This 1982 photograph shows a tree-lined Punggol Road (northwards from near St Xavier's Seminary), with an electric pole along the roadside. Punggol, also spelt Ponggol, means "hurling sticks - a method of bringing down fruits off fruit trees - in Malay. This indicates that Ponggol was a renowned fruit-growing district. 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>>Streets and Places
• Punggol (Singapore)--Photographs
• Electric cables--Photographs
• Streets--Singapore--Punggol--Photographs
• Roadside plants--Singapore--Punggol--Photographs