• Prima Limited

      Prima Limited is a Singapore-based company founded in 1961, and has its beginnings in flour milling. The company is now involved in a variety of businesses, such as restaurant management, food manufacturing, information technology and real estate. Prima is known ...

    • The Straits Times

      With a history dating back to 1845, The Straits Times is the most widely read newspaper in Singapore with a reported combined print and digital readership of 1.34 million in 2014. It is currently the flagship English-language daily newspaper of Singapore Press ...

    • Guthrie & Co.

      Guthrie & Co.’s history began in 1823 when a partnership was established between Alexander Guthrie and Thomas Talbot Harrington, a family friend. First located in a rented godown on Hill Street, the company sold British goods to the European and Chinese communities ...

    • Estate Renewal Strategy

      Estate renewal is one of the key emphases of public housing in Singapore. It enables residents in older precincts to enjoy new facilities without uprooting from existing homes, thus keeping communities intact. In addition, improving the condition of older flats ...

    • Somapah

      Located off Changi Road at the 10th milestone, Somapah was a residential area centred on the Somapah estate, which was also known as Somapah Village. The area was named after Indian landowner Hunmah Somapah. Although Somapah Road still exists, the villagers have ...

    • Sandilands Buttery and Co. Ltd.

      Sandilands Buttery and Co. Ltd. was one of the earliest British trading firms established in Malaya. Established in Penang in 1854–55, it was founded by Scottish merchant adventurers George MacFarlane Sandilands and Francis Currie Lorrain, and originally named ...

    • Mountbatten Estate

      Mountbatten Estate is one of the five subzones in the Marine Parade area within Singapore’s Central Region. It spans a total area of 161 ha. It was named after Lord Louis Mountbatten, who later became Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Today, Mountbatten Estate is described ...

    • Cathay Organisation

      Cathay Organisation is a leisure and entertainment group with businesses in film exhibition and distribution as well as cinema, hotel and leisure centre management. Cathay is also involved in property management, and advertising and event organisation. Founded ...

    • Shaw Organisation

      Shaw Organisation is best known as a major player in the Asian film industry since the 1920s, being involved in the production, distribution and exhibition of films. With studios in Shanghai, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, Shaw was a pioneer and revolutionary ...

    • The Cleanest Estate Competition and the Cleanest Block Competition

      The Cleanest Estate Competition and the Cleanest Block Competition were launched by the government with the aim of elevating the level of cleanliness in public housing estates.

    • Temasek Holdings

      Temasek Holdings is an investment holding company incorporated on 25 June 1974 under the Singapore Companies Act to manage the Singapore government’s investments in government-linked companies (GLCs). Headquartered in Singapore, the company covers a broad spectrum ...

    • Arab community

      The Arabs are a small but significant community in Singapore. During colonial times, the Arabs played prominent economic roles in the regional, retail, wholesale and production trades, the Muslim pilgrimage industry and real estate development. They were also involved ...

    • Chinatown Complex

      Chinatown Complex (formerly Kreta Ayer Complex) houses a market and one of the largest hawker centres in Singapore. It is located in Chinatown, the largest historic district in Singapore and a conservation area gazetted in 1989. The complex sits along Kreta Ayer ...

    • Parsi Road

      Parsi Road connects Anson Road and Shenton Way. The road, a part of the Central Business District, is associated with the early Parsi community, which began forming in Singapore from as early as the mid-19th century. The first Parsi was a convict brought to Singapore ...

    • Fort Tanjong Katong

      From 1879 to 1901, Fort Tanjong Katong stood on the eastern side of Singapore, adjacent to Katong Beach on what is now Meyer Road and Fort Road. It lent its name to Fort Road, which led to the base of the fort. Built by the British colonial government, Fort Tanjong ...

    • Boustead and Company

      Boustead and Co., which was set up by Edward Boustead, one of Singapore’s earliest merchants, is almost as old as modern Singapore itself. Established as a small trading house less than 10 years after the founding of Singapore by Stamford Raffles, the company expanded ...

    • McCallum Street

      McCallum Street is named after Henry Edward McCallum, who served as a colonial engineer in Singapore during the 1890s. In 1895, the new McCallum Street was declared a public street. Located in Singapore’s central business district, the street is lined with modern ...

    • Ho Rih Hwa

      Ho Rih Hwa (b. 1917, Singapore–d. 28 August 1999, Singapore) was a prominent businessman and ambassador. He headed the Wah Chang group of companies, a business conglomerate engaged in agribusiness, hotel and resort management, as well as property development in ...

    • Whiteaway Laidlaw

      Founded in Calcutta, India by Robert Laidlaw in 1882, Whiteaway Laidlaw was a department store that opened a premier branch in Singapore in 1900. Offering products that appealed to the Europeans and wealthy locals, the outlet in Singapore was located on D’Almeida ...

    • Polar Café

      Polar Puffs & Cakes is a food manufacturer and operator of a confectionary chain best known for its curry puffs. Originally known as Polar Café, Hong Kong immigrant Chan Hinky began running the business from 1926. The first Polar Café, a landmark on High Street, ...

       

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