Bukit Ho Swee (other)

	Bukit Ho Swee (other) Bukit Ho Swee may refer to: * Bukit Ho Swee, subzone within the planning area of Bukit Merah, Singapore. * Bukit Ho Swee (TV series), Singaporean Chinese language TV series. * Bukit Ho Swee Constituency, constituency in Singapore. * Bukit Ho Swee fire The Bukit Ho Swee fire was a conflagration that broke out in the squatter settlement of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore on 25 May 1961. This fire resulted in 4 deaths and injured another 54. It also destroyed more than 2,800 houses around the Bukit Ho ... , conflagration that broke out in the squatter settlement of Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore on 25 May 1961. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bukit Ho Swee Bukit Ho Swee () is a subzone within the planning area of Bukit Merah, Singapore, as defined by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Its boundary is made up of the Alexandra Canal in the north; Kim Seng Road and Outram Road in the east; Zion Road and Jalan Bukit Ho Swee in the south; Delta Road and Lower Delta Road in the west. Etymology Bukit Ho Swee means “Ho Swee Hill” in Malay. The name was derived from ''Bukit'' (Malay for hill) and ''Ho Swee'' from Tay Ho Swee (1834- 1903), an influential Chinese opium and spirit farmer, timber merchant and ship owner.Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), ''Toponymics – A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern Universities Press, He was also the son of Tay Han Leong, the first opium and spirit dealer in Singapore. When Bukit Ho Swee got its official name in 1907, it was an area with many plank and attap houses. History Bukit Ho Swee had a prominent Chinese community dating back to the days when Singapore was under British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bukit Ho Swee (TV Series) ''Bukit Ho Swee'' (河水山) is a Singaporean Chinese language TV series aired in 2002 on Channel 8. With the "kampungs" of Bukit Ho Swee, a prominent Chinese estate notorious for its cramped squatters and gangsters at that time, as a backdrop, the series is set during the 1950s prior to the infamous fire of 1961. Synopsis The story revolves around the tenants who live in Bukit Ho Swee. The tenants engage in petty squabbles with one another frequently and it is only during times of difficulties that some of them realise the strong bonds that have been forged along the way as well as the importance of harmonious living. Cast Florence Tan as Liao Meiying Allan Wu as Lin Zaifa Qi Yuwu as Cai Yongsong Priscelia Chan as Su Yanfen Vivian Lai as Wang Qing Xiang Yun as Liao Meijiao Chen Tianwen as Feng Sidong Yang Libing as Xiuzhen jie (Feng Sidong's wife) Liang Weidong as Zhou laoshi Carole Lin as Zhou Taitai (Zhou laoshi's wife) Henry Thia as A Zhu Pei Xiaoling as A Zhu s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bukit Ho Swee Constituency Bukit Ho Swee Constituency (SMC) was a constituency in Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor .... It used to exist from 1968 to 1984. It was carved out from Delta SMC. Member of Parliament Elections Elections in the 1960s Elections in the 1970s References Singaporean electoral divisions Tiong Bahru {{Singapore-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]