Bukit Batok Nature Reserve & Ford Factory Museum

Briskwalking at Bukit Batok Nature Reserve & Ford Factory Museum

Date: Saturday, 20 April 2013
Time: 7.00 am to 12.00 noon

Programme as:
7.00 am Depart from Owen RC Centre
7.30 am Briskwalk at Bukit Batok Nature Reserve
9.30 am Tea Break at nearby Hawker/Food Centre
10.30 am Visit Ford Factory Museum
12.00 noon - Back Home
 

History of Bukit Batok Nature Park Bukit Batok used to be a sleepy rural area with forest, farm lands and factories. Granite quarrying was among the early activities there since the 1950s. In fact Bukit Batok in Malay means "Coughing Hills" as the blasting made the hills appear to be coughing. Public housing in the area started in the 1970s. The former Ford Factory is the venue where the British surrender to the Japanese on 15 Feb 1942. The front portion of this building has been conserved as a historical monument. At the top of Bukit Batok hill is the site of two memorials built by the Japanese for their war dead as well as for the Allied soldiers. Both were demolished by the Japanese. Today, all that remains are two pillars and 120 concrete steps leading up to the transmission tower. The National Heritage Board had erected a plaque highlighting the significance of the site.

Below are participants photos for this outings.