Come with your own bicycle and skates or rent them at the nearest PCN pit-stop. The park is a popular spot amongst exercise enthusiasts. It is also a great place for morning and evening strolls along park. There is definitely something for the shutterbugs at this park, be it the scenic views of the waterways or flora and fauna. The Garden features two raised planter boxes, which allow wheelchair users to enjoy plant maintenance or simply to see and touch the plants.
There are brightly coloured flowers and familiar plants such as Pandan to excite the senses. These include an intelligent parking demand monitoring system, sensor-equipped lighting in common areas and smart waste management.
The 4. Residents and visitors can take part in a range of leisure activities along the waterway and enjoy scenic views as they walk along the landscaped promenade. About Us. In an interview with the National Archives of Singapore, his great grandson Awang bin Osman claimed that Wak Sumang gave Punggol its name after obtaining the go-ahead from the British government to start a new village.
Punggol was so remote that it could only be accessed via two roads — Serangoon Road and Punggol Road. Europeans living in Singapore certainly recognised that Punggol was the ideal retreat location since a few of them chose to build their bungalow-style country houses there.
The Matilda House is one such bungalow that has withstood the test of time to become an iconic landmark in Punggol. Irish lawyer Alexander William Cashin built the Matilda House as a present for his wife, and it served as a weekend house for his family. Apart from the Europeans, other visitors were also drawn to Punggol by two major attractions — the Japanese Fishing Pond and the Basapa Zoo. The arrival of the Japanese in severely disrupted the serenity of Punggol.
The first salvo was fired when the British ordered Basapa to relocate his animals and birds within 24 hours as they wanted to use the Basapa Zoo land for defence against the imminent Japanese arrival. Sook Ching , meaning purging through cleansing in Chinese, was conducted by the Japanese occupiers and primarily targeted Chinese communities perceived to be hostile to the Japanese. The process began with screening of Chinese men aged 18 to 50 by Japanese Kempeitai officers and their informants.
Those singled out as anti-Japanese would be arrested and brought to one of the several sites designated for execution. Punggol Point was one of them. On 28 February , about Chinese civilians were executed by the auxiliary military police firing squad at Punggol. An aerial view of Punggol Point, Through the Japanese Occupation, Punggol gained a new reputation, not associated with recreation but with death and destruction.
After the Japanese Occupation, life slowly seeped back into Punggol. For these residents, the waterfront was an integral part of their lives. Remnants of old attractions in Punggol could be seen, albeit with some differences. For instance, in , Chan Kim Suan, a landowner and animal lover, opened another zoo at Punggol. The former Singapore Zoo at Punggol, Singapore Zoo shuttered in the early s due to financial woes.
However, it was the new attractions established over the subsequent decades that really brought Punggol back to life, adding to its bustle. One major draw to Punggol was its seafood offerings. A wooden kelong at Punggol, c. Nevertheless, this did not spell the demise of the food scene at Punggol as other seafood restaurants continued to draw in the crowds.
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