More than 5,000 Jurong Central residents are expected to take a walk down memory lane as part of celebrations for Singapores 50th birthday. Deputy Prime Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam, who is also MP for Jurong, launched an exhibition titled Walking Down Memory Lane on Saturday (Jan 3). It depicts the transformation of Jurong estate and holds the collective memories of residents since the 1970s. Preparations began as early as 2013 - with more than 3,000 photographs, artefacts and audio recordings being collected from residents and past advisers of the constituency. They include Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, Mr Abdul Nasser Kamarrudin, Mr Kenneth Chen and Mr Lim Boon Heng. The exhibition is organised by the Jurong Central Citizens Consultative Committee and Grassroots Organisations, as well as Hwa Chong Institution. The exhibition will travel to eight other locations in Jurong Central from now till August. Looking back, Mr Tharman also recalled how only half of the students 50 years ago went beyond primary school in terms of their education, but Singapore still managed to become what it is today. How is it possible? The reason is because everyone contributed. Those with no education, those with primary education, those with secondary education, everyone contributed to Singapore - making Singapore what it is. And that is really the Singapore miracle. Its a social miracle, not an economic miracle, said Mr Tharman. Channelnewsasia Article / MediaCorp Video: channelnewsasia/news/singapore/west-coast-cc-to-have-new/1566620.html
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 23:00:01 +0000
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