Malayan Banyan, Kallang BasinEvery day for the past few years, retiree Mr Law rides his bike from Rangoon Road torest under this tree. On a stone bench, he reads Chinese newspapers, snipping outarticles and folding them into little squares after he is done. Sometimes he takes naps.He says he likes the peace and quiet.He says he used to pass by the tree some 50 years ago when he was young, on hisway to Gay World, where his aunt ran a stall selling tidbits and sweets.Another regular visitor who goes by the name Mr Tan, says the place used to be calledhuo cheng, Chinese for fire city. He recalls that this used to be a kampung wherepeople built boats, and the nearby Kallang River used to be very dirty before the parkwas set up.
