Meeting Point: Outside Toast Box (The Clementi Mall)
Description
Join us for a guided tour of Clementi, where we trace the development of the New Town. Explore the heritage businesses that and diverse clusters of communities that shape the neighbourhood. The journey will bring you to sites that tell the story of the neighbourhood's industrial and military pasts, including the former Mowbray Camp and the now-defunct Jurong KTM Railway Line.
My Clementi Heritage Tour by My Community is commissioned by Heartland Enterprise Centre of Singapore (HECS), as part of efforts to rejuvenate neighbourhood town centres and grow heartland business.
Duration & Meeting Point
This tour is available every 4th Saturday and Sunday of the month, and is approximately 3 hours and will be conducted in English. The tour will proceed rain or shine, and will end at Sunset Way.
Participants are encouraged to arrive fifteen minutes prior to the start of the programme outside The Clementi Mall's Toast Box.
Location: Outside Toast Box (The Clementi Mall) 3155 Commonwealth Avenue West, #01-01/02, The Clementi Mall, Singapore 129588
What to bring and wear?
Participants are encouraged to dress comfortably and wear covered shoes for the walking tour.
Participants are encouraged to bring along hand sanitiser, insect repellent, EZ-link card, a bottle of water, an umbrella and earphones with a standard 3.5mm audio jack. Asthmatic individuals are reminded to bring their inhaler.
My Community
My Community is a non-profit organisation which documents social memories, celebrates civic life and inspires greater community involvement in our shared heritage. Together with community stakeholders and agencies, they strive to preserve the common people story for our collective memory. They manage community museums and organise neighbourhood tours and festivals to transform social spaces and ageing neighbourhoods.
Important Notes for Participants
All ticket sales are final and no refunds are allowed. Each ticket admits only one participant.
By registering for this programme, participants agree:
a) that every participant will be responsible for any injury, loss of damage due to careIessness of other actions on his/her part or that of children under his/her charge;
b) that a parent/guardian is required to accompany any child of or under the age of 12;
c) that the programme organiser(s) may take photographs and/or videos of them (or their child as applicable) and use the images and/or videos including to archive, exhibit and publish them for publicity; and
d) for the programme organiser(s) to contact them regarding the programme that they have signed up for, as well as other communication that may be of interest to them.
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