp DJs Gao Yi Xin and Marcus Chin, and singers
Patrick Guo Xian Hua and Guo Jia Xian.
A painting exhibition on recycled banners by residents
was held at Kolam Ayer Bridge along the Kallang River
to further liven up the atmosphere.
Assoc Prof Yaacob Ibrahim, Minister for
Communications and Information, Adviser to Kolam
Ayer GROs led the event.
People
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People
Making a difference 学生义工提供社区辅导与家教服务
through mentoring and tutoring By Grace Ong
The tutoring and mentorship programme is one of the four branches under Moulmein’s
Active Volunteerism initiative, the brainchild of our MP and grassroots leaders.
These children are brought to our attention when
they visit our MP at Meet-the-People sessions. We
will visit them and assess the kind of help they require,
such as financial aid or tuition for primary school kids
if they need but cannot afford tuition.
We will then try to connect them to self-help
associations such as CDAC, Mendaki or SINDA for
more affordable tuition. However, if the families are in
need of dire help, we will try to get volunteers to tutor
and mentor the children at Pek Kio Community Centre
or at their homes.
These volunteers are like mentors to the children as
we are looking at more than just academic results. We
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want to be a friend and confidant to them. We want
to help them so that they can help their family.
This year, we started partnering students from
National Junior College to mentor Primary 5
students of Balestier Hill Primary School. This is to
encourage partnership and community service
among students in Moulmein constituency.
Since we started this initiative a year ago, the
number of families coming for help has increased
and we need a bigger pool of committed and
passionate volunteers. Those interested can visit us
at Pek Kio CC, call 62990565 or email pekkioyec@
hotmail.com. Families who need help can approach
our Grassroots Adviser at his Meet-the-People
session every Monday from 8 to 10pm at Block 52
Kent Road.
snap away!
With the proliferation of smart phones and digital cameras, everyone can be a photographer. Whip out
your devices and take photographs around your estate and you may win a digital camera!
But wait, we have a theme. For this issue, we are looking for photographs of
clean and green activities in Moulmein-Kallang.
Send your entries to touchpoint@mktc.org.sg by February 28, 2013 and please
provide your Name, NRIC, address and telephone number. Winning entries will
be published in the next issue.
Do note that this contest is open to Moulmein-Kallang residents only.
So, ready, get set, shoot!
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Delightful Teochew fare
in Whampoa West
坐落在黄埔西的潮州美食
Longing for Teochew food? Over the past
three years, Liang Kee Teochew Restaurant
has been dishing out delightful Teochew
delicacies at Block 34 Whampoa West
#01-27, which is easily accessible from
Boon Keng MRT Exit B.
Cold crab, braised duck, fish with bean sauce,
cabbage fried rice, and fried crayfish with sambal
chilli are among the many popular dishes on its
menu.
The restaurant was started by 56-year-old Chef Ng
Siang Lin’s parents at Ellenborough Market in 1975.
Having picked up cooking skills from his parents as a
teenager, he and his wife Ng Chew Lian took over the
restaurant, which moved to Robertson Quay in 2001
and Whampoa West in 2009.
“We had to move from Robertson Quay because the
rental kept increasing,” said 54-year-old Ms Ng.
Attracting customers from all over Singapore, the
100-seater is very popular on
weekends and
during public
holidays when
customers are
advised to make
reservations.
SpECIAL DISCouNT
foR ouR RESIDENTS
Bring this copy of the newsletter to Liang Kee
Teochew Restaurant at Block 34 Whampoa West
#01-27 and enjoy a 10% discount off your meal.
This offer is valid till March 31, 2013, except on
weekends and public holidays, eve of and first
to 15th of the Chinese New Year. The restaurant
is open daily from 11.00am to 2.30pm, and from
5.00pm to 9.30pm.
People
Learning about fire safety
the fun way
藉趣味活动提高防火意识
More than 400 Whampoa residents learnt
about fire safety the fun way at the Whampoa
Familiarisation & Bonding cum Fire Safety Day
on November 24. Organised by Whampoa Drive
RC and Whampoa Garden RC at the void deck
of Block 110 Whampoa Road, the event mixed
bonding with education on fire safety by SCDF.
Other activities included vertical challenge
bouncing castle, colouring/art competition,
ceramic club exhibits, distribution of popcorn,
candy floss and ice cream.
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Heart
senior citizens savour
sumptuous dinner
献给乐龄一顿丰盛的晚餐
Around 180 Kampong Glam senior citizens on
financial assistance were treated to a sumptuous
dinner on September 10.
The delightful meal was part of the programme to
encourage community bonding and provide an
avenue where community partners can give back to
the needy.
Working together to make this event possible were
Kampong Glam Grassroots, Kwan Im Thong Hood
Cho Temple, Hawker Association from Jalan Berseh
Food Centre, Albert Food Centre, and Beach Road
Food Centre. Along with Grassroot Adviser Denise
Phua, they hosted our senior citizens and distributed
food vouchers, which can be exchanged for food in
participating food centres in Kampong Glam division.
The smiles on the faces of the representatives from
the participating organisations showed that it is
indeed better to give than to receive. Our senior
citizens were grateful for the generous donations and
had an enjoyable time interacting with one another.
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One Community Walk
bonds residents
凝聚社区齐步迈进
More than 800 residents turned up
for the One Community Walk on the
morning of August 26, which was
flagged off by Adviser Edwin Tong at 8am
simultaneously with 86 other divisions in
Singapore.
Organised by the People’s Association
and the Community Sports Clubs,
with support from other Grassroots
Organisations, the walk attracted
residents of all ages, who enjoyed a
moderate morning walk with neighbours
and others in the community.
In line with the Singapore National Games
2012, a variety of performances and
carnival sports games were organised to
engage our residents after the walk. New
friendships were forged and stronger
community bonds were fostered.

200 take scenic walk
漫步美景中
Some 200 residents enjoyed a scenic 2.1 km walk
along the waterfront promenade at Caribbean and
Reflections at Keppel Bay on September 23. The
event was jointly organised by Moulmein FLC, Ah
Hood Gardens RC, Goldhill NC, and Novena NC.
Guest of Honour, Grassroots Adviser and Minister
for Transport Lui Tuck Yew flagged off the walk at
9.00 am and joined participants in a leisurely walk
from Keppel Bay to Labrador Nature and Coastal
Walk. The event ended with a buffet lunch at
Imperial Restaurant in VivoCity Mall.
breakfast by the river,
anyone?
河畔早点
Heart
How wonderful it is to start a Sunday with a
warm glass of soya bean drink and a piping
hot plate of mee hoon goreng by the river
side. Breakfast by the river, which debuted in
February, has seduced the palates and appetites
of many residents. Running for the third time,
this quarterly event attracted more than 100
residents on September 16.
Jointly organised by Whampoa McNair RC
and People’s Association, our residents had a
delightful time with our Advisers Minister Yaacob
Ibrahim, Heng Chee How and Edwin Tong.
Those interested in participating in the
upcoming Breakfast by the River can contact
Kolam Ayer Community Club at 3188 Geylang
Bahru, Singapore 339717 or call 6293 5572/6296
4011. Tickets are $2 each with $1 donated to
Kolam Ayer CCC Development and Welfare Fund.
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Heart
Housekeeping
High-rise litterbugs, beware!
高楼乱抛垃圾者的警钟
Flinging a piece of tissue paper or throwing
scraps of food out of the window might
not seem like a big deal. However, high-rise
litter not only mars the environment but also
inconveniences and frustrates neighbours on
lower floors.
In September, the National Environment
Agency installed surveillance cameras,
together with video analytic software to catch
offenders. The equipment can pick up items as
small as cigarette butts.
Under the law, offenders are liable to be
fined a maximum of $1,000 and/or be given a
Corrective Work Order (CWO) not exceeding
12 hours.
Let’s keep our environment clean by
encouraging one another to use appropriate
disposal methods.
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Free bulky
removal
service
for spring
cleaning
Need to dispose of those unwanted items?
Fret not as our Town Council provides free bulky
items removal service. Our service is available
from Monday to Friday, 2 to 4pm.
All you need to do to arrange for this service is to
contact us three days in advance at 6298 9222.
Kindly note:
• This service is for HDB residents and not for
commercial tenants.
• Each appointment is limited to three
movable items (eg sofa, television, or
refrigerator) per month. Additional items will
be charged at $5 per item.
• This service does not apply to residents
moving homes, nor does it include
dismantling or removal of built-in furniture
or renovation debris.
Remember to dispose of bulky items
responsibly.
Keep our common space clear 请保持公共场地通畅无阻
A cluttered corridor can endanger you, your family and neighbours. Having it clear will make our
estate a safer place.
Do not park bicycles or store
items at corridors or staircases
免费大件垃圾
清理服务
Do not place too many plants
in the corridors
Do not place clothes racks at
corridors