by jianyong | Oct 3, 2016 | Heritage
Singapore’s oldest surviving government building, the Old Parliament House was originally built as the residence of Scottish merchant John Argyle Maxwell in the late 1820s. It was designed in Neo-Palladian style by G.D. Coleman, an architect who was to shape much of...
by jianyong | Oct 3, 2016 | shopping
Easily the most imposing mall on Orchard Road, Ngee Ann City has marble twin towers and a main entrance that has two silver columns and is guarded by two hand-carved foo dogs imported from China to bring prosperity. The building’s atrium is five floors high,...
by jianyong | Oct 3, 2016 | Museums
Housed in a Neo-Palladian structure and crowned with a stunning stained-glass dome, the island’s oldest museum opened in 1887. Known as the Raffles Museum and Library, it was famed for its remarkable collections of natural history, ethnology, and archaeology....
by jianyong | Oct 3, 2016 | Hawker Centre
Singapore’s first municipal market, Telok Ayer Market, now renamed Lau Pa Sat, is an architecturally impressive food court offering an extensive variety of Asian cuisines and is a favorite lunch venue for locals. Originally commissioned by Raffles in 1822 on...
by jianyong | Oct 3, 2016 | Islets
According to legend, Kusu Island, otherwise known as Turtle Island, was actually a giant turtle which transformed itself into land to save two shipwrecked sailors, one Chinese and one Malay. Kusu Island receives most of its visitors during the ninth lunar month...
