Potong Pasir

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Potong Pasir a place in Singapore literary<Malay> means "cutting sand", a place where the old river Kilang flows and along with the sandy river deposits. In the early 1960s when the construction bloom was on in its initial stage, people used to collect the sand, shifting it and sell it to lorry collectors for money. A Lorry load is < about 4 square yards> and one can get about $10 to 15 SING dollars for it!

Flooding in old Potong Pasir <or Ku Chia Par>

Today the Housing Area has been well served by roads and the N.S Mass Rapid Transist underground rail. It is a quiet community served by the longest opposition Party leader (M.P. Chiam See Tong) and remained a stronghold which the PAP had failed repeatedly to overthrow.

[edit] If you wanna to Vote

Move to Potong Pasir. others are likely to be GRCs with walkover every election..

One day I met him <Mr. Chiam> at the coffee shop above. I had to say "hi" and asked him for an answer to my question, and before long I heard him talked..a little about himself and that he was just a black sheep as far as Christianity goes for him.. so I left with my own idea that "What's done for Jesus counts!" as a challenge..: Alien ^talk 11:00, 23 February 2006 (SGT) At least I got a chance in a lifetime to speak with him face to face once! I often wish I had the same with LKY!

[edit] Expressing confidence at Election 2006

Chiam is not amused by the road sign...hehehhehehehhe!

SINGAPORE : Potong Pasir MP Chiam See Tong says he is not too worried with the PAP's strategy to recapture opposition wards by appointing Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong to support its candidates in those areas