Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds and huts, 1988 : panoramic view [1]
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This 1988 photograph shows the huts built on stilts in the old prawn ponds. The ponds are near Sungei Khatib Bonsu and Seletar River, which is now known as Sungei Seletar. Title devised by Library staff.
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From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.
Subjects
- Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types
- Nature
- Farm ponds--Singapore--Photographs
- Huts--Singapore--Photographs
Suggested Pictures
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Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds and huts : panoramic view [2] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [17] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : general view [5] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [18] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [5] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [4] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [15] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [10] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [8] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [12] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [11] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [13] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [16] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [3] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [19] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [14] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [9] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : general view [4] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : general view [3] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : general view [1] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : general view [6] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [7] -
Sungei Khatib Bongsu old prawn ponds : panoramic view [6]
Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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PRAWNS -
PRAWNS -
Yang Di-Pertuan Negara Yusof Ishak and Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew, accompanied by Brunei government officials, boarding a motor launch to visit a water village of huts built on stilts -
POND NEAR FARMING AREA -
Three children in a village with attap huts built on tall stilts -
[HEMMED IN BY WATER, KAMPONG TEBAN IS STILL WITHOUT DRINKING WATER FOR MOST OF THE YEAR. BOUNDED AT THE REAR BY A HILLOCK, FLANKED ON BOTH SIDES BY PRAWN PONDS AND THE JURONG RIVER IN FRONT, THE KAMPONG PARTLY BUILT ON STILTS IS REGULARLY FLOODED OVER BY HIGH TIDES.] THE WATER-DRAWER, A WOMAN, IN THE BOAT. -
[HEMMED IN BY WATER, KAMPONG TEBAN IS STILL WITHOUT DRINKING WATER FOR MOST OF THE YEAR. BOUNDED AT THE REAR BY A HILLOCK, FLANKED ON BOTH SIDES BY PRAWN PONDS AND THE JURONG RIVER IN FRONT, THE KAMPONG PARTLY BUILT ON STILTS IS REGULARLY FLOODED OVER BY HIGH TIDES.] THE WATER JARS ARE SEEN IN THE TIDE-FLOODED FOREGROUND. -
PRAWN FISHING IN SINGAPORE -
A POND AT PULAU UBIN -
A POND AT PULAU UBIN -
DIFFERENT SPECIES OF PRAWNS -
LAND OFFICE DEMOLITION TEAMS MOVED IN TO PUT AN END TO ILLEGAL PRAWN PONDS IN LIM CHU KANG AREA WHOSE OWNERS HAD DEFIED QUIT NOTICES FOR MORE THAN A YEAR. THE PONDS OPERATING FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS, WERE DECLARED 'ILLEGAL STRUCTURES' BY THE LAND OFFICE. MR SOH, OWNER OF A FOUR-HECTARE (10 ACRES) POND SAID HIS HUT AND EQUIPMENT WERE WORTH $4,000. DEPENDING ON HE SEASON, HE SAID, HIS EARNINGS COULD REACH TO ABOUT $1,000 A MONTH -
HARVESTING PRAWNS -
MEN SORTING OUT THE DAY'S CATCH OF PRAWNS -
MEN SORTING OUT THE DAY'S CATCH OF PRAWNS -
MALAY HUTS, SINGAPORE -
MALAY HUTS, SINGAPORE -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EAST TO WEST SHOWING: SUNGEI SARIMBUN, SUNGEI KRANJI, MARSILING, SUNGEI KHATIB, BONGSU, SUNGEI SELETAR (PUNGGOL POINT, SUNGEI SELETAR, MARSILING) -
A POND -
A POND -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS FROM EAST TO WEST SHOWING: SUNGEI SARIMBUN, SUNGEI KRANJI, MARSILING, SUNGEI KHATIB, BONGSU, SUNGEI SELETAR (PUNGGOL POINT, SUNGEI SELETAR, MARSILING)