Find Your Place in History - North East: Ponggol Zoo, Extinctions and Disappearances: Singapore Bicentennial
By Carolyn Oei
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Before Mandai Zoo, Ah Meng and Inuka, there was Ponggol Zoo, William Basapa aka "Animal Man" and Apay the tiger. In the face of World War II, this zoo in the North East had to close and many of its animals were shot. This E-book recounts this and other disappearances.
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Find Your Place in History - North East - Carolyn Oei
Find Your Place in History: North East
Ponggol Zoo, extinctions
and disappearances
The North East district is home to more than 860,000 people spread across the GRCs of Aljunied, Pasir Ris-Punggol, Tampines, and the SMCs of Hougang and Punggol East.¹ In place names such as Eunos and Tampines survive individuals and even plants from earlier times. There are also industry, dwellings and people who have mostly disappeared without trace: stories of toil and labour on coconut and rubber plantations, toddy-drinking, leisure and recreation amid rural surroundings, give a historical richness to this homely heartland.
Find Your Place in History: North East Kampung Melayu and Jalan Eunos
Naming roads, streets or bridges after noteworthy people is more common as a practice than naming a district or area in their honour. Mohamed Eunos bin Abdullah (b. 1876–d. 12 December 1933) has the distinction of