BBE FLC Hong Bao Lantern Making Demonstration - 27 December 2011 Tuesday

The “Hong Bao Lantern Making Demonstration ” attracted over 45 families who were keen to learn valuable tips on how to use Hong Baos (Red Packet) to make into cute and creative lanterns used as decorations during Chinese New Year.
Our enthusiastic participants learned how to make 2 different kinds of lantern from the Demonstrator Mdm Goh.

Organised by Family Life Champion, the workshop aimed at promoting traditional art to families while parents can take the opportunity to bond with their children. It was great fun as everybody enjoyed the event very much.
This project was supported by Bukit Batok East Grassroot's Organisation.

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Hong Bao Lantern Making Demonstration


By Eric Ng

PONGALO PONGAL @ BBE - 15 January 2012 Sunday

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By Sakinah & Eric

BBE Springdale Condo Christmas Celebration - 23 December 2011 Friday

The MCST at Springdale Condo organised the Christmas Celebrations on 23 December 2011 Friday and invited Mdm Halimah Yacob , Grassroots Adviser to Bukit Batok East GROs as the evening GOH.

More than 150 residents and their families turned up for the celebration.

Highlights of the event include balloon sculpturing, family bonding games and free popcorn.

The residents enjoyed themselves and appreciated the company of their family members and neighbours.

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Springdale Condo Xmas Celebrations


By Shuh Vin & Eric

BBE Hoover Park NC 1 Day CNY Shopping Spree - 14 January 2012 Saturday

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By Shyh Vin & Eric

Merry Christmas - 25 December 2011 Sunday

Bukit Batok East wishing all our Readers/ Friends "Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday to every one.

By BBE New Media Team & Eric

BBE Children's Abacus Mental Arithmetic Competition - 4 December 2011 Sunday

Hundreds of students participate in this year 2011 Abacus Competition organised by the Bukit Batok East CC WEC and CCMC. As usual, participant students are from different district of Singapore. They participate in the competition to test on their abacus knowledge after learning from the Community Abacus classes.

The competition was a tremendous success and the committee would like to thank all residents and students for their hard work and effort in making this event an exciting and meaningful one!

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Abacus Competition Album 1

Abacus Competition Album 2

BBE Abacus Competition

By Alan & Eric

Hong Bao Lantern Making Demonstration - 27 December 2011 Tuesday

Want to learn how to made traditional Chinese New Year lantern ?? Come and join us for this fun and interesting demonstration.

Limited to 50 participants only.

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By Eric Ng

BBE Hoover Park 2011 Year-End Residents Gathering cum Launch Of Neighbour's Committee Web Portal - 10 December 2011 Saturday

More than 200 residents and their family members attended the gathering.

Residents from different zones in Bukit Batok East also joined in with Hoover Park residents to enjoy the food and games.

Grassroot Advisor, Mdm Halimah Yacob was the Guest-of-honour for the event.

Highlights of the day include launching of the Interest Groups (Wine appreciation , balloon sculpturing Multi-usage pop-out cards, taiji fan) Hawker delights buffet , Magic show, Christmas Log Cake decoration competition and many many more.

The residents enjoyed themselves and appreciate the company of their family members and neighbours.

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HPNC Year End Residents Gathering

By Shuh Vin & Eric

BBE Jurong East View RC Youth Club Kick-Off Party - 16 December 2011 Friday

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By BBE YEC & Eric

Family Lunar New Year Hong Bao Lantern Making Contest - 8 January 2012 Sunday

Form a team of at least 3 family members from 2 Generations and use your creativity to make a Lunar New Year Hong Bao Lantern and you could stand a chance to win some attactive prizes.

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By Eric Ng

Jurong GRC Citizenship Ceremony – 20 November 2011 Sunday

Congratulations to our new citizens who received their Singapore Citizenship!
Mdm Halimah Yacob, Adviser to Jurong GRC Grassroots Organisations, Minister of State, Ministry of Community Development, Youth & Sports, MP for Jurong GRC was the Guest-of-Honour and she presented the pink identity cards to the new citizens.
Grassroot leaders and management staff of Jurong GRC and Yuhua SMC were also present to celebrate this special occasion with them.

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Citizenship Ceremony 201111


By Yew Bee & Eric

Congratulations to our Lucky Winner for the Facebook Monthly Photo Contest (October 2011)

To acknowledge the active support of our facebook friends, Bukit Batok East New Media Champion organised a monthly mini photo contest for all friends.

Friends are welcomed to post your photos taken during our community events to our facebook page.

Starting from September, a monthly winner will be picked and awarded with a small gift from BBE NMC.

A Grand Contest will also be organised on September 2012 for the monthly winners (12 winners)

The Organising Committee would like to congratulate the following lucky winner (October 2011) for the above mentioned event:

Umesh Misty (We will inform you on your collection of your prizes through email)

The organizing committee would like to thank all the facebook friends for their support for the photo contest. So please do contiune to post your event photos now and you might be the next lucky winner.

By Kwang Hwee & Eric

BBE Nature View RC Block Party - Celebrating Families : 3 December 2011 Saturday

Despite the heavy rain, the response for the event was overwhelming. More Than 250 residents and their family members turn up to support the block party.

Highlight of the day include the appearance of Santa and the cute angry birds which everyone loved, Magic Show, Family Bonding Games,Balloon Sculpturing , free popcorn/ candy floss and ice cream, The residents had enjoyed the event alot and brought back lots of fun and laughter.

Grassroots Adviser , Mdm Halimah Yacob was the Guest-of-Honour for the event.

This event was organised by Nature View RC and supported by BBE Family Life Champion (FLC).

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Block Party - Celebrating Families



By Ronnie & Eric

Children's Show 2011 @ Toh Guan Park - 27 November 2011 Sunday

Singing, Balloon Sculptured and Magic show were performed for the children. Parents turn up with the children to support despite of raining, The Grassroots Adviser Mdm Halimah Yacob attended and interacted with the residents.

By Chow & Toh Guan Park RC

BBE CSC Table Tennis Tournament - 27 November 2011 Sunday

For the first time, the Bukit Batok East CSC had successfully organised the BBE Table Tennis Tournament on 27 Nov 2011. 29 Men Singles and 12 Lady Singles participated in the ‘tough-fight’ tournament.

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CSC Table Tennis Tournament


By Kumar & Frankie

BBE HOOVER PARK 2011 YEAR-END RESIDENTS GATHERING - 10 December 2011 Saturday

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By Shuh Vin & Eric

BBE Family T- Shirt Design Contest - 27 November 2011 Sunday

Celebrating Grandparents' Day and family life, the Bukit Batok East Family Life Champion (FLC) & Community Lead Champion (CLC) team organised a T-shirt Design Contest for 24 families on 27th November 2011.
It was a fun-filled occasion as parents' and children brainstormed together to come up with designs that fulfilled the theme of Active Ageing and Grandparents' Day!
Coordinated by the BBE Volunteer Induction Programme (VIP), the new inductees also felt proud to be part of the contest as it helped them understand the meaning of good teamwork and family bonding. Ending the event on a high note was the Modelling Segment, where the eldest member of the family had to put on the shirt that they designed and model for their friends and neighbours to see! Participants enjoyed themselves, laughing away throughout the night and appreciating the company of their family members.
Grassroots Adviser , Mdm Halimah Yacob was the Guest-of-Honour for the event.

This event was jointly organised by BBE FLC & CLC and supported by BBE Grassroot's Organisation.

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Family T shirt Design Contest Album 1

Family T shirt Design Contest Album 2



By CLO Lianne & Eric

Senior Citizens’ Birthday Celebration Dinner – 20 Nov 2011 Sunday

About 1000 seniors and their families and friends joined in the celebrations at U-Square. Despite a heavy downpour, the residents enjoyed a sumptuous dinner and entertainment by various artistes. Mdm Halimah presented the birthday seniors (whose birthday falls between September and December) with a cake and 2 red eggs.

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Senior Citizens’ Birthday Celebration Dinner


By Yew Bee & Eric

Active Ageing Sports Day & TCM Health Check – 20 Nov 2011 Sunday

It was a sunny morning as the residents joined Mdm Halimah in a mass workout. Though it was a low impact exercise, it certainly work up a sweat! After which, residents participated in the various stations like TCM health check, telematch, game stalls, folk dance and various exhibition booths. It was a busy morning for the participants as they went from station to station.

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Active Ageing Sports Day & TCM Health Check


By Yew Bee & Eric

BBE Nature View RC Annual Work Plan - 18 to 20 November 2011

Bukit Batok East Nature View RC organised their Annual Work Plan Seminar on 18 to 20 November 2011 at Malacca , Malaysia. The objectives of the seminar are to enable the RC to evaluate their event organised in year 2011 and to plan out new and creative event for year 2012.Beside the hard day of discussion and planning, a city tour was organised for better friendship and bonding.

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NVRC Retreat 2011 Album 1

NVRC Retreat 2011 Album 2


By Ronnie Tan & Eric

BBE Deepa Oli 2011 - 13 November 2011 Sunday

The Deepa Oli event is successfully held on 13 November 2011 at Bukit Batok East CC hall,Mr Ng Cheng Cho, BBM is the Guest of Honor on the day.Our indian residents gathered their family members and friends to celebrate this special occasion. Our chinese and malay residents were also present in this celebration. Residents were entertained by multi-racial dance performances by students from the indian and malay dance classes organised by the community club and there were also Saree competiton, table draw and lucky draw.

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Deepa Oli 2011


By Sakinah & Eric

Let's Celebrate Together COUNTDOWN PARTY 2012 - 31 December 2011 Saturday

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By Kwang Hwee & Eric

BBE Community Singing 2012 - 01 Jan 2012 Sunday

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By Kwang Hwee & Eric.

BBE Toh Guan View Familiarization and Bonding Block Party - 20 November 2011 Saturday

At the platform where the RC and HDB collaborate to orientate new residents to their living environment and neighbours, Grassroots Adviser, Mdm Halimah Yacob encouraged all present to be a good neighbour. She emphasized that simple consideration could go a long way in this multi-racial society.

By Chow & Eric

BBE 4th Volunteer Induction Programme (VIP) - 13 November 2011 Sunday

BBE Community Lead Champion (CLC) has successfully organised the 4th VIP (Day 1) training for the newly recruited volunteers.

The Objectives for the Volunteer Induction Programme (VIP) are to better equip the volunteer with the basic knowledge of the Bukit Batok East Grassroots Organisation structure as well as to help them to perform their volunteer work in a more efficient way. The Programme is conducted in 2 consecutive weekend with 2 project attachments.

The participants find the programme interesting, informative and fun.
The Organising Committee would like to thank all participants for their support and would like to wish them all the best for their volunteer work in BBE.

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BBE VIP 4 (Day 1)


By BBE CLC & Eric