Jurong Crescent Road with Singapore Telecoms Staff Quarters

Jurong Crescent Road with Singapore Telecoms Staff Quarters

 

Winding Road to Jurong Staff Quarters - Vincent home

Winding Road to Jurong Staff Quarters – Vincent home

 

Jurong Staff Bungalows - Main Road

1960 Front View of Woon Family Home (Unit No. 60)

A two-storey block of seven homes.
Allocated as rental to employees working in Civil Radio Transmitting Station (Singapore Telecom).

Love to play with my neighbors’ kids, sliding down the hilly slope in front of our home.

We used to explore the various colonial empty bungalows around our area, climbing into the rooms via opened windows.

 

When my father is at work, I borrowed his adult bicycle and ride it down the hilly road at high speed, without brakes and end up crashing into the bushes.

 

Christmas Party

1965 – Staff Family’s Christmas party

During Christmas, my father would bought tickets to the staff Christmas Party where we played games and received a present from Santa Claus (a staff employee, stuffed with pillows to look fat), carrying a red sack of presents, riding into the party on top of a land rover.

One of the best Christmas present I got was a nice large plastic chess set in a box.
(in those days, having a toy is rare)