Darthrevan Supercharged January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 About 20 Tiong Bahru residents, volunteers and MP Indranee Rajah (right) took to the streets of the conservation estate on Sunday morning to discourage drivers and visitors of the estate from parking illegally.A Land Transport Authority enforcement officer looks on as Tiong Bahru resident Choa Haw King (centre) gives out leaflets encouraging drivers to park in designated lots and encourage civic-minded behaviour among visitors of the estate.Mr Radha, a resident at the old Tiong Bahru estate for the past 50 years, gives out leaflets encouraging drivers to park in designated lots and encourage civic-minded behaviour among visitors of the estate.About 20 Tiong Bahru residents, volunteers and MP Indranee Rajah (pictured) took to the streets of the conservation estate on Sunday morning to discourage drivers and visitors of the estate from parking illegally.About 20 Tiong Bahru residents, volunteers and MP Indranee Rajah (left) took to the streets of the conservation estate on Sunday morning to discourage drivers and visitors of the estate from parking illegally. The campaign "Is this your grandfather's road" is part of Seng Poh Residents' Committee's kindness movement and hopes to encourage visiting motorists to park at the 600 public lots across the estate. Pamphlets, detailing the locations of these lots, were placed on the windscreen of illegally parked cars. Is this your grandfather's road? Tiong Bahru launches campaign against illegal parking About 20 Tiong Bahru residents, volunteers and MP Indranee Rajah took to the streets of the conservation estate on Sunday morning to discourage drivers and visitors of the estate from parking illegally. The campaign "Is this your grandfather's road" is part of Seng Poh Residents' Committee's kindness movement and hopes to encourage visiting motorists to park at the 600 public lots across the estate. Pamphlets, detailing the locations of these lots, were placed on the windscreen of illegally parked cars. These locations include open-air carparks at block 78 and at Seng Poh Road. Complaints from residents about inconsiderate drivers and congestion in the estate have been on the rise over the past three years when hip cafes and eateries started setting up shop in the neighbourhood. The campaign is timely, said residents such as Mr Donald Wyatt, 78. "It encourages safer driving and promotes a kampung and community spirit even as the estate blossoms," said Mr Wyatt, who helped distribute the flyers. Campaign organisers also hope to seek out the great-great grandchildren of the pioneers whom the streets of Tiong Bahru are named after. These include pioneers such as Teochew merchant Seah Eu Chin. Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-news/singapore/story/your-grandfathers-road-tiong-bahru-launches-campaign-against-illegal-p ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celicar Turbocharged January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 No piece of paper is more effective than a summon. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackyv Turbocharged January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 No piece of paper is more effective than a summon. i would vote for wheel clamp... the lich will just take and go... but with wheel clamp, can make their waiting time to remove the clamp a living hell with summon as free give..... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yhn 4th Gear January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 And tomorrow's car parker will likely be a different group altogether Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alheych 6th Gear January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 interestingly, one of the cars pictured here has non-standard typeface licence plate. dunno if it'll catch LTA's attention. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maseratigood 5th Gear January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 No piece of paper is more effective than a summon. They should record the car number of first time offenders and if these offenders repeat illegal parking, give them two summons covering the first and second offences!!! If they have not repeated such second time, bo tai ji!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alheych 6th Gear January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 Tiong Bahru is part of Tanjong Pagar GRC. So it is indeed everyone's ah gong's road! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vid Hypersonic January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 It's good business for wardens there. Just hide one there and everyday can get thousands Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver_blade Turbocharged January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 Great effort. Illegal parking has been a problem for quite a while. About time this is done. Apart from issuing tickets, raising awareness is also important and I am glad the RC (quite different from the 'norm'. They are more pro-active in making sure the estate maintain it's strong 'kumpong spirit' and making sure the older folks living on their own are ok) chose the 'soft' approach and do some footwork instead of pushing the problem to the authorities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toothiewabbit Supersonic January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 It's a worthwhile effort but illegal parking do not just exist in Tiong Bahru only. There are many illegal grandchildren making wild claims all over Singapore! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Othello Supersonic January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 bladdy wayang show lah ................ Tiong Bahru people complain, MP chut pattern. Where are the residents of Geylang & Balestier ?? Ask their MP cho kang leh Won't change a thing. After MP and gang walk off, back to Square 1. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Icedbs Turbocharged January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 (edited) No piece of paper is more effective than a summon. True, but I would prefer a more pro-active educative approach first than to use a summon approach. So good work to the group of people there, but I find the campaign slogan "is this your grandfather's road" very distasteful. It sounded confrontational. If they want to use a soft educative approach, then why such a provocative slogan? Edited January 5, 2014 by Icedbs 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcf777 Turbocharged January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 Bloody Inconsiderate MP! Your action is nonetheless the same as those leaflet distributors. I hate these leaflet on my windscreen.....whenever it rain, all stick onto windscreen. Who cares about FINE......money can earn back.....as what a bro mentioned earlier.... 1) wheelclamp these idiots is the best way 2) draw double zig-zag line and give demerit points 3) set up camera zone dont waste time giving leaflets to score points. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watwheels Supersonic January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 Everything give summon ppl call sgp a "fine" city. Put a nice note to tell drivers to be considerate ppl say waste time and score points. Everyone now is a critic. LoL... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mcf777 Turbocharged January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 (edited) if you are frequent driver that always pass by Golden Mile area during the day/night, you will realize that the CAMERA works 100%. giving those bo chap driver demerit points. No jam at all. Unlike those golden days where tour buses jammed the area Edited January 5, 2014 by Mcf777 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF 4th Gear January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 Finally the residents have enough of these illegal parking......I've written to the authority but only see TP and LTA officers came down for the 1st 2 weeks, after than no sound no picture liao.......let's see how this will unfold in the near future.......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2BDriver Hypersonic January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 (edited) Finally the residents have enough of these illegal parking......I've written to the authority but only see TP and LTA officers came down for the 1st 2 weeks, after than no sound no picture liao.......let's see how this will unfold in the near future.......... Very sorry, Singaporeans have short memory and forget about "Indeed sing" good show One good example is our coffee shops and food courts "OK Toilet" Edited January 5, 2014 by Fongmy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrocarbon Turbocharged January 5, 2014 Share January 5, 2014 No piece of paper is more effective than a summon. True lah, but want Singapore to be more gracious is not just through summons.. i would vote for wheel clamp... the lich will just take and go... but with wheel clamp, can make their waiting time to remove the clamp a living hell with summon as free give..... Lagi best, Celicar want summon, you want wheel clamp.. Haha.. Though honestly, hard to find parking near some of the cafes there (not an excuse to block up the roads).. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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