The Straits Times Annual, 1 January 1981
1981-01-01
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Article, Illustration297 1981-01-01 22/23 MC(P) 127/8/80 ISSN 0585-3923 24 SHAPING THE FUTURE CITY Straits Times staff writer, Gretchen Mahbubani, documents Singapore's eclectic architecture past, and the dynamic changes ahead. 38 A BLOOMING BREAKTHROUGH Orchids and Singapore are synonymous; it was here that hybridisation was pioneered and freelance writer Anita297 words
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Article, Illustration4605 1981-01-01 24/25 Gretchen Mahbubani - Text by Gretchen Mahbubani The changes to Singapore's skyline in the past decade have been nothing short of staggering by any standards, anywhere in the world. Urban renewal has thrust skyscraper beside 19th Century shophouse, visible reminders of the city's total transition to modernity. And thephotograph by Lim Seng Tiong.; Photographs by Yow Yun Woh - 4,605 words
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925 1981-01-01 36/37 History and the environment are the two faces of architecture. Nowhere is Singapore’s rich, multi-ethnic history revealed so dramatically as in the shape of the city and the variety of old buildings. Raffles himself was a master planner. He envisioned Singapore as925 words
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Article, Illustration4066 1981-01-01 38/39 Anita Evans - Text by Anita Evans *Dr Teoh has written and illustrated Asian Orchids, a definitive work published by Times Books International in 1980. They were exciting days at Singapore's Botanic Gardens back in the late Twenties and early Thirties. Eager young botanists and orchid fanciers waited in breathless*Dr Teoh has written and illustrated Asian Orchids, a definitive work published by Times Books International in 1980.; Photographs by Dr Teoh Eng Soon* - 4,066 words
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Article, Illustration2026 1981-01-01 52/53 Teo Han Wue - Text by Teo Han Wue The richest repositories of early Singapore history and the places where one can still learn lessons from architecture and craftsmanship are temples, mosques and shops which follow traditional trades. Inside an unassuming tea merchant's premises, behind modern crates and cartons, one mayPhotographs by Philip Little - 2,026 words
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Article, Illustration3080 1981-01-01 62/63 Meg Jump I - Text by Meg Jump I “If a home has not a garden and an old tree, I see not whence the everyday joys of life are to come Ch'en Hao-tsu, The Mirror of Fools, translated by Lin Yu-tang The Chinese have a very special communionPhotographs by Tan Wee Him - 3,080 words
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Article, Illustration691 1981-01-01 74/75 Ronni Pinsler - A photo essay by Ronni Pinsler A heady spiral of sandalwoodsmelling smoke snakes from the two-metre tall joss stick. .out, across the evening-still Singapore river. Tongkangs (the broadbeamed lighters, shaped from gargantuan slabs of timber) nose their way home upriver to moor, topsides nudging in close691 words
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Article, Illustration2428 1981-01-01 86/87 Adibah Amin - Text by Adibah Amin No more delightful and revealing record of the ancient Malacca line of Malay kings and kingdoms remains for historic reading than the Sejarah Melayu a lively, human account of early legends. It's a tale of heroism and humour, vanity and violentCartoons by Lat - 2,428 words
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Article, Illustration3753 1981-01-01 96/97 Violet Oon - Text by Violet Oon Surely no beadwork in the world can rival the brilliance, the elaboration and symbolism of the Baba Nonya's time-honoured craft.* Their history is the migratory story of early South-east Asia and the diverse influences reflect in their flamboyant yet highly refined taste.Photographs by Philip Little - 3,753 words
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Article, Illustration2961 1981-01-01 122/123 Grace Wong - Text by Grace Wong It used to be known colloquially as "si keng" "dead scene" in local Hokkien dialect. But recently the National Museum's elegant Victorian colonial building has leapt to life, injected with new community pursuits and, just last year, badly-needed funds. So 1981 will be aPhotographs by Albert Sim - 2,961 words
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