{"id":33111,"date":"2024-03-04T10:09:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sebetanne.co.uk\/hkblog\/?page_id=33111"},"modified":"2024-03-04T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-04T10:55:15","slug":"tiong-bahru-26-02-2024","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sebetanne.co.uk\/hkblog\/gallery-photos\/singapour\/2024-january-to-july\/tiong-bahru-26-02-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiong Bahru – 26-02-2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tiong Bahru is an area near Chinatown (map here<\/a>). It has become a trendy neighbourhood in recent years. “Tiong” means cemetery in Hokkien and “Bahru” means new in Malay. This new cemetery was established in 1859 for the Chinese. Before that, dead were buried anywhere and that caused the water to be polluted. But gradually, Chinatown became overcrowded and people started to settle in Tiong Bahru in slums. The area was not fit for building houses: there were swamps and hills. The real development of this area started after the British government decided to build a new General Hospital in Tiong Bahru in 1882 following a cholera pandemic. Alongside the hospital were developed housing for the hospital staff (nurses, cleaners, etc…). However, by 1920s, the area was overcrowded and in poor housing (mainly slums) and so the British authorities decided to create public housing and in 1936, the first bloc was available for 28 families. Unfortunately, the rent was too expensive (4 times more than the average price in the area) for the locals. And as a consequence, wealthy men from Chinatown paid the rent for their mistresses to live in these flats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiong Bahru est un quartier proche de Chinatown (carte ici<\/a>). C’est maintenant un quartier branch\u00e9. \u00ab Tiong \u00bb signifie cimeti\u00e8re en Hokkien et \u00ab Bahru \u00bb signifie nouveau en malais. Ce nouveau cimeti\u00e8re fut cr\u00e9\u00e9 en 1859 pour les Chinois. Avant cela, les morts \u00e9taient enterr\u00e9s n\u2019importe o\u00f9, ce qui polluait l\u2019eau. Peu \u00e0 peu, le quartier chinois est devenu surpeupl\u00e9 et les gens ont commenc\u00e9 \u00e0 s’installer \u00e0 Tiong Bahru dans des bidonvilles. Le quartier n’\u00e9tait pas vraiment propice \u00e0 la construction de maisons : il y avait des mar\u00e9cages et des collines. Le v\u00e9ritable d\u00e9veloppement du quartier a commenc\u00e9 apr\u00e8s que le gouvernement britannique ait d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de construire un nouvel h\u00f4pital g\u00e9n\u00e9ral \u00e0 Tiong Bahru en 1882 suite \u00e0 une \u00e9pid\u00e9mie de chol\u00e9ra. A c\u00f4t\u00e9 de l’h\u00f4pital ont \u00e9t\u00e9 am\u00e9nag\u00e9s des logements pour le personnel hospitalier (infirmi\u00e8res, agents de m\u00e9nage, etc\u2026). Cependant, dans les ann\u00e9es 1920, le quartier \u00e9tait devenu surpeupl\u00e9 et avec des bidonsvilles et les autorit\u00e9s britanniques d\u00e9cid\u00e8rent de cr\u00e9er des logements sociaux. En 1936, le premier bloc \u00e9tait disponible pour 28 familles. Malheureusement, le loyer \u00e9tait trop cher (4 fois plus que le prix moyen du quartier) pour les locaux. Du coup les logements ont servi \u00e0 h\u00e9berger les ma\u00eetresses des hommes riches de Chinatown.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At one time, there was this caf\u00e9 owner who had no customers after the morning rush and so he decided to build something to hang birdcages. This was a stroke of genius and soon bird owners came flocking his caf\u00e9 and bringing their singing birds along and they will stay there for hours. There are no singing bird anymore, but this tradition lasted for decades, until quite recently. It is still part of the heritage of Tiong Bahru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00c0 une \u00e9poque, il y avait ce propri\u00e9taire de caf\u00e9 qui n’avait plus de clients apr\u00e8s l’affluence du matin et qui a donc d\u00e9cid\u00e9 de construire quelque chose pour accrocher des cages \u00e0 oiseaux. Ce fut un coup de g\u00e9nie et bient\u00f4t les propri\u00e9taires d’oiseaux sont venus en masse dans son caf\u00e9 et avec leurs oiseaux siffleurs et ils y restaient pendant des heures. Il n\u2019y a plus d\u2019oiseaux siffleurs maintenant, mais cette tradition a dur\u00e9 des d\u00e9cennies, jusqu\u2019\u00e0 tout r\u00e9cemment. \u00c7a fait toujours partie du patrimoine de Tiong Bahru.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And speaking of birds, we saw The Bird of Singapore on a tree, a hornbill. Apparently, they came from Malaysia but they loved it so much here that they stayed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et en parlant d’oiseaux, nous avons vu L’Oiseau de Singapour sur un arbre, un calao. Apparemment, ils sont venus de Malaisie mais ils se sont tellement plu ici qu\u2019ils sont rest\u00e9s !<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>

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And always, people love growing plants. The gardens are on the pavement or in front of the door. They are as much for the eye as for their usefulness. Apparently there are lots of medicinal herbs for everyday use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Et comme partout ici, les gens aiment faire pousser des plantes. Les jardins sont sur le trottoir ou devant les portes. Ils sont autant pour la beaut\u00e9 de l\u2019\u0153il que pour leur utilit\u00e9. Il y a de nombreuses herbes m\u00e9dicinales \u00e0 usage quotidien.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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You know I like back alleys, so here are a couple that caught my eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vous savez que j’aime l’envers du d\u00e9cor, alors voici quelques ruelles qui ont attir\u00e9es mon attention.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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