{"id":16979,"date":"2014-09-29T00:16:52","date_gmt":"2014-09-28T16:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=16979"},"modified":"2014-11-12T17:50:54","modified_gmt":"2014-11-12T09:50:54","slug":"monthly-walk-11october-fort-canning-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=16979","title":{"rendered":"Monthly walk: 11October &#8211; Fort Canning Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on behalf of Alice.<\/p>\n<p>Date : Saturday, 11 October 2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #008000\"><strong>Time : 4.00 pm<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nNearest MRT : Dhoby Ghaut station<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Meeting Place: Park Mall, main entrance<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nDuration: 2 hrs<br \/>\n<strong>ECs : Alice Seah and Judy Lim<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This month we will be walking in Fort Canning Park. Before November 1981<br \/>\nit was named Fort Canning Hill or \u201cForbidden Hill\u201d in Malay. Since the<br \/>\n14th century many Singapore rulers and colonial masters have lived here,<br \/>\nincluding Sir Stamford Raffles. It was an important military base during<br \/>\nWorld War II.<\/p>\n<p>Fort Canning Park is undulating and about 60 metres high. Remnants and<br \/>\nrelics of bygone eras are around. There\u2019s a Spice Garden, previously<br \/>\nSingapore\u2019s first experimental and botanic garden. The tranquil ambience<br \/>\ntogether with diverse flora and fauna makes the walk interesting. You will<br \/>\nappreciate the beautiful sculptures completed by various artists.<br \/>\nMany cultural and recreational activities are held here.<\/p>\n<p>Note: Bring water, caps, umbrella and wear comfortable walking shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Our Walk Team ECs: Christina CL Chan, Charles Wee, Mary Tan, Veronica Wong,<br \/>\nSerene Low, Alice Seah, Jeffrey Lim, Azhari Cuttilan, June Koh, Judy Lim.<\/p>\n<p>Attendees:<br \/>\n1. \u00a0\u00a0 Alice Seah<br \/>\n2.\u00a0 \u00a0 Judy Lim<br \/>\n3. \u00a0\u00a0 Alice Tan<br \/>\n4. \u00a0\u00a0 Andrew Koh<br \/>\n5. \u00a0\u00a0 Anna Seet<br \/>\n6. \u00a0\u00a0 Caroline Loh<br \/>\n7. \u00a0\u00a0 Eddy Lee<br \/>\n8. \u00a0\u00a0 Gabriella Chua<br \/>\n9.\u00a0 \u00a0 Grace Kang<br \/>\n10. \u00a0 Henry<br \/>\n11.\u00a0\u00a0 Ho Hew Lee<br \/>\n12.\u00a0 Janis Han<br \/>\n13.\u00a0 Lawrence Khan<br \/>\n14.\u00a0 Lilian Teo<br \/>\n15.\u00a0 Margaret Chua<br \/>\n16.\u00a0 Maureen Lee<br \/>\n17.\u00a0 Robert Tan<br \/>\n18.\u00a0 Ronald Lee<br \/>\n19.\u00a0 Serene Leow<br \/>\n20.\u00a0 Shawn Soh<br \/>\n21.\u00a0 Winnie Lim<br \/>\n22.\u00a0 Anna Seet&#8217;s friend (Lynn)<br \/>\n23-25.\u00a0 Janis Han&#8217;s friends (Gladys, Jennifer, Annie)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted on behalf of Alice. Date : Saturday, 11 October 2014 Time : 4.00 pm Nearest MRT : Dhoby Ghaut station Meeting Place: Park Mall, main entrance Duration: 2 hrs ECs : Alice Seah and Judy Lim This month we will be walking in Fort Canning Park. Before November 1981 it was named Fort Canning &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=16979\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Monthly walk: 11October &#8211; Fort Canning Park&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":134,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7","category-2","category-22"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/134"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16979"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17285,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16979\/revisions\/17285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}