Wahh, years ago used to stay around Beauty World. Didn't know the area had a reputation.
Beauty World long gone, heard there was some sort of fire. Maybe a victim of PAPs urban planning
369, 333 are also secret societies
Wahh, years ago used to stay around Beauty World. Didn't know the area had a reputation.
Beauty World long gone, heard there was some sort of fire. Maybe a victim of PAPs urban planning
369, 333 are also secret societies
The real gangsters used to help their bosses solve problems , whether it be debtors or rival gangs, Nowadays the kids running around ask their bosses to help them solve problems. lol
"YOU don't disturb my territory, and I don't disturb your territory."
That was how secret societies operated in Singapore in the 1950s and the 1960s. Gangland activities were rampant then.
Mr Harmon Singh recalls "those bad old days":
"When I first joined (the police force) in the beginning of 1959, I found out that secret societies were rampant. Organised crime, secret societies and gangland clashes were almost a daily affair, and there were gangs all over Singapore. Certain areas were worst than others. I got deeply involved in solving crimes and curbing secret society activities."
"In the course of dealing with the underworld, I learned that there were a few major secret society groups in Singapore. The main ones were groups like the 108, 24, 32 and 36, and the triad societies. Each of these major groups had splinter branches under them, for example, the 108 group had gangs like the Pek Kim Leng."
Gangs were divided according to different areas in Singapore. The various gangs and their splinter groups were engaged in protection rackets, vice activities, prostitution and extortion in their respective "territories".
A gang would control many of the businesses operating in its area - like four-digit lotteries, opium dens, brothels and gambling dens. As some areas were controlled by different gangs, violent clashes often broke out between the groups.
A table of hot-spots for secret society activities: Who control where
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-Ang Peh Hor (??)
Jalan Membina, Tiong Bahru
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-Ang Soon Tong
10-milestone Nee Soon area to end of Sembawang
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-Hai Lock San
Tiong Bahru, Seng Poh Road
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-Leng Hor San
Covent Garden, Havelock Road
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-Pek Kim Leng
Bugis, Chinatown
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-Sar Ji(jemaah islamiyah?)
Boat Quay, Mohd Sultan, Kim Yam, River Valley Road
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-See Tong(See (LOWELL) Tong? xD)
North Bridge Road, Beach Road, former Odeon Theatre area, Seah Street
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-Sio Oh Leng
Ganges Avenue, River Valley Road
369 have, never hear 333 before, maybe i olds liao. lol
Or perhaps it's the crotch mentality!must be the crutch mentality!
Those day want are really hardcore and very loyal, rather then those now.
These kinds of threads always surfaced every few months in the old forum and there would always be saying biggest gang in sinkeeland is pinky the chief and his hatchet man's gang, this thread is no exception of course.
Imagine asking in a US forum which gang is biggest over there and they BUSH gang with his US army, fbi and police????
THERE were hundreds of opium dens all over Singapore way back in the 1960s.
And it was easy to detect a den, said Mr Harmon Singh. Just follow your nose.
"All you need to do is to stand at a particular spot, and just breathe -- you can smell opium, and quite easily know that there's a den in the vicinity. But today it's hard to detect in that manner.
"There were hundreds of opium dens all over the island, especially in places like See Kar Teng (Tiong Bahru area), Poh Lee Long (Henderson Road area), Ho Chwee Shua (Bukit Ho Swee), Sembawang, Johor Road, Queen Street and Geylang. "
At that time, there were licenced dens and illegal dens similar to samsu stalls. Opium does not give courage, it actually subdues you and you will end up making peace with everyone including your mother-in-law.According to Mr Singh, the opium smokers were mainly elderly Chinese people in those days.
"Some of the gangsters those days used to smoke opium before they went out to commit crime, especially housebreaking. It gave them the needed courage."
So hakka triad chief and hakka PAP chief had an agreement? I scratch your back, you scratch mine and both prosper till today? This is news to me. Wow!
Because dens were patronised primarily by the elderly and sick/dying of lower classes, it was not an attractive place and its demise was expected. It did not require anything but cursury attention.
369 have, never hear 333 before, maybe i olds liao. lol