tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post1062199088360349268..comments2024-03-28T15:13:45.925+08:00Comments on Good Morning Yesterday: Memories of Toa Payoh (4) - A sea of blueUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-75526796089967547102021-09-25T11:20:41.172+08:002021-09-25T11:20:41.172+08:00For ex Philips staff anyone knows the year when th...For ex Philips staff anyone knows the year when the link bridge between Philips TP1 and TP2 was built?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-2127404497138827582016-11-27T21:43:25.920+08:002016-11-27T21:43:25.920+08:00Grew up in Toa Payoh Center. Thanks for the photos...Grew up in Toa Payoh Center. Thanks for the photos which brought back alot of lost memories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-90742817425358460582014-08-01T10:36:14.045+08:002014-08-01T10:36:14.045+08:00I work at General Electric Consumer, 1000, Toa Pay...I work at General Electric Consumer, 1000, Toa Payoh North from 1980 and continue till 1997.<br />During the late eighties, Gecon was acquired by Thomson Audio and I continue to work for Thomson Audio a total of 18 years. <br />Have met many good friends. It was fun while it lasted.<br /><br />A.K.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-77397998762293623492012-05-02T17:22:17.398+08:002012-05-02T17:22:17.398+08:00Yes, CS you're right. Fairchild is confirmed o...Yes, CS you're right. Fairchild is confirmed on Lor 3. Walked past it many a time.MCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-20479887951236003302012-04-30T22:48:59.790+08:002012-04-30T22:48:59.790+08:00Fairchild Semiconductor was renamed as National Se...Fairchild Semiconductor was renamed as National Semiconductor. That's where I did my IA during poly back in '88.TheSounDOnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15955724873731300768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-9381466031063131322012-04-29T15:37:09.224+08:002012-04-29T15:37:09.224+08:00I am not familiar with TP estate, perhpas reinforc...I am not familiar with TP estate, perhpas reinforced by the fact that I dont know/dated any girls living there in the first place. My association with TP was usually during lunch hours but even then I ventured out to Thomson Plaza. At that time my office was @SLF Building which faced the Ministry of Community Development. My room had a good view of the Polo Club and quite realisticallyI spent more time gazing outside the window than worrying about where to eat. Every morning I passed by the Philips factory which occupied both side of the road but afte 5pm on my way home, I encountered bus-loads of Malaysian workers who came from as far as Kulai to work @Philips. Because of the buses, there was always congestion.<br /><br />That is all I have to report Sir!peternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-39392564286834204372012-04-28T22:48:25.657+08:002012-04-28T22:48:25.657+08:00Jade. I think Fairchild was at Lor 3. There's ...Jade. I think Fairchild was at Lor 3. There's also Gecon or General Electric Consumers in Toa Payoh North. I blogged about encounter with Gecon <a href="http://www.singaporememory.sg/contents/SMA-e6159793-4652-4bce-a476-610d7658e0a6" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />I'll come to TP Central next.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-16386538481213893622012-04-28T19:31:02.956+08:002012-04-28T19:31:02.956+08:00TP was also house to the SGS and Fairchild Semicon...TP was also house to the SGS and Fairchild Semiconductor Plants, both were near to Lorong 5 in the 70s. It definitely made TP quite robust and bustling while providing employment<br />for many residents.<br /><br />There was also a movie theatre and coffee house near these factories, names of which I don't quite recall. Some of the shops in the location still exist today in the present TP hub which had gone thru' such lot of changes I felt so lost when I last visited TP Centraljadenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-64935162593921775702012-04-28T10:00:02.348+08:002012-04-28T10:00:02.348+08:00TP Hospital vanished long ago. If I remember corre...TP Hospital vanished long ago. If I remember correctly, TP Rise was passable to vehicular traffic in on direction only; not sure which way. Now the road is widened; and still being widened and passable to traffic in both directions. <br /><br />I think they'll probably build another condo at the grass patch where blk 165 (Hilltop)used stand.Lam Chun Seehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762020157703342970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16760936.post-45770060026281369292012-04-28T09:35:25.700+08:002012-04-28T09:35:25.700+08:00Well according to my Mum, I was born in TP Hospita...Well according to my Mum, I was born in TP Hospital. It not there anymore right?<br /><br />Just the other day I was driving past and notice road widening of TP Rise. I believe when the hospital was there it was not passable to public cars. I think its now going to be possible. Another route in and out of TP, more convienent.MCnoreply@blogger.com