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: Hô-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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Former cemeteries in Singapore (section Bukit Larangan)
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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