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• lianamaster

  3 Jul 09, 00:47

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  What do you expect from an old chap. Outdated.

  Dun say that.... it's ok.

• sbst275

  3 Jul 09, 00:48

  177 is peak hour service. Serves MINDEF HQ

• Chew Bakar

  3 Jul 09, 00:51

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  177 is peak hour service. Serves MINDEF HQ

  where is Mindef hq?

• lianamaster

  3 Jul 09, 00:52

  Originally posted by Bangulzai:

  there's even older route of 172 which indeed goes to Lim Chu Kang

  my mum's time

  Oops... got longer history than that?... haha... too young to trace.

• Bangulzai

  3 Jul 09, 00:53

  Originally posted by lianamaster:

  Oops... got longer history than that?... haha... too young to trace.

  sbst275 has elaborated in the post below me

• lianamaster

  3 Jul 09, 00:53

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  172 was orginally Lim Chu Kang - Shenton Way. But I believe SBS adjusted it to become from Boon Lay to Upp Bt Timah Rd

  175 replaced 172's role at Lim Chu Kang

  Thanks for correcting it.

• lianamaster

  3 Jul 09, 00:54

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  where is Mindef hq?

  At Bukit Timah Road. It's big and you can't miss it. U should be able to see the Singapore flag from afar... went in before...

• Chew Bakar

  3 Jul 09, 00:57

  Originally posted by lianamaster:

  Thanks for correcting it.

  The first is Green Bus 72 from Rochor to Lim Chu Kang (Thong Hoe 18 miles).

• lianamaster

  3 Jul 09, 00:58

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  The first is Green Bus 72 from Rochor to Lim Chu Kang (Thong Hoe 18 miles).

  Oh my god...

• Bangulzai

  3 Jul 09, 00:58

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  The first is Green Bus 72 from Rochor to Lim Chu Kang (Thong Hoe 18 miles).

  then later they added a "1" in front right?

• Chew Bakar

  3 Jul 09, 00:59

  Originally posted by lianamaster:

  Oh my god...

  

  That's green bus. hehe.

• Chew Bakar

  3 Jul 09, 01:00

  Originally posted by Bangulzai:

  then later they added a "1" in front right?

  When all bus companies merged to form SBS, all numbers changed.

• Bangulzai

  3 Jul 09, 01:01

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  

  That's green bus. hehe.

  this picture looks so Vietnamish

• lianamaster

  3 Jul 09, 01:02

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  

  That's green bus. hehe.

  My goodness... when is that photo taken? I'm speechless. 

• Bangulzai

  3 Jul 09, 01:03

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  When all bus companies merged to form SBS, all numbers changed.

  no wonder.  and when i was young, i believed a saw buses with the words OMO (One-Man Operator).

• Chew Bakar

  3 Jul 09, 01:03

  Originally posted by sbst275:

  172 was orginally Lim Chu Kang - Shenton Way. But I believe SBS adjusted it to become from Boon Lay to Upp Bt Timah Rd

  175 replaced 172's role at Lim Chu Kang

  172 first started from Lim Chu Kang End to Prince Edward Terminal in 1972.

• Chew Bakar

  3 Jul 09, 01:04

  Originally posted by Bangulzai:

  this picture looks so Vietnamish

  That's Clifford Pier in Collyer Quay okay. Ah Teng Bay Tow.

• lianamaster

  3 Jul 09, 01:05

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  172 first started from Lim Chu Kang End to Prince Edward Terminal in 1972.

  Oic....

• Bangulzai

  3 Jul 09, 01:05

  i c. u taught me a valuable lesson today

• lianamaster

  3 Jul 09, 01:07

  Originally posted by Bangulzai:

  i c. u taught me a valuable lesson today

  
  Yea... me too.

• QX179R

  3 Jul 09, 01:08

  * drives in..

• lianamaster

  3 Jul 09, 01:09

  Hello QX!~

• Bangulzai

  3 Jul 09, 01:09

  ur ambulance no sound one... other ambulance is noisy like hell

• Chew Bakar

  3 Jul 09, 01:10

  Originally posted by Bangulzai:

  i c. u taught me a valuable lesson today

  In fact a lot of old Hokkien names for downtown is interesting. Nobody seems to know them now.

  Next stop : Ah Chew chap puay lau. (Asia Assurance Building) On top there is a  restaurant called Hoon Teng Restaurant.

  Current Genting named was adpoted from this restaurant.

• Bangulzai

  3 Jul 09, 01:11

  Originally posted by Chew Bakar:

  In fact a lot of old Hokkien names for downtown is interesting. Nobody seems to know them now.

  Next stop : Ah Chew chap puay lau. (Asia Assurance Building) On top there is a  restaurant called Hoon Teng Restaurant.

  Current Genting named was adpoted from this restaurant.

  Take a look at this thread:

  http://sgforums.com/forums/1802/topics/353854