If I publicly post LHL’s and Lawrence Wong NRIC, will I get in trouble? /u/AyrenZ Singapore

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​r/singapore With the recent news being made that NRIC isn’t a sensitive field and it’s akin to a full name, then will there be an issue if someone posted all Minister’s NRICs online? It’s akin to posting their full name online right? submitted by /u/AyrenZ [link] [comments] 

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What’s Happening in October – December 2024? /u/YearOfTheRabbit2023 Singapore

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​r/singapore On-going – AMAZÔNIA: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado (National Museum of Singapore – $11) On-going – Altered States: Experiments in Moving Image (ArtScience Museum – $5) On-going – WHSmith Stamp Rally (Changi Airport – Free) On-going – SMU Internationalisation Series (Various) On-going – A ticket through time (Tanjong Pagar – Free) 12 – 24 Dec – Dim Sum Dollies’ History of Singapore (Capitol Theatre – $68-$218) 18 Dec – Ctrl+Alt+Connect (East Coast Road – Free) 19 Dec – Christmas Cocktail Wonderland (From $98) 19 Dec – Loops of Love: Holiday Gift-Making Workshop (Maxwell – $82) Till 20 Dec – Let’s Gift For A Reason 2024 (Various Safra locations) 20 Dec – WWF Invasive Species Management (Rail Corridor – Free) 21 Dec – Blossoms in ink: a fusion of floral art & chinese painting (Maxwell – $82) 21 Dec – Five Go To An Island (Lower Delta Road – Free) 21 Dec – Ukulele Christmas (Orchard Road – $25) 21 Dec – Once Upon a Party (Bras Basah – Free) 21 Dec – Learn Singapore Teochew Online (Online – $218) 28 Dec – WWF Rifle Range Road Monitoring Programme (Rifle Range Road – Free) 27 / 29 Dec – Art Encounters (Chinatown – $31.90) 29 Dec – Punggol Regional Library Jamboree (Punggol – Free) 30 Dec – Invest For Our Retirement by Ajahn Brahm (Keng Lee Road – $50) 2 Jan – Learn Hong Kong Cantonese Online (Online – $218) 4 Jan – Unlock Your 2025 Potential: Discover Health, Wealth, and More (Punggol – $38) 5 Jan – 29 Jun – Buddhist Text Study (Geylang) 8 – 19 Jan – Singapore Fringe Festival (Various) 9 – 11 Jan – Singapore Polytechnic Open House (Free) 9 – 11 Jan – Republic Polytechnic Open House (Free) 10 / 11 Jan – NTUC Career Festival (Sands Expo – Free) 10 / 11 Jan – Vuela (Esplanade – from $32) 10 / 11 Jan – Conserved Buildings (Chinatown – $23.90) 11 Jan – 1 Mar – Beginner Chinese Flute (ITE College West – $239.80) 11 Jan – Checkmate Chess Workshop (Geylang East – Free) 11 Jan – Central Singapore Market (Zhongshan Park – Free) 11 Jan – Techignite (NTU – Free) 11 Jan – Family Pops Concert (Victoria Concert Hall – $50) 11 Jan – Future Lawyers Singapore: Aspiration to Advocacy Conference (SMU – From $16.82) 11 – 26 Jan – Singkarpor REMIXED (Gillman Barracks) 12 – 19 Jan – The Eye and The Tiger (Adam Park – $40) 13 Jan – E-Commerce Marketplace Strategy Fundamentals Workshop (Anson Road – Free) 14 Jan – Good Boss v Bad Boss: The Playbook to Effective Leadership (Online – Free) 14 Jan – Learn to swim – Foundation Skills (ITE College Central – $327) 14 – 23 Jan – An exclusive food and art experience in response to Yang Derong’s DIGikat (The Arts House) 16 Jan – The People’s Choice: Collaborating with Citizens to Direct State Action (SMU/Online – Free) 17 – 26 Jan – ArtBox (Expo – $5) 17 – 26 Jan – Singapore Art Week (Various) 17 – 18 Jan – Lasalle College Open House (Free) 18 Jan – Beauty and the Beast in Concert (Esplanade Theatre – From $38) 18 Jan – Level Up: The Career Clinic (Portsdown Road – Free) 19 Jan – Scrabble Workshop & Freeplay (Geylang East – Free) 19 Jan – Carve & Prosper: Chinese New Year Lino Art Workshop (Chinatown – $25) 23 / 24 Jan – TikTok Marketing and Ads for Business (SMU – $523) Till 25 Jan – Delivering into the Future: Enabling Safe and Efficient Deliveries (Maxwell – Free) 25 Jan – Aliwal Urban Arts Festival (Aliwal Street – Free) 25 Jan – Igniting Your Child’s Passion in Sports – Football (ITE College East – $272) 25 Jan – Everything is Sacred: A bite-sized taster into understanding food cultures and relations in the Amazon (National Museum of Singapore – $65) 26 Jan – SSO Organ Series: Organ Music in Different Light (Victoria Concert Hall – $10) 8 / 9 Feb – The Temple of Resonance (Esplanade – $30) 8 / 9 Feb – Singapore Institute of Technology Open House (Free) 13 Feb – The Corrs – Talk on Corners Tour (The Star Theatre – From $125) 15 Feb – Basic Feng Shui: Transform Your Space, Transform Your Life (ITE College West – $174.40) 15 Feb – iWalk (Marina Barrage – $38) 15 Feb – 1 Mar – Beginner’s Crochet Art (ITE College Central – $152.60) 15 / 16 Feb – Mercado Latino (Joo Chiat – Free) 18 Feb – 18 Mar – Capturing Wanderlust: Mobile Photography for Travel Enthusiasts (Lasalle – $480) 21 – 23 Feb – ALICE Hong Kong Ballet (Esplanade – $28) 21 – 23 Feb – Ballet 101 (Esplanade – Free) 1 Mar – Central Singapore Market (Potong Pasir – Free) 10 / 11 Mar – Global Foodscapes: Transnational Pathways of Food and Migration In and Out of Asia 3 Apr – Marketing with Xiao Hong Shu (SMU – $359) 16 / 17 Apr – Crossing Boundaries: Food and Southeast Asia, 1500-Present submitted by /u/YearOfTheRabbit2023 [link] [comments] 

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[link] [comments]  On-going – AMAZÔNIA: Photographs by Sebastião Salgado (National Museum of Singapore – $11) On-going – Altered States: Experiments in Moving Image (ArtScience Museum – $5) On-going – WHSmith Stamp Rally (Changi Airport – Free) On-going – SMU Internationalisation Series (Various) On-going – A ticket through time (Tanjong Pagar – Free) 12 – 24 Dec – Dim Sum Dollies’ History of Singapore (Capitol Theatre – $68-$218) 18 Dec – Ctrl+Alt+Connect (East Coast Road – Free) 19 Dec – Christmas Cocktail Wonderland (From $98) 19 Dec – Loops of Love: Holiday Gift-Making Workshop (Maxwell – $82) Till 20 Dec – Let’s Gift For A Reason 2024 (Various Safra locations) 20 Dec – WWF Invasive Species Management (Rail Corridor – Free) 21 Dec – Blossoms in ink: a fusion of floral art & chinese painting (Maxwell – $82) 21 Dec – Five Go To An Island (Lower Delta Road – Free) 21 Dec – Ukulele Christmas (Orchard Road – $25) 21 Dec – Once Upon a Party (Bras Basah – Free) 21 Dec – Learn Singapore Teochew Online (Online – $218) 28 Dec – WWF Rifle Range Road Monitoring Programme (Rifle Range Road – Free) 27 / 29 Dec – Art Encounters (Chinatown – $31.90) 29 Dec – Punggol Regional Library Jamboree (Punggol – Free) 30 Dec – Invest For Our Retirement by Ajahn Brahm (Keng Lee Road – $50) 2 Jan – Learn Hong Kong Cantonese Online (Online – $218) 4 Jan – Unlock Your 2025 Potential: Discover Health, Wealth, and More (Punggol – $38) 5 Jan – 29 Jun – Buddhist Text Study (Geylang) 8 – 19 Jan – Singapore Fringe Festival (Various) 9 – 11 Jan – Singapore Polytechnic Open House (Free) 9 – 11 Jan – Republic Polytechnic Open House (Free) 10 / 11 Jan – NTUC Career Festival (Sands Expo – Free) 10 / 11 Jan – Vuela (Esplanade – from $32) 10 / 11 Jan – Conserved Buildings (Chinatown – $23.90) 11 Jan – 1 Mar – Beginner Chinese Flute (ITE College West – $239.80) 11 Jan – Checkmate Chess Workshop (Geylang East – Free) 11 Jan – Central Singapore Market (Zhongshan Park – Free) 11 Jan – Techignite (NTU – Free) 11 Jan – Family Pops Concert (Victoria Concert Hall – $50) 11 Jan – Future Lawyers Singapore: Aspiration to Advocacy Conference (SMU – From $16.82) 11 – 26 Jan – Singkarpor REMIXED (Gillman Barracks) 12 – 19 Jan – The Eye and The Tiger (Adam Park – $40) 13 Jan – E-Commerce Marketplace Strategy Fundamentals Workshop (Anson Road – Free) 14 Jan – Good Boss v Bad Boss: The Playbook to Effective Leadership (Online – Free) 14 Jan – Learn to swim – Foundation Skills (ITE College Central – $327) 14 – 23 Jan – An exclusive food and art experience in response to Yang Derong’s DIGikat (The Arts House) 16 Jan – The People’s Choice: Collaborating with Citizens to Direct State Action (SMU/Online – Free) 17 – 26 Jan – ArtBox (Expo – $5) 17 – 26 Jan – Singapore Art Week (Various) 17 – 18 Jan – Lasalle College Open House (Free) 18 Jan – Beauty and the Beast in Concert (Esplanade Theatre – From $38) 18 Jan – Level Up: The Career Clinic (Portsdown Road – Free) 19 Jan – Scrabble Workshop & Freeplay (Geylang East – Free) 19 Jan – Carve & Prosper: Chinese New Year Lino Art Workshop (Chinatown – $25) 23 / 24 Jan – TikTok Marketing and Ads for Business (SMU – $523) Till 25 Jan – Delivering into the Future: Enabling Safe and Efficient Deliveries (Maxwell – Free) 25 Jan – Aliwal Urban Arts Festival (Aliwal Street – Free) 25 Jan – Igniting Your Child’s Passion in Sports – Football (ITE College East – $272) 25 Jan – Everything is Sacred: A bite-sized taster into understanding food cultures and relations in the Amazon (National Museum of Singapore – $65) 26 Jan – SSO Organ Series: Organ Music in Different Light (Victoria Concert Hall – $10) 8 / 9 Feb – The Temple of Resonance (Esplanade – $30) 8 / 9 Feb – Singapore Institute of Technology Open House (Free) 13 Feb – The Corrs – Talk on Corners Tour (The Star Theatre – From $125) 15 Feb – Basic Feng Shui: Transform Your Space, Transform Your Life (ITE College West – $174.40) 15 Feb – iWalk (Marina Barrage – $38) 15 Feb – 1 Mar – Beginner’s Crochet Art (ITE College Central – $152.60) 15 / 16 Feb – Mercado Latino (Joo Chiat – Free) 18 Feb – 18 Mar – Capturing Wanderlust: Mobile Photography for Travel Enthusiasts (Lasalle – $480) 21 – 23 Feb – ALICE Hong Kong Ballet (Esplanade – $28) 21 – 23 Feb – Ballet 101 (Esplanade – Free) 1 Mar – Central Singapore Market (Potong Pasir – Free) 10 / 11 Mar – Global Foodscapes: Transnational Pathways of Food and Migration In and Out of Asia 3 Apr – Marketing with Xiao Hong Shu (SMU – $359) 16 / 17 Apr – Crossing Boundaries: Food and Southeast Asia, 1500-Present submitted by /u/YearOfTheRabbit2023 [link] [comments]

/r/singapore random discussion and small questions thread for December 17, 2024 /u/AutoModerator Singapore

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​r/singapore Talk about your day. Anything goes, but subreddit rules still apply. Please be polite to each other! submitted by /u/AutoModerator [link] [comments] 

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A time capsule buried at the National Stadium mysteriously disappeared and was lost despite an extensive search effort by multiple parties. What happened to the National Stadium Time Capsule? /u/Sabre_Taser Singapore

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​r/singapore Today’s Friday File is going to be slightly different, as we look at not a missing person, but a missing item in Singapore’s history, lost to the sands of time A Background of the Time Capsule On 23 February 1970, as work commenced on what would be the future site of Singapore’s National Stadium, a time capsule containing newspaper articles, books, specimen coins, bank notes and sports memorabilia was carried by a team of runners, running relay style from Empress Place to the National Stadium construction site. The last runner in the relay, former high-jump champion Mr Nor Azahar Hamid, presented the cylinder copper capsule about the size of a briefcase to the-then Minister of Finance Dr Goh Keng Swee, who buried it with the foundation stone. Like most time capsules, the plan was that it would be dug up years later and its items placed on exhibition, however this would never come to fruition, as the capsule would go missing without a trace. The capsule’s disappearance first emerged when the National Stadium closed in 2007 and work began to replace it with the Singapore Sports Hub. As work began to demolish the Stadium, an urgent need to locate the capsule arose so that plans could be made to retrieve and either re-bury it or display the items, however the capsule was nowhere to be found. Despite extensive search efforts made by various construction teams, a demolitions company and recovery parties, as well as a $50,000 reward offered for the discovery of the capsule, the capsule remained lost. Photographs and Documents While a photograph of Dr Goh holding the capsule was taken before its burial and also supposedly a plaque put up near the spot where the capsule was buried, no one could remember where it was located. This problem was further exacerbated by the fact that there were little to no landmarks since the capsule was laid in the piling stage of construction. To further compound the problem, attempts to search through archived records were hampered by inaccurate documents. As far as the authorities and contractors were concerned, the only conclusive lead was that it was somewhere underground as the capsule was placed together with the stadium’s foundation stone. The contracted teams started methodically searching at spots where the capsule was likely to have been buried, bringing in metal detectors and at one point even discussed bringing in X-ray machines to aid the search, but all these turned up nothing. Last Eyewitnesses With records and photographs failing to bring up any leads, all eyes turned to the relay runners who made the run to Dr Goh, in hopes that their recollection of where they ran would bring up clues to the capsule’s location. Two people who were part of the relay team were sprinting legend Mr C Kunalan and Mr Noor Azhar Hamid. According to Mr Kunalan, he described the land as being ‘very barren and piling works had only just begun’ and he suspects the capsule might have been been buried just in front of the staircase leading up to the grandstand tribune, where there used to be a fountain, however the aforementioned fountain was removed in the late 1970s. Mr Kunalan believed the capsule might have been removed at around the same time the fountain was demolished. Being the last runner in the relay who handed over the capsule to Dr Goh, Mr Noor Azahar was asked to recall where he made his final sprint and hand-over of the capsule, in hopes that this could help to renew search efforts, however, try as he might, he was unable to recall this crucial detail. “I was the last athlete and I personally handed the capsule to Dr Goh to bury it. But no matter how hard I try, I can’t remember where it went.” The Trail Goes Cold With all leads going to a dead end, officials conceded defeat and acknowledged the loss of the capsule, and with it, a piece of Singapore’s history vanished into the night. However, this loss would not be in vain, as the lessons learnt from it would be instrumental in ensuring that its successor would not fall victim to a similar mishap. The Aspirations time capsule, a larger capsule constructed out of stainless steel and holding 50 items symbolic of Singapore’s sporting achievements and aspirations to be opened in 2040, is now sealed and displayed above ground in front of the SEA Games cauldron at the Stadium Riverside Walk. Questions: Where is the original time capsule which was buried in the National Stadium? Could it have miraculously survived the demolition & construction work and still be buried in the ground? Or was it unearthed at some point in time and destroyed? What could have happened to the contents within? Sources: (more NewspaperSG articles can be accessed via your nearby library multimedia kiosk) National Stadium time capsule lost No sign of original time capsule Old time capsule not found, but Singapore has new one to preserve local athletes’ legacy Time capsule Goh Keng Swee buried under old National Stadium in 1970 has never been found submitted by /u/Sabre_Taser [link] [comments] 

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[link] [comments]  Today’s Friday File is going to be slightly different, as we look at not a missing person, but a missing item in Singapore’s history, lost to the sands of time A Background of the Time Capsule On 23 February 1970, as work commenced on what would be the future site of Singapore’s National Stadium, a time capsule containing newspaper articles, books, specimen coins, bank notes and sports memorabilia was carried by a team of runners, running relay style from Empress Place to the National Stadium construction site. The last runner in the relay, former high-jump champion Mr Nor Azahar Hamid, presented the cylinder copper capsule about the size of a briefcase to the-then Minister of Finance Dr Goh Keng Swee, who buried it with the foundation stone. Like most time capsules, the plan was that it would be dug up years later and its items placed on exhibition, however this would never come to fruition, as the capsule would go missing without a trace. The capsule’s disappearance first emerged when the National Stadium closed in 2007 and work began to replace it with the Singapore Sports Hub. As work began to demolish the Stadium, an urgent need to locate the capsule arose so that plans could be made to retrieve and either re-bury it or display the items, however the capsule was nowhere to be found. Despite extensive search efforts made by various construction teams, a demolitions company and recovery parties, as well as a $50,000 reward offered for the discovery of the capsule, the capsule remained lost. Photographs and Documents While a photograph of Dr Goh holding the capsule was taken before its burial and also supposedly a plaque put up near the spot where the capsule was buried, no one could remember where it was located. This problem was further exacerbated by the fact that there were little to no landmarks since the capsule was laid in the piling stage of construction. To further compound the problem, attempts to search through archived records were hampered by inaccurate documents. As far as the authorities and contractors were concerned, the only conclusive lead was that it was somewhere underground as the capsule was placed together with the stadium’s foundation stone. The contracted teams started methodically searching at spots where the capsule was likely to have been buried, bringing in metal detectors and at one point even discussed bringing in X-ray machines to aid the search, but all these turned up nothing. Last Eyewitnesses With records and photographs failing to bring up any leads, all eyes turned to the relay runners who made the run to Dr Goh, in hopes that their recollection of where they ran would bring up clues to the capsule’s location. Two people who were part of the relay team were sprinting legend Mr C Kunalan and Mr Noor Azhar Hamid. According to Mr Kunalan, he described the land as being ‘very barren and piling works had only just begun’ and he suspects the capsule might have been been buried just in front of the staircase leading up to the grandstand tribune, where there used to be a fountain, however the aforementioned fountain was removed in the late 1970s. Mr Kunalan believed the capsule might have been removed at around the same time the fountain was demolished. Being the last runner in the relay who handed over the capsule to Dr Goh, Mr Noor Azahar was asked to recall where he made his final sprint and hand-over of the capsule, in hopes that this could help to renew search efforts, however, try as he might, he was unable to recall this crucial detail. “I was the last athlete and I personally handed the capsule to Dr Goh to bury it. But no matter how hard I try, I can’t remember where it went.” The Trail Goes Cold With all leads going to a dead end, officials conceded defeat and acknowledged the loss of the capsule, and with it, a piece of Singapore’s history vanished into the night. However, this loss would not be in vain, as the lessons learnt from it would be instrumental in ensuring that its successor would not fall victim to a similar mishap. The Aspirations time capsule, a larger capsule constructed out of stainless steel and holding 50 items symbolic of Singapore’s sporting achievements and aspirations to be opened in 2040, is now sealed and displayed above ground in front of the SEA Games cauldron at the Stadium Riverside Walk. Questions: Where is the original time capsule which was buried in the National Stadium? Could it have miraculously survived the demolition & construction work and still be buried in the ground? Or was it unearthed at some point in time and destroyed? What could have happened to the contents within? Sources: (more NewspaperSG articles can be accessed via your nearby library multimedia kiosk) National Stadium time capsule lost No sign of original time capsule Old time capsule not found, but Singapore has new one to preserve local athletes’ legacy Time capsule Goh Keng Swee buried under old National Stadium in 1970 has never been found submitted by /u/Sabre_Taser [link] [comments]

A time capsule buried at the National Stadium mysteriously disappeared and was lost despite an extensive search effort by multiple parties. What happened to the National Stadium Time Capsule? /u/Sabre_Taser Singapore

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​r/singapore Today’s Friday File is going to be slightly different, as we look at not a missing person, but a missing item in Singapore’s history, lost to the sands of time A Background of the Time Capsule On 23 February 1970, as work commenced on what would be the future site of Singapore’s National Stadium, a time capsule containing newspaper articles, books, specimen coins, bank notes and sports memorabilia was carried by a team of runners, running relay style from Empress Place to the National Stadium construction site. The last runner in the relay, former high-jump champion Mr Nor Azahar Hamid, presented the cylinder copper capsule about the size of a briefcase to the-then Minister of Finance Dr Goh Keng Swee, who buried it with the foundation stone. Like most time capsules, the plan was that it would be dug up years later and its items placed on exhibition, however this would never come to fruition, as the capsule would go missing without a trace. The capsule’s disappearance first emerged when the National Stadium closed in 2007 and work began to replace it with the Singapore Sports Hub. As work began to demolish the Stadium, an urgent need to locate the capsule arose so that plans could be made to retrieve and either re-bury it or display the items, however the capsule was nowhere to be found. Despite extensive search efforts made by various construction teams, a demolitions company and recovery parties, as well as a $50,000 reward offered for the discovery of the capsule, the capsule remained lost. Photographs and Documents While a photograph of Dr Goh holding the capsule was taken before its burial and also supposedly a plaque put up near the spot where the capsule was buried, no one could remember where it was located. This problem was further exacerbated by the fact that there were little to no landmarks since the capsule was laid in the piling stage of construction. To further compound the problem, attempts to search through archived records were hampered by inaccurate documents. As far as the authorities and contractors were concerned, the only conclusive lead was that it was somewhere underground as the capsule was placed together with the stadium’s foundation stone. The contracted teams started methodically searching at spots where the capsule was likely to have been buried, bringing in metal detectors and at one point even discussed bringing in X-ray machines to aid the search, but all these turned up nothing. Last Eyewitnesses With records and photographs failing to bring up any leads, all eyes turned to the relay runners who made the run to Dr Goh, in hopes that their recollection of where they ran would bring up clues to the capsule’s location. Two people who were part of the relay team were sprinting legend Mr C Kunalan and Mr Noor Azhar Hamid. According to Mr Kunalan, he described the land as being ‘very barren and piling works had only just begun’ and he suspects the capsule might have been been buried just in front of the staircase leading up to the grandstand tribune, where there used to be a fountain, however the aforementioned fountain was removed in the late 1970s. Mr Kunalan believed the capsule might have been removed at around the same time the fountain was demolished. Being the last runner in the relay who handed over the capsule to Dr Goh, Mr Noor Azahar was asked to recall where he made his final sprint and hand-over of the capsule, in hopes that this could help to renew search efforts, however, try as he might, he was unable to recall this crucial detail. “I was the last athlete and I personally handed the capsule to Dr Goh to bury it. But no matter how hard I try, I can’t remember where it went.” The Trail Goes Cold With all leads going to a dead end, officials conceded defeat and acknowledged the loss of the capsule, and with it, a piece of Singapore’s history vanished into the night. However, this loss would not be in vain, as the lessons learnt from it would be instrumental in ensuring that its successor would not fall victim to a similar mishap. The Aspirations time capsule, a larger capsule constructed out of stainless steel and holding 50 items symbolic of Singapore’s sporting achievements and aspirations to be opened in 2040, is now sealed and displayed above ground in front of the SEA Games cauldron at the Stadium Riverside Walk. Questions: Where is the original time capsule which was buried in the National Stadium? Could it have miraculously survived the demolition & construction work and still be buried in the ground? Or was it unearthed at some point in time and destroyed? What could have happened to the contents within? Sources: (more NewspaperSG articles can be accessed via your nearby library multimedia kiosk) National Stadium time capsule lost No sign of original time capsule Old time capsule not found, but Singapore has new one to preserve local athletes’ legacy Time capsule Goh Keng Swee buried under old National Stadium in 1970 has never been found submitted by /u/Sabre_Taser [link] [comments] 

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[link] [comments]  Today’s Friday File is going to be slightly different, as we look at not a missing person, but a missing item in Singapore’s history, lost to the sands of time A Background of the Time Capsule On 23 February 1970, as work commenced on what would be the future site of Singapore’s National Stadium, a time capsule containing newspaper articles, books, specimen coins, bank notes and sports memorabilia was carried by a team of runners, running relay style from Empress Place to the National Stadium construction site. The last runner in the relay, former high-jump champion Mr Nor Azahar Hamid, presented the cylinder copper capsule about the size of a briefcase to the-then Minister of Finance Dr Goh Keng Swee, who buried it with the foundation stone. Like most time capsules, the plan was that it would be dug up years later and its items placed on exhibition, however this would never come to fruition, as the capsule would go missing without a trace. The capsule’s disappearance first emerged when the National Stadium closed in 2007 and work began to replace it with the Singapore Sports Hub. As work began to demolish the Stadium, an urgent need to locate the capsule arose so that plans could be made to retrieve and either re-bury it or display the items, however the capsule was nowhere to be found. Despite extensive search efforts made by various construction teams, a demolitions company and recovery parties, as well as a $50,000 reward offered for the discovery of the capsule, the capsule remained lost. Photographs and Documents While a photograph of Dr Goh holding the capsule was taken before its burial and also supposedly a plaque put up near the spot where the capsule was buried, no one could remember where it was located. This problem was further exacerbated by the fact that there were little to no landmarks since the capsule was laid in the piling stage of construction. To further compound the problem, attempts to search through archived records were hampered by inaccurate documents. As far as the authorities and contractors were concerned, the only conclusive lead was that it was somewhere underground as the capsule was placed together with the stadium’s foundation stone. The contracted teams started methodically searching at spots where the capsule was likely to have been buried, bringing in metal detectors and at one point even discussed bringing in X-ray machines to aid the search, but all these turned up nothing. Last Eyewitnesses With records and photographs failing to bring up any leads, all eyes turned to the relay runners who made the run to Dr Goh, in hopes that their recollection of where they ran would bring up clues to the capsule’s location. Two people who were part of the relay team were sprinting legend Mr C Kunalan and Mr Noor Azhar Hamid. According to Mr Kunalan, he described the land as being ‘very barren and piling works had only just begun’ and he suspects the capsule might have been been buried just in front of the staircase leading up to the grandstand tribune, where there used to be a fountain, however the aforementioned fountain was removed in the late 1970s. Mr Kunalan believed the capsule might have been removed at around the same time the fountain was demolished. Being the last runner in the relay who handed over the capsule to Dr Goh, Mr Noor Azahar was asked to recall where he made his final sprint and hand-over of the capsule, in hopes that this could help to renew search efforts, however, try as he might, he was unable to recall this crucial detail. “I was the last athlete and I personally handed the capsule to Dr Goh to bury it. But no matter how hard I try, I can’t remember where it went.” The Trail Goes Cold With all leads going to a dead end, officials conceded defeat and acknowledged the loss of the capsule, and with it, a piece of Singapore’s history vanished into the night. However, this loss would not be in vain, as the lessons learnt from it would be instrumental in ensuring that its successor would not fall victim to a similar mishap. The Aspirations time capsule, a larger capsule constructed out of stainless steel and holding 50 items symbolic of Singapore’s sporting achievements and aspirations to be opened in 2040, is now sealed and displayed above ground in front of the SEA Games cauldron at the Stadium Riverside Walk. Questions: Where is the original time capsule which was buried in the National Stadium? Could it have miraculously survived the demolition & construction work and still be buried in the ground? Or was it unearthed at some point in time and destroyed? What could have happened to the contents within? Sources: (more NewspaperSG articles can be accessed via your nearby library multimedia kiosk) National Stadium time capsule lost No sign of original time capsule Old time capsule not found, but Singapore has new one to preserve local athletes’ legacy Time capsule Goh Keng Swee buried under old National Stadium in 1970 has never been found submitted by /u/Sabre_Taser [link] [comments]