RESIDENTS OF Tanjung Bungah sometimes use, as a shortcut, the well-shaded and narrow winding hill road that snakes around the Guillemard Service Reservoir. This road starts at a fork that is slightly after the Fettes Park junction. Straight ahead is the reservoir road, called Chooi Tee Lor in Hokkien, while to the right is a stone bridge with a sign beside it that says Ladang Lada (“Pepper Estate”). As you go up the reservoir road, you can see through the...
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