My experience doing this task

Well , it was interesting doing this task and it was very fun. It helped how to locate places and taught me hot to promote a place , well actually it was difficult for me to find the places and the instructions said three SIGNIFICANT it was quite difficult as there not as any significant places in my neighbourhood bu it is rather calmer then any other neighbourhood . Well , i felt a little embarrassed when people started to stare at me when i was taking photos but well it was rather fun going out and taking photos studying while enjoying nature. It has also taught me how to look for maps which will help in the future while i go to a foreign country well study or holidays to read maps and the directory. On the whole this activity is fun , interesting a little bit difficult however we also learn thing from it while having fun.

A Travelogue for Tourists and Our Future Generations

I welcome all of you to Taman Jurong which is my neighbourhood .The three highlights in

Taman Jurong i'm focusing on is :

Taman Jurong Shopping centre
Jurong Lake Park

Condominium (Lake Shore)

Now let me tell you more about the past and present of each of the locationsso that , you will learn more about the places.
Let's start with Taman Jurong Shopping centre . Well it is quiteold shopping centre which is being renovated time to time and there are many shops for you to opt to if you suddenly u have run out of groceries or u want to sew something or you just want to look out for more dresses and ,oops i forgot to tell u something there are also many hair saloons where you can style your hair and go for party , etc.. Here is the past picture of the shopping centre .

Well now, it has over 8,000 square metres of retail area and serves a catchment size of more than 6,600 dwelling units. So you must visit this place when you come toTaman Jurong. Well here is the present picture of it :

Next , the Jurong Lake Park. Well jurong lake park has no um past to talk a

bout because it has been opened only recently and it is very cool. It is a land

scaped sanctuary called Jurong LakePark was built around the perimeter of the lake and work was completed in January 2006. Also, a 2.8 kilometre water promenade

along Jurong Lake Park which allows residents to participate in watersports. It has

many interesting things like skate boarding and even recently a cycling and walking path was opened by our finance minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam. Well here's some pictures of it :

And lastly the condominium (Lake shore). It is a very fascinating condo

minium as there are many services available there. There are swimming pools of three different sizes and there

are many barbeque pits and it is also easy with barbeque pits near our home because its easy and we can have barbeque parties anytime but one thing is that

we need to book the pits in advance. Apartments comprise a selection of two-bedroom to four-bedroom apartments and marionettes with sizes ranging from 860 sqft to 1,

466 sqft. Healthy home features include Aqueous (dispensers that extract fresh water from air vapour), and anti-bacteria cum anti-mould air conditioning systems with fine dust and deodorizing filters. Healthy lifestyle options include swim

ming, playing tennis, badminton, basketball or beach volleyball. For relaxation and de-stressing, there is a foot reflexology path, Jacuzzis, hot and c

old spa pools, a fun pool and play

ground, and barbecue pavilions. Here are some pictures of it :

Here's the past of Taman Jurong well : In the early 1900s, Jurong was uncharted territory. In 1929, the first road in Jurong connected it to Bukit Timah. Jurong remained a sleepyrural area until 1959, when Singapore became a self-governing colony.

The government saw industrialisation as a solution to the country's economic problems and Jurong was picked as a prime area for development. Jurong's coastal waters were deep, making it suitable for a port; the land was mostly state-owned; and landfill was readily available from the area's many hills. It is also relatively far from Singapore's Central Business District and residential areas, and thus it is suitable to locate heavy industries there.

In 1961, the Economic and Development Board (EDB) was formed to industrialise Jurong and earthworks began that same year. In 1962, the then Finance Minister Dr Goh Keng Swee, laid the foundation stone for the National Iron and Steel Mills, the first factory in the new industrial estate. In 1963, 24 factories were established. In the same year, the then Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew, made Jurong the initial constituency on his first visit to constituencies in the Republic. At that time, Jurong was without a citizen's consultative committee. In May 1965, Jurong Port became operational.

In 1968, the Jurong Town Corporation was created to manage Jurong's development. By this time, 14.78 square kilometres of industrial land has been prepared, 153 factories were fully functioning and 46 more were being constructed.

With the Singapore economy constantly expanding, finding space for new industries is an ever-present challenge. Seven islets off the coast of Jurong were merged to create the 30 square kilometre Jurong Island, which is to be the base for oil, petrochemical and chemicalindustries. Construction of Jurong Island began in the early 1990s and is scheduled to be completed in 2010. A number of plants began operating there in the late 1990s. A bridge, the Jurong Island Causeway, links Jurong Island to the mainland. Access to the island is restricted which may improve its security against terrorist attacks.

Jurong is also home to the Jurong Bird Park, the Chinese and the Japanese Gardens, the Science Centre with its Omnimax Theatre, threegolf clubs and the Raffles Marina. Extensive public housing has brought an influx of residents, who are well served by shopping centres,sports facilities, schools, good road connections and the Mass Rapid Transit system.

Well here are some pictures of the past Taman Jurong:

Well Lastly heres's he map of the three place they are labelled..

Sources : Googlemaps.com

http://wikimapia.org/6532324/Jurong-Lake-Park
google images
http://rinaz.net/2007/04/beautiful-jurong-lake-park/
http://www.tasc.org.sg/sc/taman_jurong.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurong

tamanjurong.sg

http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_8795/travel_site_111839/