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Grassroots with passion
TGC SUNDAY SISTERS, HEREWE COME! Weekends come and go too quickly for me. A typical one is spent performing chauffeur duties. Thereafter, hunting down a Starbucks café or a MacDonald outlet, leeching on the free Wi-Fi while waiting for the wife and children to end their activities and classes. How does this reasonate with daddies and parents out there?
By member Mr Han Wei Kwang Photo credits: Mr Richard Kuah
Destination coming into view, Little Island is seen here on the right and Big Island is on the left.
Despite the humdrum I just described, whenever I can, I do make it a point to engage in some out of routine activities to promote healthy lifestyle among family and friends. In this writeup, I would like to share with you on a recent weekend getaway I had with some good friends where we had a day of healthy mind and body activities. Sisters Island The Sisters’ Islands Marine Park spans about 40 hectares around the Islands and along both St John’s Island and Pulau Tekukor. As home to a rich variety of habitats including coral reefs, sandy shores and seagrass areas, the marine park serves as a platform for outreach, educational, conservation and research activities related to native marine biodiversity. Out of more than 500 species of hard corals thriving in the region, over 250
of them can be found in Singapore’s waters. The Sisters’ Islands Marine Park offers a safe refuge for the teeming biodiversity around the Southern Islands and its surrounding waters. The legend Legend tells of a poor widow with two beautiful daughters, Minah and Linah, who were very close to each other. After the widow died, the sisters left the village to live with a distant uncle. One unlucky day, Linah met a group of pirates while fetching water from a well near the sea. Frightened, she ran back to her
house with the pirate chief giving chase. Reaching home, the pirate chief brandished a knife and made known his desire to marry Linah. That night the two sisters wept bitterly in the arms of each other. At dawn, the pirate chief and his men came to take Linah away. While clinging to each other, Linah was forcefully taken away. The desperate Minah then swam after the boat but was drowned. Linah then plunged into the turbulent waters in an attempt to save her sister. Sadly she too drowned. The next day, the villagers were shocked to find two
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