Media Preview - Commonwealth & Holland Village Heritage Tour by My Community (Part 2)

This is a continuation of Part 1.

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Media Preview - Commonwealth & Holland Village Heritage Tour by My Community (Part 1)

Having accepted the invite to the media preview of the new heritage tour by My Community, I made my way to Holland Village MRT Station on a Sunday morning to catch the group of "media folks" assembling at 8.15am for the tour. As a first-time participant of their heritage tour, I was given a copy of their "My Queenstown Heritage Trail" booklet which I'm told would be revised soon. By the way you can download the booklet and other publications on My Community's page. All participants were handed bottled water. While the tour took place mostly within sight of civilization housing estates, I'm glad for this bottle even though I brought my own, for it served me well in the arduous journey ahead. Like they say, save the best for the last.

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Commonwealth & Holland Village Heritage Tour by My Community

To continue from my previous post, I'm pleased to make the acquaintance of Kwek Li Yong from My Community when he invited me to the media preview of the Commonwealth and Holland Village guided tour that will be launched in April 2016. The tour covers the following heritage sites:

1. Chip Bee Gardens
2. Holland Village
3. Former Eng Wah Theatres
4. Former Kampong Holland Mosque
5. Holland Drive Neighbourhood Centre
6. Shuang Long Shan Wu Shu Memorial Hall
7. Queenstown Lutheran Church
8. Commonwealth Crescent Neighbourhood Centre
9. The First Flatted Factory
10. MOE Heritage Centre
11. Block 85 & 86 Commonwealth Close
12. The VIP Block
13. Former Baharuddin Vocational Institute
14. Ridout Tea Garden
15. 23 Ridout Road, 2 Pierce Drive, India House

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Friends of My Community

I have been invited by Kwek Li Yong to the media preview of Commonwealth & Holland Village heritage tour on 20 March 2016. Before I pen down my experience, let me briefly introduce Li Yong and his heritage group My Community; and also put a blurb on their volunteer programme.

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First post in 2016

Hello, I'm back!

After a long hiatus of 2 years 2 months, decided to revive Second Shot and resume blogging and second shot photography.

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