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I am a Singapore Permanent Resident as well as inward Singapore I travelled to Pasir Ris Elias Community Club for a Toastmasters International monastic tell contest. I was impressed yesteryear the brilliant modern edifice alongside seasonal displays inward the hallway where people were photographing each other.
Pasir Ris
I got to wondering nigh the name, Pasir Ris Elias. Pasir Ris is Malay for white sand (sand white).
Elias
What of Elias? I vaguely remembered learning nigh the Elias household unit of measurement as well as other Jews inward Singapore inward the concluding century as well as before when I was a fellow member of the Friends of the Museum. In improver to costless lectures on Singapore history as well as Asian history on Mon mornings, they had report groups. I was a fellow member of at to the lowest degree 2 report groups. On 1 occasion I investigated the Soong sisters inward China. On some other occasion, I gave a morning time lecture on the Jews of Singapore, alongside photos of Singapore buildings bearing their names or stars.
In Feb 2019 I looked upward the Elias family. The prime number mover was David Elias, a human who was the eldest of several siblings. That is oft the illustration alongside successful people. The oldest child, gets the most attending when he is born alongside no rivals,no siblings competing for parental attention.
Then he bosses only about the younger siblings, acquiring the confidence as well as habits which concluding a lifetime. This enables him (or her) to run a business, live on an entrepreneur. In the USA many presidents are firstborn sons.
Elias was involved inward the opium trade. I am at showtime horrified. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 devout Jew, involved inward drugs! Then I recall that opium, before the ascent of prescription drugs, was the equivalent of aspirin, a gin as well as tonic, the cinema, a loving cup of tea, non only legal, but a merchandise encouraged as well as taxed yesteryear the authorities of the day.
Not exclusively Jews, the Chinese leaders as well as the Chinese bulk were sellers or buyers of opium. Opium was a unremarkably grown as well as traded plant, inward Singapore, thence exercise of Malaysia, every bit good every bit all over Asia thence (and now). Opium was as well as is the source of codeine every bit good every bit other drugs used inward medicine, as well as yesteryear the public, .
Not only Jews. Christians, Moslems, Chinese, Malays, everybody was involved
Elias as well as his household unit of measurement were non exclusively involved inward opium. The enterprising Elias was involved inward many of the enterprises of the twenty-four hours including frozen food, eventually selling his companionship to Cold Storage which is withal only about inward Singapore today. Elias was likewise involved inward the cinema, as well as built many fine buildings, some of which convey disappeared. others tin ship away withal live on seen today. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 few to a greater extent than convey left behind their names, Elias as well as Amber.
Heritage Plaques
If you lot are visiting Singapore, uncovering the heritage plaques inward historic areas such every bit Chinatown as well as Little India.
Community Clubs
Other Community Clubs to uncovering inward the area, fifty-fifty if you lot don't become inside, include Tampines West alongside its twisted spiral clock tower.
Getting there
To Pasir Ris Elias Community Club:
MRT to Pasir Ris on the light-green East-West line. (If you lot are on the bluish Downtown line, modify at Bugis or Tampines.
Walk a brusque distance from the MRT station acquire out to the autobus interchange which is signposted.
Pasir Ris Community Club
93 Pasir Ris Drive 3
Singapore
519418
Useful Websites
LANGUAGE
To learn Chinese (Mandarin), Malay (almost the same every bit Indonesian), or Hebrew, become to the costless mesh linguistic communication website, duolingo
duolingo.com
TRAVEL
singaporeair.com
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changi
Singapore landmarks
David Elias Building on Middle Road
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/infopedia/articles/SIP_274_2005-01-05.html
Author
Angela Lansbury, go author as well as photographer, author as well as speaker. I convey written other posts on Pasir Ris, Malay language, Jews of Singapore, Jews as well as WWII, as well as other cities worldwide. Please part links to your favourite posts.