• First successful Mount Everest expedition

      On 25 May 1998 at 8.30 am Singapore time, Singaporeans Edwin Siew and Khoo Swee Chiow reached the summit of Mount Everest, marking Singapore’s first successful mountaineering expedition to the tallest peak in the world. It was Singapore’s second attempt at scaling ...

    • Jane Lee

      Jane Lee Zhen Zhen (b. 1984–) is the first woman from Southeast Asia to have scaled the Seven Summits – the highest summit on each of the seven continents of Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America and South America. Lee was also the co-founder ...

    • Lee Hock Moh

      Lee Hock Moh (b. 1947, Singapore–) is a Singaporean artist whose detailed and vibrant orchid paintings have won him accolades both locally and internationally. Trained in traditional Chinese ink and Western oil painting, Lee is considered a second-generation artist ...

    • Singapore Women's Everest Team (2009)

      The Singapore Women’s Everest Team (SWET) was the first all-female expedition from Singapore to reach the summit of Mount Everest, the world’s highest mountain at 8,850 m above sea level. Lee Li Hui was the first member to scale the peak at 3.45 am Nepal time on ...

    • Lian Shan Shuang Lin Monastery (Siong Lim Temple)

      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 ...

       

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