Tras Street runs between Enggor Street and Cook Street in Tanjong Pagar. It was extended in 1924 up to the Women’s and Children’s Hospital. It was named in 1898 after a Malaysian town called Tras, in accordance with an 1898 municipal resolution to “use names of ...

Marina Bay is a waterfront site located in Singapore’s central region. The bay area was created by reclaiming land around the body of water in front of Collyer Quay to form Marina Centre, Marina East and Marina South. The Marina Bay area has been developed over ...

Located in Orchard Gateway shopping centre on Orchard Road, the new library@orchard was officially opened on 23 October 2014 by Minister for Communications and Information Yaacob Ibrahim. The library’s collections, comprising around 100,000 items, are centred on ...

Fort Fullerton was one of the earliest forts built in Singapore, predating even Fort Canning. It was located at the mouth of the Singapore River and constructed with the aim of protecting the ships in the harbour. The fort was subsequently demolished and replaced ...

Claimed as the world’s largest observation wheel, the Singapore Flyer took two-and-a-half years to build following its groundbreaking ceremony in September 2005. It stands 165-metre-tall and has a diameter of 150 metres. It is about the height of a 42-storey building ...

Senoko Power Station situated at the former British Naval Base in Sembawang was the most technologically advanced power station in Singapore when it was officially unveiled on 31 July 1977 by then Minister for Foreign Affairs S. Rajaratnam. Among its innovations ...

Plaza Singapura, built in the mid-1970s, was among the first shopping centres on Orchard Road. In its heyday, Plaza Singapura was one of the most popular leisure hangouts for families and youth. It led the way in adopting the all-in-one shopping concept and catered ...

Raffles City is a complex which consists of two hotels, a convention centre, a shopping centre and an office tower. Built in the early 1980s, Raffles City was planned and constructed over a period of 17 years, and was the single largest commercial development built ...

Shaw House, located at the junction of Orchard Road and Scotts Road, is a commercial building that houses the Lido multiplex, the Isetan Japanese department store as well as other retail outlets, eateries and offices. It is built and owned by Shaw Organisation. ...

Caledonian Hotel, established in 1904, was one of the principal hotels in Singapore during the early 20th century. It was also said to be “the only British hotel in Singapore” at the time.

Lorong Halus is an area located in the northeastern part of Singapore that surrounds a road of the same name. The road has been in existence since the 1930s and was extended in the 1980s and ’90s to connect with the Tampines Expressway (TPE) and Pasir Ris Coast ...

Ulu Pandan is an area situated in the central region of Singapore. As a subzone within the Bukit Timah planning area, Ulu Pandan is bounded by Ulu Pandan Road and Holland Road in the north, Ulu Pandan River in the south, and North Buona Vista Road in the east. ...

Simei is one of the five subzones of the Tampines planning area located in the eastern region of Singapore. It is bounded by the Pan-Island Expressway (PIE), Upper Changi Road East and Bedok Park Connector. Measuring 225 ha in size, Simei makes up 11 percent of ...

Ama Keng was one of the three villages in Lim Chu Kang, located just off Lim Chu Kang Road. It took its name from a temple dedicated to Mazu, goddess of the sea, that was built in the area in 1900. In the 1950s, the government developed Ama Keng into a bustling ...

Alexandra broadly refers to the area adjacent to Alexandra Road that connects River Valley in central Singapore to Pasir Panjang in the southwest. From 1968 to 1988, Alexandra was a parliamentary constituency. The British military had a strong presence in the Alexandra ...

Located not far from the Istana and the Cathay Building, MacDonald House has a relatively plain and nondescript facade. Completed in 1949, it was the first office building in Southeast Asia to be wholly air-conditioned, and was construed to symbolise optimism and ...

Pasar malam is the Malay term for night market or night bazaar, and a pasar malam typically opens for business when night falls. Pasar malam has its origins as weekly night markets organised by hawkers in 1950s Singapore. The night markets were phased out in 1978, ...

Void decks are the open spaces located on the ground floor of Housing and Development Board (HDB) blocks of flats. These were introduced in blocks built after 1969. The void deck is generally defined by the structural columns of the block. Small kiosks selling ...

Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery (莲山双林寺, which means “Twin Grove of the Lotus Mountain Temple”), or Shuang Lin Monastery for short, is a Buddhist monastery located in Toa Payoh. The name of the monastery refers to the twin groves of sala trees located at the Bodhgaya ...

The Singapore Science Centre opened its doors to the public on 10 December 1977, more than two decades after such a science centre was first envisaged. Built at the cost of S$20 million, the Science Centre was set up to promote interest and learning in science ...