Kampong Lorong Buangkok

Kampong Lorong Buangkok (alternatively Kampung Lorong Buangkok; Jawi: كامڤوڠ لوروڠ بواڠكوق; Chinese: 罗弄万国村; pinyin: Luónòng Wàn Guó Cūn) is a village located in Hougang, Singapore.

The land which the kampong rests on, was acquired in 1956 from Mr Huang Yu Tu by Sng Teow Koon, a traditional Chinese medicine seller.

Paying about $13 in rent, they continue to enjoy the slower pace of life that the kampong setting offers.

The Muslim residents have the Surau Al Firdaus, a small prayer house that functions as a mosque.

When heavy rains coincided with high tides, flash floods resulted in low-lying areas.

A $10 million plan to improve the drainage system and to raise the ground level was aborted as it was said to be a cost-ineffective project for just 28 families.

The film received national air-time on free-to-air television channel Arts Central.

The area was featured in a January 2009 New York Times article headlined "Singapore prepares to gobble up its last village," which covered how the kampong was due to be demolished and redeveloped into two schools (primary and secondary), and also a road linking Buangkok Drive and Yio Chu Kang Road.

A typical kampong house
The surau of the village, which is still active