Clementi Reading Group Celebrate 2nd Anniversary

Clementi Senior Citizen Reading Group celebrated 2nd Anniversary on 17 Oct 09.
十月十七日金文泰乐龄读书会庆祝两週年。

Clementi Senior Citizen Activities

On 24 Oct 09 , Senior Citizen Executive Committee interest groups, Chinese Reading Group and Lian Gong (Qi Gong) group organised a joint one day tour to Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall and The Marina Barrage. 80 senior citizens participated
十月二十四日，金文泰乐龄组，读书会和练功十八法小组联会主办一日遊到孫中山记念館和滨海水坝及蔡厝港菜园 。共八十乐龄人士参於。

Clementi Senior Citizen Activities

Clementi Senior Citizen Executive Committee organised a one-day tour covering the Battlebox at Fort Caning Park. 80 senior citizen participated. They were shown the video clips of the World War II when Japanese attacked and bombed Singapore during the Chinese New Year on 15 Feb 1942. They were briefed on the history of WWII. The battlebox was an underground command bunker of the British Military Far East Command. It captured the last moment when General Percival decided to surrender which put Singapore under the torturous rule of the Japanese for 3 yrs 8 months until Japanese surrendered on 15 Aug 1945.

The group also visited the Qian Hu fish farm and farm at Chua Chu Kang.

金文泰乐龄组参观福康宁山二战时的英军地下縂部。共八十乐龄人士参於。他们观看二战时日军於1942 年二月十五日农暦新年轰炸新加坡的影片。导遊也向他们讲解一些二战历史。地下室也展示英军人在地下室工作狀況和Percival 將军决定投降那一刻、开始了日军三年八个月的殘暴統治至1945 年八月十五日日本投降。