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NEW PLACES IN YEAR 2000
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Jasons |
The Market Place |
Jasons'
The Market Place opened on 19 Dec 2000 in the basement of Raffles
City. It replaces the former Sogo supermarket. Jasons' is Cold Storage's
34th store and claims to be the most luxurious to date. Cold Storage's
General Manager Mr Huw Jenkins said Jasons houses the largest
supermarket wine list here.
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Exterior of
Fullerton Hotel |
Interior of
Fullerton Hotel |
The S$400 million
luxury hotel, Fullerton Hotel, opened on 15
Dec 2000 in Fullerton Square near Raffles Place. Its room rates range
from S$450 to S$3,800. The hotel building is the 72-year-old former
General Post Office. Its official launch is on 31 Dec 2000. For more
pictures,click HERE.
Rivervale
Mall, situated at 11 Rivervale Crescent in Sengkang, is the
newest shopping mall to open in Singapore. A soft launch was held on 17
Nov 2000 during which magic shows, as well as beachwear fashion shows,
were staged. The mall has 49 shops plying a variety of goods and
services, such as banking, fashion apparel, home furnishing and personal
care. There's even a supermarket run by NTUC Fairprice. The mall can be
reached using SBS bus service nos. 86, 371 and 508.
The Annexe, a collection of 47 streetwear shops,
opened on the fourth and fifth levels of The Hereen in Orchard Road on
12 Oct 2000. It occupies 20,000 sq ft of space vacated by electronic
goods shop Electric City. The shops are small, ranging from 98 sq ft to
400 sq ft.
The new Nanyang
Polytechnic campus in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 5 was officially opened by Prime
Minister GOH Chok Tong on 6 Oct 2000. It was built at a cost of more
than S$500 million.
The John Hopkins-NUH International Medical Centre (IMC)
at Kent Ridge was officially opened by Deputy Prime Minister Tony TAN on
6 Oct 2000. It specialises in cancer treatment and currently uses a ward
at NUH Kent Ridge wing which has space for 14 beds. It also has three
consultation rooms for its outpatient clinic. The centre now charges
S$100 for an extended consultation and S$250 per day for a bed in their
ward.
The University of Chicago's Graduate School of Business
opened its Asian campus at the 115-year-old House of TAN Yeok Nee in
Clemenceau Avenue on 14 Sep 2000. This is the business school's third
campus, after its first two in Chicago and Barcelona in Spain.
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| 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. |
Check out the 3D model of
the Central area
URA Gallery
Location
: The URA Centre, 45 Maxwell Road
Opening hours :
9.00am – 4.30pm (Mon – Fri)
9.00am – 12.30pm (Sat)
(The
gallery is closed on Sundays and public holidays)
Admission: free
* Bookings are only necessary for groups of 10
visitors and more.
For bookings, please contact
Ms Asmah at 321 8321.
Pictures Courtesy of
Urban Redvelopment Authority (URA)
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The
Manchester United Store
in Singapore, the first outside the United Kingdom, opened on 2 Sep 2000 at the
corner of Orchard and Tanglin Roads.
GIANT, a hypermart, has opened for business
at IMM Jurong.
OG Albert Complex opened for business on
Friday 29 Jun 2000. It replaces OG People's Park which opened its doors
for the last time on Thursday 28 Jun 2000. The 28-year-old OG Building
at People's Park will be demolished and a brand new 7th storey OG
Building, double the size of the existing building, will be completed in
the middle of 2002.
Amrita Spa opens for membership at Raffles City. It has 50,000 sq
ft of space, with spa and fitness facilities. Membership packages are
noe available from S$2000. First 200 to sign up will receive a
three-month bonus. Targeted to open in August 2000. Amrita Spa 2 Stamford Rd #06-01
Raffles City Convention Centre Tel: (65) 336 4477 Fax: (65) 336
1161
Email: rafflescity@amritaspas.com
Singapore's first underground mall, CityLink Mall,
between City Hall MRT and Suntec City, opened on 1 Jul 2000.
Shenton Family Medical Clinic, a 24-hour clinic, has opened in Hougang.
1189 Upper Serangoon Road #01-02 Hougang Plaza Singapore 534785
Tel: (65) 385 1355 Fax: (65) 385 2218
Spin City Disco Club 200 Victoria Street #01-94/96 Parco Bugis Junction
Singapore 188021.
Tel: (65) 733 3222 Fax: (65) 334 2722
Happy hours: Mon - Thu from 6 - 9pm Sun - All night long
Snow City opened in sunny Singapore on 4 June 2000.
JiLe.com is the website of Ji Le Memorial Park, a columbarium in
Singapore. The park has 80 000 niches and a 150-lot carpark.
New One.99 Shop branch opens
Freshdirect - Buy fresh fruit on the
internet
SingTel Customer Service Centre on Orchard
Road
Cash
Converters - the place to buy or sell
second hand items New Esprit shop at Mandarin Hotel
The Tangs Studio at
Centrepoint The Planet Traveller, a new shop selling
travel items 
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National Library Orchard Branch opened its doors recently.
The picture above shows the entrance to the library from the building's
escalators at the lower left of the picture. Notice the lighting is
subdued at this area. Beyond the glass doors is the customer service
counter. The books are found on shelves to the left and right of the
entrance. Dome cafe is located at the right corner, next to its side
entrance. This picture was taken on 29 Nov 1999 using a Fujifilm Instax
100 camera. Click: National Library |
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