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Chinatown Heritage Centre

Chinatown Heritage Centre

Located in three newly restored shophouses along Pagoda Street, the Chinatown Heritage Centre houses a wealth of memories and untold stories from the past. Each level of the Centre takes you to a different time in the history of Chinatown and allows you to trace the lives of our early settlers. Learn about the rich cultural history of old Chinatown and end your journey with a first-hand experience of living in the dark and cramped quarters of a typical Chinatown shophouse.

Admission fee: S$8 (adult) S$4.80 (child)

Opening hours: 10am - 7pm daily (including public holidays)

Tel: (65) 6325 2878 Fax: (65) 6325 2879

Chinatown

Chinatown

Chinatown Night Market opens for business

Street market returns to Chinatown in 2nd quarter 2003

Food Street opens in Chinatown

Ten Courts of Hell reopens in Haw Par Villa on 1 Jun 2004

Source: stb.gov.sg

Haw Par Villa (Tiger Balm Gardens) Must See

Set your eyes on the Ten Courts of Hell as well as over 1000 figurines and tableaux depicting Chinese myths and legends.

Admission is now free again, as in the good old days (60s, 70s).

Admission to 10 Courts of Hell: Adults S$1.00, Child S$0.50

Opening hours: 9am - 6pm daily

262 Pasir Panjang Road Singapore 118628

Hua Song Museum opens at Haw Par Villa

Haw Par Villa to stay open and revert to its old name Tiger Balm Gardens.

The Legend of Tiger Balm

Fountain of Wealth at Suntec City (The World's Largest Fountain)

Suntec City Temasek Boulevard

Admission: Free

Opening hours: 9am - 11am, 2.30pm - 6pm, 7pm - 7.45pm daily*

*You can walk into the fountain and touch the water during its opening hours to get more blessings and luck. It is believed that walking around the fountain clockwise three times while touching the water will bring luck and blessings of fortune. Ardent believers walk clockwise around the fountain for two hours, between the hours of 4am and 6am, to absorb its energising properties. This is most effective if done for nine consecutive days.

Members of organised tour groups to the Fountain of Wealth get to receive a commemorative certificate documenting the visit.

Be entertained by the multimedia laser shows on the 360° rotating water screen, the first in the world. Enjoy free song dedications every night from 7pm - 10pm and free laser message dedications on weekends and public holidays.

FACTS: Base area of 1683 sq metres, bronze sculpture weighs 85 tonnes, supported by four towering 14-metre high bronze legs, water jet shoots up over 30 metres. Entered in The Guinness Book of Records 1998 as the World's Largest Fountain.

Holland Village

Numerous eclectic and quaint pre-war shophouses selling a myriad of things. Frequented regularly by expatriates, Holland Village sits in an area demarcated by Holland Avenue, Holland Drive and Lorong Mambong.

You will find antiques, handicraft as well as over 35 restaurants and food outlets sporting an international cuisine.

Visit the place to find out how expatriates and their families spend their time there.

Jurong Bird Park

2 Jurong Hill Singapore 628925.

Tel: (65) 6265 0022.

The place where you can see a spectacular display of 8000 birds, 600 species, world's largest collection of South East Asian birds, Parrot paradise, world's tallest man-made waterfall, world-class bird shows, & penguin paradise. Riverine - a S$1-million freshwater habitat for more than 20 duck species is now open.

Rainbow Aviary

This S$6.5 million aviary, set up to look like a multi-storey tree house in Papua New Guinea, lets visitors feed native birds from Australia and the South-west Pacific. Opened in 2002.

Admission Charges: S$14 (adult) S$12 (child: 3 - 12 years old)

Panorail Ride Charges: S$4 (adult) S$2 (child: 3 - 12 years old)

Disabled: Complimentary Admission only.

Previous Admission Charges:

Admission fees on 1 Apr 2000: S$12 for adults, S$5 for children, and S$8.40 for senior citizens. Rates before 1 Apr 2000 were S$10.30, S$4.12 and S$7.21 respectively. Charges for the Panorail on 1 Apr 2000 increased from S$2.50 to S$3 for adults and senior citizens. Children's charges doubled from S$1 to S$2.

Malay Village

39 Geylang Serai Singapore 409227

Tel: (65) 6748 4700 Fax: (65) 6741 7794

E-mail: malayvil@singnet.com.sg

Stroll through the Kampung Days. You will discover life's simple 'treasures' in this walk-through showcase depicting the traditional lifestyle in a kampung community during the 50s and 60s of Singapore. You can view a "bersanding" (Sitting-in-State Ceremony in a Malay Wedding), a fishing village, an open-air cinema of yesteryear and memorabilia, such as wayang kulit (shadow play)

Charges: Adult S$5 Children (below 12) S$3

Village Opening Hours: Daily from 10am - 10pm

Malay Village is strategically located in the heart of Geylang Serai - the traditional Malay business and cultural centre.

Take the east-bound MRT train and alight at Paya Lebar Station or come by bus. The services are: 2, 4, 7, 13, 21, 24, 30, 51, 152, 154 & 155.

Maxwell Road Food Centre

Everybody's favourite food centre has reopened after a major facelift.

Corner of Maxwell & South Bridge Roads.

Merlion

Merlion re-opens to the public

Merlion settles into new home at One Fullerton

Raffles Hotel MUST SEE

1 Beach Road Singapore

Tel: (65) 6337 1886

The first hotel in Singapore. As Somerset Maugham once wrote: "Raffles (Hotel) stands for all the fables of the exotic East. Chronology of Raffles Hotel

Join our armchair-sightseeing tour of Beach Road, where Raffles Hotel sits. Click TOUR.

Sentosa

Sentosa Island

Tel: (65) 6736 8672

How to get there: By land Take a bus from Orchard Road

Take a taxi

By water Take a ferry from World Trade Centre

By air Take a cable car from World Trade Ctr.

Take a cable car from Mount Faber

From Friday, 15 Nov 2002, visitors to Sentosa will pay only S$2 to enter the island. Visitors driving in will pay S$2 for individual entry and S$2 for parking. Golfers who drive to Sentosa need not pay the present S$10 for admission, just S$2 for parking. Taxis which presently pay a S$3 toll will be allowed in for free. The changes are in line with Sentosa's S$3-billion 10-year redevelopment plan to remake the island and attract eight million people each year by 2012. Sentosa attracted 1.7 million people in the first half of this year. (Straits Times 6 Nov 2002) (H1)

Sentosa Express to replace old monorail system

New high-tech monorail on Sentosa opens in January 2007

Sentosa Luge opens

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Carlsberg Sky Tower opens on Sentosa

Development Plans for Sentosa

More on Sentosa

Singapore Cable Car

16th storey Cable Car Towers 3 Maritime Square Singapore 099254

Tel: (65) 6270 8855 Fax: (65) 6273 4639

Opening hours: 8.30 am - 9.00 pm daily.

The place where you can take a scenic ride on the all New Singapore Cable Car from Mount Faber, World Trade Centre or Sentosa and see Singapore as you have never seen before.

- Singapore Cable Car renamed Mount Faber Leisure Group

- Interruption of Cable Car Service

Singapore Discovery Centre

510 Upper Jurong Road Singapore 638365.

Tel: (65) 6792 6188 Fax:(65) 6792 1233

The place where you hear the past, see the present and touch the future. Exciting 3-D movie on a giant screen. First in Singapore.

Singapore Duck Tours

Asia's 1st & only amphibious attraction

Singapore Philatelic Museum

Singapore Zoological Gardens

80 Mandai Lake Road. Singapore 729826.

Tel: (65) 6269 3411 Fax : (65) 6367 2974.

The Singapore zoo opened on 27 Jun 1973. It is now home to more than 3000 animals representing some 350 species.

It is the place where you can wander through 28 hectares of lush jungle and see over 2000 rare and endangered animals just like you would in the wild.

Admission prices for entry into the Singapore Zoo has gone up from 1 Apr 2000. The adults' admission fee has been raised from S$10.30 to S$12 and children's fees from S$4.60 to S$5. The 45-minute tram ride in the Night Safari has gone up by S$2 to S$5.

- Singapore Zoo adds braille interpretives for visually handicapped

Singapore Zoo records 13 successful rare primate births to date

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Snow City

21, Jurong Town Hall Road, Snow City building, Singapore 609433

Tel: (65) 6560 2306 Fax: (65) 6560 1297

Email: snowcity@income.com.sg

Web site: http://www.snowcity.com.sg/

     Admission Fee (Snow Play):
     Single session (1 hours) - $12
     Double session (2 hours) - $18

     Opening Hours:
     Tue - Sun: 10:30am - 6:30pm (Closed on Mon)
     Public Holidays & MOE-approved school holidays: 9:00am - 8:00pm

     Snow Play Session Timings:
     Tue - Sun, closed on Mon:
     11:15am, 12:45pm, 2:15pm, 3:45pm, 5:15pm

     Public Holidays & MOE-approved school holidays:
     9:45am, 11:15am, 12:45pm, 2:15pm, 3:45pm, 5:15pm, 6:45pm

Sungei Buloh Nature Park

301 Neo Tiew Crescent Singapore 718925

Tel: (65) 6794 1401 Fax: (65) 6793 7271

Opening hours: weekdays 7.30am - 7.00pm weekends 7.00am - 7.00pm

Admission fees: S$1 adult S$0.50 child/student/senior citizen

How to get there:

On Mondays to Saturdays, board service TIBS 925 from Kranji MRT Station and alight at Kranji Reservoir carpark. Then take a 15-minute walk to the Park.

On Sundays & public holidays, TIBS 925 will stop at the Park entrance.

E-mail: sbnp@pacific.net.sg.

Click sbnp.org.

Suntec City Mall

3 Temasek Boulevard Singapore 038983.

Tel: (65) 6334 2372/337 3803/6333 6864.

The place where you can visit the world's largest fountain.

Suntec City's Koi Garden

Sungei Road Thieves' Market

See Pictures: - Sungei Road Thieves' Market: Circa 2005

- Thieves' Market in Sungei Road: Circa 2001

The old Thieves' Market, as we knew it, has gone into the history books. The new Thieves' Market at the same location is but a pale shadow of its old self. However, if you miss the old place, go take a look. It's hot out there; do take along an umbrella or a cap. Location: Pitt Street, Pasar Lane & Larut Road (Next to Sim Lim Tower in Jalan Besar).

Underwaterworld

Sentosa Island Tel: (65) 6275 0030

Opening hours: 9.00 am - 9.00 pm daily.

Visitors to the Underwater World on Sentosa will be invited to stay overnight at least once a month at the aquarium from January 2003. Visitors get to lie on the floor of the 83-m-long underwater tube-tunnel which winds around the whole aquarium. They have to bring their own sleeping bags, but camping beds will be provided on request. Underwater World draws more than 1.4 million visitors annually. (Straits Times 28 Oct 2002) (H3)

URA Gallery

The URA Gallery tells the success story of Singapore’s planning efforts. Learn how Singapore was transformed from a sleepy fishing village to a vibrant metropolis in just 90 seconds. Design your own version of the new downtown at Marina South even before it takes shape. Better still, check out how Singapore’s central area will probably look like in future with the amazing 3D model, unlike any other in the world.