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    The Bukit Ho Swee fire was a conflagration that broke out in the squatter settlement of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore on 25 May 1961. This fire resulted in...
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    Bukit Ho Swee (Chinese: 河水山; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: -súi-soaⁿ; Jyutping: Ho4 Seoi2 Saan1) is a subzone within the planning area of Bukit Merah, Singapore, as defined...
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  • Bukit Ho Swee may refer to: Bukit Ho Swee, subzone within the planning area of Bukit Merah, Singapore. Bukit Ho Swee (TV series), Singaporean Chinese language...
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  • Bukit Ho Swee (河水山) is a Singaporean Chinese language TV series aired in 2002 on Channel 8. With the "kampungs" of Bukit Ho Swee, a prominent Chinese estate...
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  • Government in the aftermath of the Bukit Ho Swee fire to build the proposed emergency housing the victims of the fire. Kampong Bukit Coffee Chinese Cemetery is...
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    of squatter settlements resulted in safety hazards and caused the Bukit Ho Swee Fire in 1961 that killed four people and left 16,000 others homeless. The...
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    rehouse people displaced by the Bukit Ho Swee fire in May 1961. After the fire, the HDB focused its efforts on Bukit Ho Swee's redevelopment, rapidly designing...
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  • injuries. 1956 – Franklin Street fire in New Haven, Connecticut, killed 15 on 25 January. 1961 – Bukit Ho Swee fire, flames erupt in a squatter settlement...
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    May 2021. Kah Seng, Loh (2013). Squatters into Citizens: The 1961 Bukit Ho Swee Fire and the Making of Modern Singapore. NUS Press. ISBN 9788776941222...
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  • congestion and burden on the central business district. In May 1961, the Bukit Ho Swee Fire broke out and some 16,000 people became homeless. Under Lim's guidance...
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    Conflagration (redirect from Fire Disaster)
    A conflagration is a large fire. Conflagrations often damage human life, animal life, health, and/or property. A conflagration can begin accidentally or...
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  • during which the paper nearly went out of business due to hugely destructive fire. The paper's assets were sold at public auction for $40 and Cameron went...
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    from the original on 14 October 2018. Retrieved 14 October 2018. "Bukit Ho Swee fire occurs". nlb.gov.sg. 25 May 1961. Archived from the original on 12...
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  • Zhang Yan, who tries to kill Dangyong himself accidentally causes the Bukit Ho Swee fire. 2000 families go homeless and Dangyong is blamed to be the arsonist...
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  • Constituency Bukit Gombak Stadium Bukit Ho Swee Bukit Ho Swee (TV series) Bukit Ho Swee Constituency Bukit Ho Swee fire Bukit Merah Bukit Merah (subzone) Bukit Merah...
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    S.M.K. Convent Bukit Nanas (abbreviated CBN) is an all-girls school located at Bukit Nanas, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Established in 1899, it is one of...
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  • equality in families. The Charter started on 15 September. 25 May – The Bukit Ho Swee Fire kills 4 people and destroys 2,200 attap houses. 27 May – Tunku Abdul...
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    Seng division are: Indus Road and Alexandra Canal in the north; Jalan Bukit Ho Swee in the south; Kim Seng Road and Outram Road in the east; and Lower Delta...
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    May 1961, in the aftermath of a subsequent fire in Bukit Ho Swee, the government immediately took over the fire site, set aside most of the emergency flats...
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    Caucasians during the Maria Hertogh riots, and the homeless from the Bukit Ho Swee Fire. The Church of St Teresa was gazetted as a national monument on 11...
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  • Service Ordinance. Lim Yew Kuan's After the Fire (Bukit Ho Swee) (1966) depicts the aftermath of a fire, a common occurrence in Singapore estates such...
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    Klang, primarily in Klang South, namely: ÆON Bukit Tinggi Shopping Centre (Bandar Bukit Tinggi) ÆON Bukit Raja Shopping Centre (Bandar Baru Klang) ÆON...
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  • exercise corners along the area of one north, aside from the Rail Corridor at Bukit Timah Railway Station. 8 May – An F-16 crashes in Tengah Air Base, with...
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    announced that he would seek another term in leading a team for the new Holland–Bukit Panjang GRC, but the idea was scrapped. PAP won a landslide victory and...
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    Chinese settlers structure of Tan Beng Swee Clock Tower in honour of a generous late Chinese tycoon, Tan Beng Swee. The original clock tower was imported...
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    poorly constructed and thus posed a high fire risk. A prominent example in this case is the Bukit Ho Swee Squatter Fire that broke out in 1961. In addition...
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    and philanthropist in Straits Settlement of Singapore and Malaya Goh Keng Swee: Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore Ivan Heng: Actor Lee Hsien Loong: Third...
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  • executive Linda Chua was assaulted and raped while she was jogging in the Bukit Batok Nature Park. She died on 14 February. As of July 2021[update], the...
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    of the MRT from prominent ministers, among them Finance Minister Goh Keng Swee and Trades and Industry Minister Tony Tan, nearly shuttered the programme...
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  • elder brother David Chou Hock Heng, and two friends – 24-year-old Peter Lim Swee Guan and 25-year-old Augustine Ang Cheng Siong – to plan the robbery-murder...
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