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Raffles Hotel |
1. Raffles Hotel
1-3 Beach Rd Singapore
Built in 1899 by the architect Swan & McClaren
Founded by Martin, Tigran & Arshak Sarkies
Guests include Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham,
Rudyard Kipling, Noel Coward, Ava Gardner, Michael Jackson.
Home of the Singapore Sling. (Please see right column>>)
Gazetted as a national monument on 6 Mar 1987.
Chronology
of Raffles Hotel
2. Haw Par Villa
262 Pasir Panjang Road Singapore 118629
Built in 1931. Designed by Kwok Wan Shan (Artist)
Aw Boon Haw, son of Aw Chu Kin, who invented the Tiger Balm
lotion, engaged Kwok, a Swatow artist, to design the place.
The previous operators lost S$35 million over the last eight years
running the place. A new operator has taken over.
Admission is now free again, as in the good old days (60s, 70s).
Opening hours: 9am - 6pm daily
Haw
Par Villa to stay open and revert to its old name Tiger Balm Gardens.
Hua Song
Museum in Haw Par Villa to open in December 2004
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Chinatown |
3. Chinatown
New Bridge Road/Cantonment Road/Robinson Road/
Singapore River areas
Originally known as Kreta Ayer (Bullock Cart Water)
because bullock-drawn water carts were used to clean
the streets then.
Note the baroque-style shophouses.
- Chinatown Night Market opens for business
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Raffles' Landing Site |
4. Raffles' Landing Site
& Singapore River
Boat Quay
Statue of Raffles marks what is thought to be the landing site
of Sir Stamford Raffles on 29 Jan 1819.
This statue was made in 1972 from plaster casts of the first
statue (now at Victoria Theatre & Concert Hall).
View the Singapore River. It's a one of its kind in the world.
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CHIJMES |
5. Convent of the Holy
Infant Jesus (now renamed CHIJMES)
Founded in 1854
Note Caldwell House; built for H.C.Caldwell, a magistrate's clerk;
Gothic chapel and St Nicholas Girls' School buildings (1913).
Note also the Gate
of Hope along the perimeter of the place.
Gazetted as a national monument on 26 Oct 1990.
Their Web site is at CHIJMES.
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Lau Pa Sat |
6. Lau Pa Sat (former Telok Ayer
Market)
Robinson Road Singapore
Built in 1894 by the Municipal Council of Singapore
Dismantled & rebuilt from 1985-87 by Architectural Restoration
Consultants Pte Ltd The
octogonal cast-iron structure was designed by
James MacRitchie, the Municipal Engineer.
Gazetted as a national monument on 6 Jul 1973.
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Sim Lim Square |
7. Sim Lim Square
Junction of Bencoolen
St/Rochor Canal Rd
Visit the numerous shops selling computer parts, CD-Roms, & VCDs.
More Pictures.....
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A look-in at Sim Lim
Square in June 2001 revealed that the numerous shops
selling pirated VCDs have disappeared from the shopping
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pirates at Sim Lim Square on 18 Jun 2000, raiding the place on a Sunday for
the first time. They seized over S$1.28 million of illegal software,
including pirated video CDs and CD Roms from 10 shops and arrested 12
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Kuan Im Thong Hood
Cho Temple |
8. Kuan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple
Waterloo Street Singapore
Built in 1884 A
fine example of Chinese courtyard architecture
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Sri Mariamman Temple |
9. Sri Mariamman Temple
244 South Bridge Road Singapore
Built in 1843
Singapore's oldest Hindu place of worship
Dedicated to the Goddess Mariamman, known for her prowess
in curing epidemic diseases and illnesses, such as smallpox
Gazetted as a national monument on 6 Jul 1973. 10. National Orchid Garden (Singapore
Botanic Gardens)
1 Cluny Road Singapore 259569
Opening hours: 8.30am - 7pm daily
Tickets S$2 (adults) & S$1 (children & senior citizens)
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Fountain of Wealth |
11. Fountain of Wealth (the world's largest fountain)
Suntec City, Raffles Boulevard
Admission: Free
Opening hours: 9am - 11am, 2.30pm - 6pm, 7pm - 7.45pm daily*
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*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.
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