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  • Mr Eu applying wax on his board which measures nearly 3m long. Surfers who use longboards usually surf on more mellow waves, making him a rather peculiar sight in Nias where most surfers ride shorter boards with a more aggressive style. Every morningMr Eu applying wax on his board which measures nearly 3m long. Surfers who use longboards usually surf on more mellow waves, making him a rather peculiar sight in Nias where most surfers ride shorter boards with a more aggressive style. Every morning
With his sun-kissed complexion and easy-going demeanour, Singaporean Mike Eu certainly looks the part of the wave-addicted surfer dude.

How has Singapore changed over the years? Every fortnight, The Straits Times will feature old and new images of a place in Singapore.

Serangoon Road in 1954 and today  »


This is the last instalment of Singapore Slider as the series is taking a break. 

Big Picture

It might have suffered a small blip some years ago, but bubble tea mania is now back in full swing.
Graveyards are rarely the hottest tourist destination in a city.
On Sunday night, thousands of Hindu devotees used lit oil lamps to form a portrait of Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi to commemorate his 150th birth anniversary, in a Hindu ritual known as Maha Aarti. The event took place near Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat.

PICTURE THIS

A fire destroyed a cluster of more than 25 huts - most of them unoccupied - in Lorong Sang Kanchil, off Lorong 29 Geylang, in December 1976. The fire was put out in 30 minutes and the police said that no one was injured in the blaze.

Singapore through the years

Turning Point Videos

A series based on stories from Wong Kim Hoh's It Changed My Life

"Running marathons throws pain into my life and helps me keep my edge," says the co-founder of mobile payment outfit QFPay, which is the largest global partner of WeChat Pay and Alipay.