Happy New Year 2008

As we start a new year, we pray that this year will be marked by prosperity and peacefulness for families and residents.

In Geylang, it is almost difficult for relatives or friends to visit the residents during the holidays over the past 3 to 5 years. The reasons being visitors are concern of the security and embarrassments that of their wives, female siblings, friends or teenage children especially in the evenings. Such street prostitution activities have attracted crimes ( example, recent report of a robbery on 2 prostitutes from China ).

As Brian (johntv.com) has well said - Street Prostitution is not a victimless crime. The victims are the prostitutes, the johns' families, residents, women working in affected areas. In Singapore, Geylang is always viewed as red-light district where in reality there are much more interesting places one can find including popular local restaurants, Muslim schools, mosques, Buddhist temples, clans, trade associations and architectural conservation buildings for locals, families and tourists to visit. Besides, there are affordable accommodation for tourists for the many budget hotels as well as housing with more than 50 residential apartment blocks.

In each of the 44 numbers of lorongs ( i.e. side streets or lanes ), one can find interesting places to visit or view. Beside this, the main Geylang Road is convenient located near to Geylang Serai Market, Joo Chiat area as well as future Paya Lebar second offices and commercial area. It takes about 10 to 20 minutes to walk to these places.


Prostitution is legalised in Singapore ( where you can find some brothels in a few designated even-numbered lorongs in Geylang ); however, street prostitution soliciting are illegal.

In recent years, the increase of street walkers had resulted in more security and environment problems as crimes are attracted alongside such activities including robberies, thefts and even a case of murder linked to a foreign prostitute.

There are children (schools) as well as worshippers (temples, mosques) who frequent Geylang daily, hence, we urge Singapore authorities (i.e. Hotel licensing Board, URA, Public Entertainment Licensing Unit, Anti-Vice Branch,NEA, etc.) to deal with the problems seriously and coordinately because we are concern of the safety of the innocent people accessing this area. Besides, with the recent news about more tourists staying in the budget hotels in Geylang due to tight availability of hotel rooms in the usual hotels; there are urgent needs to increase security in this area to protect the tourists as well.

Geylang New Experience 芽笼新体验

Interesting tour videos ( in Chinese ) about Geylang for locals and tourists


" 芽笼新体验 - 由王晶晶老师，林婉玲老师和王瑄凤老师联合摄制。

Thanks to Mr. Lim Eng Lok, Mr. Gan Ann Teng and Ms Tan TiHui for production of the video
and credit should also be given to Colorwise for the interesting and educating introduction of Geylang.

A video project by Chinese Teachers in SCTU Digital Video Workshop conducted by Colorwise Singapore."

http://colorwise.blip.tv/




Geylang New Experience 芽笼新体验

宗教和谐 - Geylang Mosque

Harmony 和谐

芽笼潮洲粥 - Geylang Teochew Porriage

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Recent news reports

" Gang held for dealing in fake passports
Thursday, 4 October 2007 - 7:49 AM SL Time
The police on Wednesday arrested a gang of six persons, including two Tamils from Sri Lanka and Singapore, on charges of possessing fake passports, visa stickers and degree certificates in the name of different universities. It was operating from a house in Virugambakkam.

Following information that some people indulged in circulating fake passports, Commissioner of Police G. Nanchil Kumaran directed a special team to probe the complaint.

A decoy approached the gang for a passport and the police arrested the gang members when they offered him a fake passport for a price.

The gang allegedly replaced photographs in invalid passports with photographs of persons who sought passports. A colour photo copier machine was also seized.

The arrested are T. Mahendran, Jagadeesan, both residing at Tirumangalam, K. Abdul Basheer of Tiruvallur, C. Leo of Pamban Chatram, Chinniah of Kodambakkam and Simon of Virugambakkam. " - source : Lankanewspapers.com

http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/10/20014.html

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" Interpol assistance sought to arrest LTTE suspect in Singapore
Tuesday, 2 October 2007 - 7:17 AM SL Time

Customs officer, wharf clerk helped clear explosives, Communication Equipment

Sri Lanka has sought Interpol assistance for the arrest and exportation of an LTTE agent, living in Singapore, who had exported 150 units of high tech inter-com equipment and explosives seized by the Terrorist Investigation Division in a residence at Ja-Ela recently.

TID sources said a Customs officer and a wharf clerk, both Sinhalese, were responsible for clearing the consignment of intercoms and explosives at the airport for transport to Ja-Ela and Kotahena.

The TID was able to get the information about the explosives taken to Kotahena after interrogating a woman, a Sinhalese from Kadawata and her husband suspected to be an LTTE cadre. She had told the sleuths that they were living in a house that belonged to her husband`s brother who was abroad but she was not aware about all the activities of her husband.

The raid on the Ja-Ela residence and seizure of intercom equipment and explosives was made possible after interrogation of a group of LTTE suspects arrested recently at Chilaw, TID sources said.

Sources said the details of the LTTE operative have been dispatched to Interpol.

The Island in an exclusive story reported the finding of the 150 sets high tech intercom sets at Ja-Ela by the TID a few weeks back. " - source : Lankanewspapers.com

http://www.lankanewspapers.com/news/2007/10/19936.html

Why we need to be on vigilance against foreigner 'groups'

As a globalise country, we hope the relevant authorities in Singapore will be more conscious and prepare to address the potential threats from the process. These entail both city planning and management as well as security management. Hi-tech machines and professionally trained personnels are crucial, moral and ethical education are equally important if not more.

While it is rational that Singaporeans should accept foreigner immigrants and talents to increase and maintain economic growth; there are urgent needs to study negative impacts on the community and to derive policies to deal with the problems.

We could go on nagging about security reasons without aware of the problems. Perhaps, a better way is to show and learn about the problems faced in other countries and their solutions.

In cosmopolitan London, the problems of foreign immigrant 'grouping' in gangs and sects are holding the community in potential threats as view in this documentary.

Video of Sri Lankan prostitution group

We have compiled some of the clips and photos over the years of the Sri Lankan group or groups operating in the neighbourhood of Geylang.

Questions: 1. How many of them? Do they operate alone or with the locals ? 2. Why and how are the pimps able to operate for several years since 2003 ? 3. What gives them the confidence to operate boldly in Geylang ? Do they have backers ?

Singapore, our Homeland

We welcome foreigners as visiting guests as well as future fellow citizens of Singapore. However, we are against those who cause harm to our people and deterioration to our environment. We can be tolerating but when security issues are concern, we cannot close an eye or both.

We call for Singaporeans to be on guard and vigilance against crimes in your homeland.

The following national songs are probably some of the best written national songs that move our hearts deeply to protect our family, neighbourhood and homeland. We hope you will feel the same.

Count On Me Singapore


This is Home


One United People - by Sun Yan Zi 孙燕姿

Lawlessness behaviours :- Codeine or Cough Mixture Abuse

This short clip was sent to us and had been applied some effects to protect the identity of whoever involved.


Codeine or cough mixture abuses have been rampant due to easily access at backlane traders in the lorongs including 11, 13, 15, 17, 21 and 24 of Geylang Rd. in the past. It has been mentioned that drug addicts use this as cheap substitutes to give that 'high'. There had been several raids in the past, but the trades can still be seem in some backlanes.

The message is clear, our authorities should increase more enforcements and patrolling in the area or else, Geylang will be like neighbouring country who is suffering from increasing crimes.



There have already cases of murder of a prostitute, rape of China prostitutes, drug tradings and not forgetting the usual street prostitution. Confining the problems within the Geylang will not solve the problem because these activities are highly mobile and Singapore is a small country. This means the criminals and the crimes can be easily spread to other parts of Singapore in view of the small island area.