This 1992 photograph depicts Amber Road, including views of the Chinese Swimming Club (CSC) extension, from outside a house at no. 19 Amber Road, towards CSC overhead bridge. Founded in 1905, CSC was the Chinese answer to the Europeans-only Singapore Swimming Club set up in 1894. Today, the club at Amber Road has new sporting facilities and is a landmark institution for training swimmers in Singapore. Title devised by library staff.

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From the Lee Kip Lin Collection. All rights reserved. Lee Kip Lin and National Library Board, Singapore 2009.

Subjects

• Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
• Organisations>>Associations>>Sports Associations
• Streets--Singapore--Photographs
• Swim clubs--Singapore--Photographs
• Footbridges--Singapore--Photographs