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The two pictures attached are old photos of a Christian church located in Shima Liberation West Road, Longhai City, Zhangzhou, Fujian. In 1859, a Christian meeting place was set up in Xizibian, Daxiangqian, Shima, in an “old fashioned house, Junai Hall, bought from a man with the last name of Wang”.
In 1927, the church staff of Shima Church found that “the six-brick column in the center of Junai Hall obstructed the line of sight, and in 12th year the color of the centre sill seemed to change suddenly. They believed that the column was damaged by worms and about to collapse”. Under the proposal of Pastor Ang Khek Chhiong, the Shima Church decided to “tear down the old walls and rebuild a new foundation”. In twelve years (from 1915 to 1927), the church collected 17,257 yuan from believers at home and abroad, then a new spectacular Sh
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Singapore The Workers’ Party is set to hold its central executive committee (CEC) election on Dec 27, according to the Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao.
The internal election is held once every two years. The last CEC election in 2018 was significant as it saw longtime party chief Low Thia Khiang step down as secretary-general in favour of Mr Pritam Singh as part of a leadership renewal effort.
Mr Low and fellow former incumbent MPs Png Eng Huat and Chen Show Mao also did not contest the 2020 General Election. Despite this, the WP won its best result in its first election under Mr Singh’s leadership and clinced a second multi-member ward on top of receiving a stronger mandate at its Aljunied-Hougang stronghold.