Another traditional project in Singapore, which is about to disappear!
The 144-year-old Singapore Derby, which began in 1880, will celebrate its 100th and final competition next month.
This event, which once tens of thousands of people participated every day, will eventually go into history... After that, Singapore said goodbye to horse racing, and people could only see it in other countries.
Time is like flowing water, and everyone can't help but move forward with the torrent of the times, and Singapore is also undergoing great changes. Unconsciously, many people, many things, and many things have left us, leaving only deep memories.
The last horse race in Singapore
Tickets are free for children over 18 years old
On 5 October 2024, Kranji Racecourse Singapore will host the 100th Singapore Gold Cup, the last horse race in Singapore.
By 2027, the racehorse land will be reclaimed by the government for residential or other uses. [For more details, please click: Singapore's 180-year-old event is disappearing!] 】
To say goodbye to the event, the Singapore Turf Club has announced that it is free for the public over 18 years old. If you want to watch, you can enter the website to make an appointment:
Or pick up your tickets in person from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on September 14, 21 and 28 at the Racecourse's metro plaza, taxi drop-off or first-floor grandstand area.
On 5 October, tickets will also be distributed at the Racecourse's metro plaza and taxi drop-off points if they are available.
The last village in Singapore
There are only more than 20 elderly families left in the country
In Singapore, a highly developed city, the concept of village has long disappeared in the wave of urban development.
But in the city of Singapore, there is still the last village - Luo Lang Wanguo!
Founded in 1956, this small village is located in Lorong Wan Guo Kampong, next to Yong Chu Kang Road, with only twenty or thirty families left. Since the young people do not want to continue living there, only a few elderly people are left, guarding the village.
It is a small village that seems to have been forgotten, and coming here is like stepping back in time.
Aged and mottled zinc-panelled wooden houses, connected by dirt paths, and with fruit and vegetables growing in the yards.
Dusty flowers, discarded televisions, clogs neatly lined up outside homes, old postal signs......
In the midst of the rapid development of the city, it is like an oasis, where every grass and flower is written with tranquility and beauty!
In the past 60 years, Miss Sun, the "landlord" of this village, has not raised the rent for people, and the monthly rent has always been as low as S$6.5 and as expensive as S$30. Tenants who are short of money, she accepts fruits and rice as payment in kind.
With the development of the city, this "last village" will disappear into the long river of history at some point.
If you also want to visit this quaint village, you can take the MRT to Serangoon MRT station, then take bus 70 or 103 and get off at B67079. Cross the road and walk in the direction of the Shell petrol station.
Singapore's last ice cream vendor
Orchard Road, Grandpa Zhan's Internet celebrity booth is almost gone
The Internet celebrity "Grandpa Zhan", who sells toast ice cream on Orchard Road in Singapore, is also about to be withdrawn! He is in his 70s, and once he retires, this influencer booth will be gone.
There are many ice-cream vendors selling ice cream on the streets of Orchard Road, but the most famous one is "Grandpa Zhan".
This is a shop that has been flopped by Nicholas Tse in "Twelve Sharp Flavors", and he also took a photo with the stall owner "Grandpa Zhan" enthusiastically.
His booth was filled with photos with celebrities, and some people flew to Singapore just to eat Grandpa Zhan's ice cream.
Even former Thailand Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra took a photo with Grandpa Zhan.
Grandpa Zhan is 76 years old this year, he has been selling ice cream since he was 17 years old, first in other places, and since 1993, he has moved to Ngee Ann City Mall on Orchard Road.
This sale is 31 years.
Singapore's Orchard Road is constantly changing, and the shops are changing one batch after another, but Grandpa Zhan has always set up a stall here to sell ice cream.
The vendor business license held by Grandpa Zhan is not allowed to be transferred, and the child cannot inherit it. Once Grandpa Zhan retires, this stall will disappear.
Not only Grandpa Zhan, but other similar street vendors cannot transfer their licenses, and they will all disappear eventually.
In the future, there will be no such vendors on the streets of Singapore.
The last GEP Gifted Class in Singapore
Next year, all students will receive the same basic education
Singapore's 40-year-old GEP gifted class is about to disappear.
A few days ago, Singapore officially announced that the gifted class (GEP) will be cancelled, and from next year, all primary school students will no longer be separated and receive the same basic education.
According to the Ministry of Education, the reformed gifted class will no longer send the top 1% of students in Singapore to prestigious schools, but will open new programs in various schools, and these top students can enroll in advanced courses at the school in the future.
The old GEP model will be held for the last time next year. This means that next year will be the last class of Primary 3 students to sit for the GEP selection exam.
For more than 40 years, Singapore parents have sent their children to cram schools and GEP exams in order to send their children to good schools.
Such a scene will never be seen again.
In the future, it will no longer be a "roll child", but a "roll school".
Singapore poked its nose for the last time
In the future, PCR and ART tests will no longer be used
In the past few years, we have been most impressed by the "nose poke".
From the beginning of the queue to let the medical staff poke their noses, to the later self-stabbing themselves, I believe that everyone, like a jack-of-all-trades, has a deep memory but does not want to recall.
The number of nose stabs is countless.
Even after the lion was diagnosed with the new crown, some netizens speculated whether he had to poke his nose and do a PCR test.
Later, Singapore implemented ART testing, which can be "self-stabbed".
There is no one in Singapore who will not "poke his nose".
Now the know-it-all still has an unused ART detector at home~
Fortunately, the new crown epidemic is over, everyone is vaccinated, and the harm of the crown disease is not as great as it was at the beginning. Now we don't need to wear masks and poke our noses.
Last time Singapore saw Lak Ratcha and Merlion
And many long-established stores closed down a few years ago
In so many years, the last time we experienced in Singapore, not to mention the above.
On December 13, 2023, Panda Lakrat, born in Singapore, met the public at the River Safari on his last day, and thousands of people came to bid farewell. The red panda, which carries the blessings of all Singaporeans, has since left Po Island and returned to China.
In June 2023, all sightseeing tricycles in Singapore will be suspended. A year later, the exact news came: it was permanently closed. We can't go for a ride on a tricycle anymore.
On 20 October 2019, we said goodbye to our old friend, Merlion, the Merlion of Sentosa. On its last open day before it was demolished, 39,000 people lined up to say goodbye.
Many of Singapore's time-honored brands are gone.
Jcube, outside Jurong East MRT station, is closed.
Southeast Asian Records, a record store that has been in business for more than 70 years, has also closed.
After 71 years of business, Deke Kee Tanglin Bao, known as the "Singapore Noodle World Whampoa Military Academy", also closed its doors.
Singapore's last thrift market
The Frost Bridge Market closed 7 years ago
Over the years, there are so many things in Singapore that have left us forever.
I don't know if you remember, on July 10, 2017, Singapore's last thrift market, the 80-year-old Frost Bridge thrift market, closed. On the day of the closure on July 10, many people came to take pictures.
Source: Photographer Yao Yaoguang
This thrift market has witnessed the development of Singapore.
Before Singapore was founded, it had been in business for almost 30 years; Lee Kuan Yew's wife, who bought furniture and office supplies here; In the past, gangs were merged, and weapons and equipment were purchased from here; In the 90s, the financial turmoil, bankrupt people set up stalls here and started from scratch; Before the closure, there were still many people here to find treasures......
Source: Internet
It has weathered the storm without falling. In 1970, when the British army withdrew and lost its main source of goods, it persevered; In the 80s, there were two fires in succession, and it still stands; The waterway of the Sycamore is seriously polluted and stinking, and it persists tenaciously......
Source: Photographer Yao Yaoguang
But in the end, it lost to the progress of the times and the development of the city. Six major government agencies in Singapore have joined forces to announce the closure of their operations and transform them into residential areas.
Last train ride in Singapore
It was 13 years ago on the Singapore-Malaysia Railway
Do you remember the only railway line in Singapore? Perhaps many young people don't know about this route.
This is a Singapore-Malaysia railway built by the United Kingdom: Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM for short). It extends to the port of Tanjong Pagar in Singapore in the south and the southern line of the Thailand Railway in the north, all the way to Myanmar.
In 1913, the whole line of the Singapore-Malaysia MRT was opened to traffic, and the right to operate this railway belonged to Malaysia. In accordance with the colonial regulations at the time, Malaysia leased a 25-metre area on both sides of the railway for a period of 999 years, and owned the property rights and management rights.
In other words, as long as the railway is still there, the land within the two sides is Malaysia's.
Singapore and Malaysia negotiated for 20 years to regain sovereignty until 2011, when they successfully reached a cooperation to scrap the railway. The Singapore section is decommissioned, and the current terminus is Woodlands Checkpoint Station.
The stop sign at Bukit Timah Station has also been abandoned for a long time.
Today, with the exception of the railway station in Tanjong Pagar, which is not accessible to the public, the rest of the abandoned railway lines are open to the public and become a great place for people to walk, cycle and take pictures.
For young people, Singapore only has subways, buses, planes, and domestic trains. This is also an inevitability of national development, and the once prosperous train line has become a leisure and entertainment venue today.
Singaporeans have gone abroad and entered the era of airplanes from trains.
Singapore saw Lee Kuan Yew for the last time
Nine years ago, it rained heavily and the whole island said goodbye
Over the years, it's not just shops, buildings, and traditions that have disappeared in the development of the city. We have also lost the most important person – Lee Kuan Yew, the founding father of Singapore.
Source: Xinhuanet
On March 23, 2015, Lee Kuan Yew died at the age of 91 due to ineffective medical treatment. Former Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong lost his father and Singapore lost its soul!
On the day of his funeral, it rained heavily in Singapore, as if weeping over Lee Kuan Yew's death. People stayed motionless in the rain.
The elderly who had difficulty walking took to the streets to see him off.
How similar is this heavy rain to the heavy rain on Singapore's first National Day in 1968......
Along the way, people stood firmly and excitedly in the rain, and everywhere the team went, people chanted "Lee Kuan Yew!! ”
People cry out loud in the rain!
Father of the Nation, go all the way!!
Lee Hsien Loong's last public speech
It is my privilege to serve Singaporeans
Not only did we lose Lee Kuan Yew, but this year, his son, Lee Hsien Loong, also resigned as Prime Minister of Singapore.
In his last public address before leaving office, Lee Hsien Loong choked up several times: "It is my honor to serve Singaporeans!" ”
Reflecting on his 40 years in power, Lee Hsien Loong said: "I have done my part, and I am glad that I chose the path of public service many years ago. ”
"I feel satisfied and fulfilled as I prepare for a smooth handover of Singapore to my successor," he said. ”
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Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is about to hand over the baton, and the public is reluctant to express their gratitude and blessings.
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We are in Singapore, and we have experienced too many lasts. But these last times are for a better start, for the first time in the future!
Horse racing is over, and there are more races ahead; The thrift market is closed, and we have more bustling big malls; The village is gone, and Singapore has become a cosmopolitan city; The railway is gone, and airplanes have become the standard for Singaporeans to go abroad; Merlion, Singapore and more exotic Sentosa; Lee Kuan Yew and Lee Hsien Loong stepped down, Singapore ushered in civilian Prime Minister Lawrence Wong, and there will be more new prime ministers in the future to contribute to Singapore~
Every goodbye is for the next goodbye and for a better future.
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