Crossing Road in front of Boon Lay Shopping Center

Many elderly residents and the younger ones in Boon Lay often find it difficult to cross this road safely, especially at night !

I have also seen residents pushed their friends on wheelchairs struggling to cross over to the beautiful park leading to Blks 207 to 211. Its like a hungry snail crawling for a meal over to the opposite green pasture. Can be very clumsy and dangerous at times!

The reason could be mainly due to bigger vehicles parking along the double yellow-lines and thus blocking the views of commuters who are trying to cross over to their homes opposite, often-times you can see necks stretching out to see what's behind the parked-vehicle until we are almost gonna be a giraffe. 

The lights condition on the roads here can be quite dim and "warm" at night, making it more challenging for us to guage whether is it safe to cross over. Its like wearing a pair of sunglasses on a sunny day.
I know of many residents friends who can't see well due to old age or diabetes, so maybe present an issue.

We hope the RC, authorities can build a temporary side parking-lots for these drivers who need to get their things from the shopping center. Or maybe build a bridge/ underpass , traffic lights in front of BLSC?

If there's any better suggestions, pls feel free to jog down your constructive comments below this blog.



passengers waiting for taxi and tour buses  in front of boon lay shopping center



Tour bus driver reversing to Boon Lay Shopping Center after he found out he made a
wrong route to former Savoy and MacDonald in the day.

Video of Boon Lay Shopping Center by Day

Snake Catching at Jurong West Bk 423 next to Jurong Green CC

Bro Snake (蛇大哥) playing hid-and-seek with the policemen @ Jurong West Blk 423 next to Jurong Green Community Club .

Before I arrived here for some volunteer work, Nelson texted me earlier that there is a drama unfolding here.

Initially I thgt it's a crime or robbery going on here when I arrived and saw so many uncles/aunty-in-blue standing around.

Guess what? It turned out to be a snake playing up on a tree. An onlooker aunty told me it's snake hiding inside the tree , i thgt its a 3metre python, it turned out to be a mini-snake.. Hope this tree did not lose much leaves ... i wonder how on earth did this bro snake find its way here ? ? ?  ali ba ba


Speech by Minister for Home Affairs and Law, Mr K Shanmugam on 9-March-2011 The Costs of Police Involvement in Community Disputes :

14 Currently, the Police are often called to address problems which are neither crime-related nor pose a real threat to public security. Many of these calls related to noise disturbance, anti-social behaviour and other similar issues – which do not raise any law and order questions. Police are at times even called in to deal with monkeys, or snakes, or pet animals which are trapped.

15 To the callers, no doubt, these are urgent and important matters, and it is understandable that every caller wants his case to be treated as a priority. But handling such matters diverts police resources which could be better spent dealing with crime and public order incidents. Last year, the Police had more than 430,000 non-urgent calls. This works out to almost 1,200 a day. The Police receive three non-urgent calls to every one urgent call by a person in real need for Police intervention.

-see link


Videos and pics below:

police on the lookout and maintain law/order
while onlookers watching drama unfolding from a distance

the snake catchers probably borrowed this cherry-picker from a bangla nearby for help

video clips

catching snake with a cherry picker, instead of picking fruits, can't really see the snake though... :(

safely insert the snake into a cat / dog cage

Popular Shopping At Hong Kah Point Jurong West Blk 502

Every morning , pasar-malem style stalls will be setup outside the retail shops (within yellow box).
You can buy lady dress of many varities,bags of all sizes, natural insect repellants, sometimes fruits strawberry can be found here.

This popular neighbourhood shopping venue in Jurong West used to attract at least 1 million visitors monthly.
Looking at the video clip below really testify the truth above!

Video Tour of Hong Kah Point

Pictures