Financial centre : panoramic view
- Streets and Places
- Economy
- Kouo, Shang-Wei, 1924-1988
- Kouo Shang-Wei Collection 郭尚慰珍藏 {44860}
- 1 Jul 1987
This slide shows a panoramic view of the financial centre focusing on some of the tall buildings that house banks and financial institutions. The building in the centre is the former Treasury Building. It later became Temasek Tower before becoming known as 8 Shenton Way. Title devised by Library staff.
Credit Line
From the Kouo Shang-Wei Collection 郭尚慰珍藏. All rights reserved, Family of Kouo Shang-Wei and National Library Board Singapore 2007
Subjects
- Commerce and Industry
- Architecture and Landscape>>Building Types>>Commercial Buildings
- Central business districts--Singapore--Photographs
- Business, finance and industry
- Arts>>Architecture>>Public and commercial buildings
- Tall buildings--Singapore--Photographs
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Financial centre : aerial view -
Sugar Industry of Singapore Ltd. : aerial view -
Fishing by the Singapore River : panoramic view [III] -
Bumboats in Singapore River : general view [2] -
Fishing by the Singapore River : panoramic view [I] -
Fishing by the Singapore River : panoramic view [II] -
Central Business District skyline, 1970s : panoramic view [1] -
Ocean Building, 1923 : general view -
Raffles City : interior (I) -
Ocean Building, from Clifford Pier, 1923 : general view -
Singapore River and city centre 1 : aerial view -
Bumboats in Singapore River : general view [1] -
Raffles City : interior (II) -
Singapore River and buildings : aerial view -
Samsui women daily activities : general view -
Esplanade walk : panaromic view -
Samsui women : profile -
Singapore River after clean-up 2 : aerial view -
Singapore and city centre 4 : aerial view -
Singapore River after clean-up 1 : aerial view -
Skyline of buildings : general view -
High building : exterior -
Singapore River in 1978 : general view [2]
Suggested Pictures from National Archives of Singapore
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National Day Parade 1984 at the Padang -- View of Singapore Cricket Club (foreground) and tall buildings in the financial district in the background -
National Day Parade 1984 at the Padang -- View of Singapore Cricket Club (foreground) and tall buildings in the financial district in the background -
SINGAPORE PORT AND TANJONG PAGAR FINANCIAL AREA -
VIEW OF THE SINGAPORE RIVER WITH LIGHTERS DOCKED AT BOAT QUAY. THE TALL BUILDING IN THE BACKGROUND IS ASIA INSURANCE BUILDING. -
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF BANK OF AMERICA'S SAN FRANCISCO HEAD OFFICE C M CAN VILERDEN (SECOND FROM RIGHT) AND HEAD OF BANK OF AMERICA'S INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL CENTRE IN LONDON J D VAN OENEN (RIGHT) AT A PRESS CONFERENCE AT MANDARIN HOTEL AFTER ANNOUNCING PLANS FOR A MULTI-NATIONAL REGIONAL MERCHANT BANK TO LINK SINGAPORE WITH MONEY MARKETS OF UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, SWITZERLAND AND FRANCE -
VIEW OF SINGAPORE RIVER WITH BUMBOATS. THE TALL BUILDING TO THE LEFT IS BANK OF CHINA. -
PART OF A SERIES OF AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS SHOWING VIEW OF AIRPORT TAKEN FROM THE AIR -
Crowded street scene at Orchard Road. C K Tang shopping centre stands on the left and the Hilton hotel (tall building with Jawi words) is on the right. -
MINISTER FOR SOCIAL AFFAIRS OTHMAN BIN WOK PRESENTS FOOD AND FINANCIAL AID TO RIOT VICTIMS ON PULAU BUKOM -
Picture taken from Hill Street. Street in front is Chin Nam Street. The tall building in the background is Colombo Court with Chip Hak Long Goldsmith, a shop along Hill Street, on the right. -
Shophouses along Nos. 20 to 41 Cuppage Road. These shophouses are of a variety of architectural styles, ranging from transitional, late to Art-Deco. The tall building in the background is Hotel Phoenix. -
Area near Bras Basah Road, with tall buildings of Raffles Place visible in the background -
Area near Bras Basah Road, with tall buildings of Raffles Place visible in the background -
The junction of Middle Road and Victoria Street is in the centre of the photograph where the current location of National Library is. On the left is Fort Canning Hill, the spire of the Church of the Good Shepherd and the tall building is Tai Pan Ramada Hotel with National Museum building to the left of the hotel. The tall building under construction on the right is Mandarin Orchard Hotel. -
A family of four going down a water slide in an inflatable float -
Entrance to Hock Lam Street taken along North Bridge Road. The tall building in the background is High Street Centre. Hock Lam Street was a well known food street for office workers in the early 1970s. -
HER FACE MAKEUP COMPLETED, THE OPERA ACTRESS FOCUSES ON PREPARING HER HAIR PIECES WHICH REQUIRE STARCHING -
Representatives from the bank associations of Singapore and Chile at the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) aimed at promoting the possibilities of improved economic and commercial ties between both countries. The signing of the 3-year agreement took place at the seminar of Trans-Pacific partnership: Chile as a financial centre, held at Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre (SICEC) -
Registration for financial assistance at the Social Welfare Department. Singapore was badly affected by flooding during this time. -
A TALL PLANT SPECIALLY SET UP FOR A FUNERAL AT SAGO LANE SOUTH BRIDGE ROAD -
View of twakows or lighters along Singapore River. In the background are tall buildings in the financial district, including (from left) Standard Chartered Bank building (now known as 6 Battery Road) which is still under construction, Shell Tower (Singapore Land Tower) and United Overseas Bank (UOB) building. -
OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEMINAR ON TRANS-PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP-CHILE AS A FINANCIAL CENTRE PRESIDED BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOSE MIGUEL INSULZA, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CHILE AT SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTRE (SICEC) -
Chilean Foreign Minister Jose Miguel Insulza delivers remarks at the opening ceremony of the seminar on Trans-Pacific partnership: Chile as a financial centre, held at Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre (SICEC)