Abdul Aziz bin Pakkeer Mohamed atau nama penanya Azizfakir; Rubiah Abu; dan Melati Desa dilahirkan pada 21 Oktober 1940 di Lorong Engku Aman, Singapura. Beliau menerima pendidikan di Sekolah Melayu Geylang (1946–1953) dan Maktab Perguruan Singapura (1959–1962). ...

Abdul Gaffoor Mosque is located at 41 Dunlop Street in the Little India conservation district. Named after Shaik Abdul Gaffoor bin Shaik Hyder, it is also known as the Dunlop Street Mosque and Indian Mosque. It was built in the early twentieth century to replace ...

Abdul Ghani Abdul Hamid (b.1933, Singapore), an award-winning writer, poet and artist, has contributed to the Malay literature and the arts in Singapore since his schooldays. Writing primarily in Malay, he has hundreds of poems, short stories, essays, newspaper ...

Abdul Jalil bin Abdul Kadir atau nama penanya Ajaki dilahirkan pada 15 November 1948 di Keppel Harbour, Singapura. Pernah menerima pendidikan di Sekolah Menengah Pasir Panjang (1964); kemudian berpindah ke sekolah Menengah Yusof Ishak (1966); dan Maktab Perguruan ...

Abdul Kadir Pandi atau A. Kadir Pandi dilahirkan pada 29 April 1951 di No. 10 Norfolk Road, Singapura 8. Mendapat pendidikan awal di Sekolah Rendah Tanglin Tinggi, dan Sekolah Menengah Sang Nila Utama sehingga Menengah 4. Beliau melanjutkan pelajaran ke peringkat ...

Abdul Samad bin Salimin atau nama penanya Asmin dan Biduan Malam dilahirkan pada 7 Disember 1955 di 23 Jalan Yahya, Kampung Melayu, Jalan Eunos, Singapura. Beliau mendapat kelulusan G.C.E peringkat “O” daripada Upper Serangoon Technical School. Kemudian meneruskan ...

Abdul Wahab bin Hamzah juga dikenali sebagai A.Wahab Hj. Hamzah. Dilahirkan pada 2 Februari 1947 di Pulau Damar laut, Singapura. Menerima pendidikan di Sekolah Melayu Pulau Bukom; Sekolah Menengah Kallang (1960-62); Sekolah Menengah Sang Nila Utama (1962-64); Maktab ...

The Adelphi Hotel was possibly first established in Commercial Square (Raffles Place) in 1863. The hotel grew and it moved to High Street and then to Coleman Street. The hotel became one of the principal hotels in Singapore in the late 19th century, together with ...

Ahmad Jaaffar atau A.Jaaffar Munasip, mempunyai nama pena seperti Arjuna; Adjana Syafiq; dan Anakjalanan (nama pena bagi alam siber). Beliau dilahirkan di Lorong Liput, Singapura pada 10 Februari, 1967. Mendapat pendidikan awal di Sekolah Rendah Delta East dan ...

Ahmad Md Tahir atau nama penanya T. Ahmad Mohamed (bagi penulisan esei) dilahirkan di Paya Lebar, Singapura pada tahun 1967. Beliau pernah menetap di Jalan Jumaat. Beliau menerima pendidikan awal di Sekolah Rendah Mattar; Sekolah Menengah Siglap; dan Sekolah Menengah ...

Aidli Alin Mosbit dilahirkan pada tahun 1973. Menerima ijazah dalam bidang drama daripada Universiti Teknologi Queensland, Australia. Beliau juga seorang pengarah, pelakon, pereka cahaya dan busana, serta penerbit program pendidikan kesenian untuk sekolah.

Al-Abrar Mosque is located at 192 Telok Ayer Street, in the historic Chinatown area. Established in 1827, it was a mosque for the Chulias, Tamil Muslims from south India, so it was also known as Masjid Chulia or Chulia Mosque. The present building was built between ...

Abisheganaden, Alex (b. 31 January 1926, Singapore - ), musician, was awarded the Cultural Medallion in 1988. He is Singapore's first homegrown classical guitarist and double bassist, and dedicated much of his life educating and popularising the performance of ...

Alkaff Kampung Melayu Mosque a.k.a Alkaff Mosque located at 200 Bedok Reservoir Road was officially opened on 29 July 1995 by Zulkifli Mohammed, the then Political Secretary to the Minister without Portfolio, and MP for Jalan Besar GRC. It is a three storey building ...

Alkaff Mansion is a 19th century colonial bungalow located on a hill at 10 Telok Blangah Green. Built in 1918 by a member of the prominent Alkaff family as a weekend house, it became known for hosting high society parties in the 1930s. The mansion once served ...

Amber Mansions, located along the curve between Orchard Road and Penang Road, was built in the 1920s and was owned by Joseph Elias, a prominent Jewish businessman. It was one of Singapore's first shopping centres. It was demolished in 1984 to make way for the Dhoby ...

Amber Road is an L-shaped road that connects the junction of Haig Road and Mountbatten Road to Tanjong Katong Road. The road was named after Amber Elias, an early 20th-century property owner. Popular landmarks on this road include the Chinese Swimming Club.

Amoy Street begins at the junction of McCallum Street and Telok Ayer Street and ends at Pekin Street. Developed in the 1830s, the street, probably named after Amoy in China, has many buildings of historical interest.

Ang Mo Kio Community Library was the fifth full-time branch library built by the National Library in its plans to bring library services nearer to the homes of the people. Located at Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6, it provides lending and reference library services and reference ...

The Angklung is a musical instrument of Javanese origin, made of bamboo.

Anson Road, located in the Central Business District, it begins near a carpark around Keppel Road then it bifurcates into two roads, one road merges into Keppel Road while the other proceeds as a one-way road to connect to the junction of Robinson Road and Maxwell ...

The Armenian Apostolic Church of St Gregory the Illuminator is located at 60 Hill Street. Designed and built by G. D. Coleman in 1835 with funding from the small but wealthy Armenian community, it is the oldest church building in Singapore. The church was gazetted ...

Armenian Street begins at the junction of Coleman Street and Stamford Road and ends at the point where Canning Rise and Coleman Street meet. The street has one bylane, the Loke Yew Street which connects Armenian Street to Hill Street. Named after the Armenians' ...

Art in Transit is a programme for the seamless integration of artworks within the environs of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) stations. Approved by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in 1997, it was first unveiled to the public in 2003.

The Arts Housing Scheme (AHS) is a project under the National Arts Council (NAC). It was introduced in 1985 by the former Ministry of Community Development to support local artists and arts activities. Recognising that land is scarce and expensive in Singapore, ...

The ArtScience Museum is a key permanent attraction of the Marina Bay Sands Integrated Resort located at 10 Bayfront Avenue. The largest private museum in Singapore, it focuses on the connections between art and science through hi-tech exhibits that push disciplinary ...

Asia Insurance Building, also known as the A. I. Building, is located at 2 Finlayson Green. It was opened on 10 December 1955 with 18 floors at a height of 87 m. It was the tallest building in Southeast Asia when it was completed in 1954, and the first to exceed ...

The Asian Collection of Children's Books was one of the special collections maintained by the National Reference Library, National Library, at 91 Stamford Road. It is a non-circulating research collection of books on Asia written for children. This collection was ...

Audiovisual Services were first introduced in December 1982 when the Arts Resource Centre (ARC) was established in the Reference Services Division at the National Library at 91, Stamford Road. The service was made possible by funds provided by the Cultural Foundation. ...

Badang, a Malay legendary folk hero, was renowned for his mighty physical strength. There are variations to this legend but most of them have their setting in ancient Singapore. The stone featured in the legend is fabled to be the ancient stone slab found at the ...

Bahri bin Rajib atau Bahri Rajib dan Drs Bahri Bin Rajib dilahirkan pada 29 Oktober 1950 di Singapura. Mendapat pendidikan awal di Sekolah Melayu Teluk Kurau (1957-1962); dan Sekolah Menengah Sang Nila Utama (1963-1967). Beliau memiliki sijil Perguruan daripada ...

Basiran Haji Hamzah dilahirkan di Klang, Selangor pada 2 Mei 1942. Beliau mendapat pendidikan awal di Selangor, kemudiannya di Singapura. Basiran Haji Hamzah berhijrah ke Singapura pada tahun 1963 dan mula menulis pada pertengahan tahun 1960-an dengan menghasilkan ...

Battery Road, street, located in the Downtown Core of the Central Region, running from Fullerton Square to Bonham Street/Chulia Street. Battery Road has remained the street where key banks and businesses set up their commerce.

Beach Road, street, originally called Beach Street, bounded by North Bridge Road, Tan Quee Lan Street, Beach Road and Seah Street, was historically designated a part of the European Town. Once lined with beautiful villas on its western side, today Beach Road marks ...

The former Beach Road military camp is located opposite Raffles Hotel, along Beach Road. It began as the headquarters of the Singapore Volunteer Corps (SVC) in the 1930s and later doubled up as the headquarters of the Singapore Military Forces (SMF), which was ...

The Beach Road Police Station was built in the early 1930s by the British government in Singapore. Part of the expansion of the local police force during that period, the station was one of many built in the city area to maintain law and order. It remained operational ...

Beaulieu House is located at 117 Beaulieu Road, within the grounds of what is now Sembawang Park. Believed to date back to the 1910s, the house was originally owned by prominent businessman J. B. David, before the building and the surrounding land were acquired ...

Bedok Branch Library (Part-time) (14 January 1981 - 15 August 1985) was the 7th part-time branch library of the National Library Board. It was opened as a replacement to the Chai Chee Library (Part-time).

Bedok Community Library, located at 21 Bedok North Street 1, Singapore 469659, was the sixth branch library built by the National Library Board. It was officially opened on 28 September 1985 by Professor S Jayakumar, Minister for Home Affairs, Second Minister for ...

Bellevue Hotel, or Hotel Bellevue, was an example of a small hotel in early Singapore. Unlike many other early hotels, it was not located in the hotel belt of Stamford Road/Coleman Street/Esplanade. Instead, it was located on Ang Siang Hill initially and along ...

Bendahara House (Gedung Kuning), at No. 73 Sultan Gate, built in the 1920s, is located just outside Istana Kampong Glam in the Rochore area of the central region. It is part of the Malay Heritage Centre and now houses a restaurant.

Bendemeer House or formally called the House of Whampoa, located off Serangoon Road was a significant mansion designed and built in 1840 by one of Singapore's pioneers, millionaire ships' chandler and Kapitan China ("leader of the Chinese people"), Hoo Ah Kay better ...

Benjamin Sheares Bridge, longest bridge in Singapore, is located in the Central Region. Completed and opened in 1981, it honours the second President of Singapore, the late Dr Benjamin Henry Sheares, who served as the President from 1971 to 1981. It arches high ...

The Bidadari Cemetery, in the Toa Payoh area, is located within the Central Region. Bidadari is derived from the Sanskrit word widyadari, meaning "nymph of Indra's heaven" or houri in Persian mythology. The cemetery was named after the Istana residence of one ...

Blakang Mati Artillery Barracks was named after its location on Pulau Blakang Mati, now called Sentosa Island. Also well known as the Blakang Mati Parade Square which was used by the British and later, by the Singapore Armed Forces Artillery Unit till 1972. This ...

Boat Quay, a river embankment on the Singapore River, is one of the oldest and most historical areas in the Central Region. From early times, and for more than 150 years, warehouses (or godowns) thriving with economic activity, lined the banks of North and South ...

Boey Kim Cheng (b. 1965, Singapore – ) is widely regarded as one of the most promising Singapore poets to emerge in the 1990s. Boey has published four collections of poems to date. Three of his works, Somewhere-bound, Another Place and Days of No Name have won ...

Boon Tat Street is a one-way street located in the Central Business District (CBD). It connects Amoy Street to the junction of Shenton Way and Raffles Quay. The street was named in 1945 after Ong, Boon Tat (b. 1888 - d. 1941), a Singapore-born businessman and former ...

There were several British Government bungalows built in the 19th and early 20th centuries for use by colonial officials in Singapore. The bungalows were rustic and located in the rural areas of Singapore. Providing bungalows for government officials’ recreation ...

The British Military Hospital a.k.a. Alexandra Military Hospital the predecessor of the Alexandra Hospital, was built in 1938 and opened in 1940 by the British to serve military personnel and their families stationed in Singapore. Occupying a 12-ha plot along ...

Brother John Joseph McNally (b. 1923, Ballintubber, Ireland - d. 27 August 2002, County Mayo, Ireland), nicknamed Brother Joe, a brother from the Catholic La Salle Christian Brotherhood who had dedicated 37 years of his life to teaching in Singapore and Malaysia. ...

The Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum (BTRTM) is a religious and cultural institution in Singapore’s Chinatown. It houses a relic said to be a tooth from Buddha. The BTRTM is dedicated to the Maitreya Buddha and was built for the veneration of the relic, to ...

Bugis Junction, a pedestrian shopping mall, is made up of three streets - Malabar Street, Malay Street and Hylam Street. The streets are the first in Singapore to be air-conditioned and are thus commonly referred to as "indoor streets". The streets' histories can ...

Bukit Batok Community Library is located at 1 Bukit Batok Central Link, #03-01 West Mall, Singapore 658713. This is fifth library of the National Library Board that is located inside a shopping mall. The library was officially opened on 21 November 1998 by Deputy ...

Bukit Merah Community Library, located at Bukit Merah Central, Singapore, was the fourth full-time Branch Library built by the National Library in its decentralised plan to bring library services nearer to people's homes. The Library is the first amongst the Branch ...

Bukit Panjang Community Library is located on the fourth floor of Bukit Panjang Plaza, No. 1 Jelebu Road, Singapore 677743. It is the fourth rental library in a shopping mall and the fourteenth community library of the National Library Board. It was officially ...

Sasanaramsi Burmese Buddhist Temple Singapore, located at 14 Tai Gin Road, is the first and only Burmese Theravada Buddhist temple built outside Myanmar in the traditional style. Its marble Buddha image is also the largest enshrined outside Myanmar.

Capitol Theatre, later known as Capitol Cinema, located at the junction of Stamford Road and North Bridge Road, is of neo-classical architecture. It was completed in 1930 and served as a theatre until the 1940s when the Shaw Organisation turned it into a cinema. ...

Cathay Building, located at the foot of Mount Sophia, was once the tallest building in Singapore. It used to house the popular Cathay Cinema as well as the famous Cathay Hotel and Cathay Restaurant. The cinema was opened in 1939 while the main tower was completed ...

Cathay-Keris Studio, one of two key producers (the other being Shaw Brothers) in the once-thriving movie making industry in Singapore, was formed in 1953. During its time, the studio produced many black-and-white Malay movies, and had co-productions with French ...

The Cathedral of the Good Shepherd stands at the junction of Queen Street and Bras Basah Road. Built between 1843 and 1847, it is the oldest surviving Catholic church in Singapore and is today the seat of the Catholic Archdiocese and Archbishop. The Cathedral was ...

Catholic News is the official English newspaper of the Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore. It is a fortnightly newsletter covering local parish news, news from the Vatican and Catholic parishes around the world, and articles on contemporary religious issues. First ...

The Cenotaph, located at Esplanade Park along Connaught Drive, is a war memorial which commemorates the sacrifice of the men who perished during World War I and World War II. It was unveiled on 31 March 1922 by the Prince of Wales. On 28 December 2010, it was gazetted ...

The Central Community Library (CTCL) was located in the National Library Building at 91 Stamford Road, Singapore 178896, between 1960 to 2004. It was opened on 12 November 1960 by President Yusof Bin Ishak. It used to be referred to as the Central Lending Library ...

The Central Fire Station, also known as the Hill Street Fire Station, is Singapore’s oldest surviving fire station. Completed in 1909, the distinctive red-and-white brick building was gazetted as a national monument by the Preservation of Monuments Board on 18 ...

The Central Sikh Temple, or the Central Sikh Gurdwara as it is known to the Sikhs, is a place of worship for the Sikh community in Singapore. Established in 1912, it was previously known as the Queen Street Gurdwara Sahib due to its former location. Currently located ...

The Ceylon Sports Club (CSC) came into being in 1928, reconstituted from the Lanka Union founded by some Ceylonese students in 1920. The clubhouse was dynamited during World War II but was rebuilt after the war. Over the years, several renovations have been carried ...

The Chai Chee part-time branch library (November 1974 - January 1981) was the fifth branch library of the National Library. It occupied a corner unit on the first floor of an HDB office building located between Block 26A and Block 26, New Upper Changi Road and ...

Chairul Fahmy Hussaini atau nama penanya Alang Budiman dilahirkan pada 6 September 1973. Beliau mempunyai ijazah dalam bidang Perhubungan Massa. Mula menceburkan diri dalam bidang penulisan sastera kreatif sejak awal 90-an. Beliau merupakan wartawan di Berita Harian ...

Change Alley, alley way, located in the Downtown Core of the Central Region. The original narrow spot stretched from Raffles Place to Collyer Quay. Unlike its namesake in London where stockbrokers congregated, Change Alley was world famous for its money-changers ...

Changi International Airport, located at the eastern edge of Singapore, was officially opened on 29 December 1981. It was built mainly on reclaimed land near where originally the World War II Changi airbase had stood. When it first opened, the airport had several ...

The Changi Murals are World War II relics, in the form of five large wall paintings, created between 1942 and 1943. Depicting five events from the Bible's New Testament, these outstanding pieces of Christian artwork were done by Stanley Warren of the Royal Artillery, ...

Changi Murals Chapel, otherwise known as St Luke's Chapel, was a source of comfort and focal point of social activities for Allied prisoners-of-war in Changi during the Second World War. It was located in the "Dysentery Wing" of military barracks in Changi and ...

The Changi Naval Base (CNB)is the Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) newest and largest base situated on 86 ha of reclaimed land east of Changi. Replacing the naval base at Pulau Brani in order to provide for the navy's expanding needs, CNB has twice the land area, ...

Chen Jen Hao (b. 1908, Fuzhou, Fujian, China - d. 28 October 1976, Singapore) was a pioneer artist and art educator who made tremendous contributions to the art scene in Singapore. As an artist, he was best known for his Chinese calligraphy, though he was proficient ...

Cheng San Community Library is located at 90 Hougang Ave 10, #03-11, NTUC Hougang Mall, Singapore 538766. It is the third library of the National Library Board (NLB) located in a shopping mall and was officially opened on 6 March 1997 by the Member of Parliament ...

Cheo Chai-Hiang (b. 1946, Singapore - ) is an artist who pioneered Singapore's modern art scene. In 1975, he famously wrote that local art in that period was dominated by the production of "beautiful pictures" that were lacking in conceptual content. He perceived ...

Chesed-El Synagogue, located at Oxley Rise, is one of the two synagogues that are currently in use in Singapore. It was designed by Regent Alfred John Bidwell of Swan & Maclaren and completed in 1905. Its name, Chesed-El, means “bountiful mercy and goodness of ...

Chia Keng Prison was a medium security prison located at Yio Chu Kang Road. It was used to house prisoners who were serving their second stage of detention under the Criminal Law (Temporary Provisions) Act. In 1993, the prison was demolished to make way for the ...

Chieu Shuey Fook (b. 29 June 1934, Singapore - ) is an enamel painter who started out as a batik artist but later became intrigued by the reaction of chemicals on metal. He has made a name for himself in metal relief art and his works have been known to be rich ...

CHIJMES was originally known as the Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus (CHIJ), a premier girls’ school established in 1854 by an order of French Catholic nuns. Originally located on a self-contained city block bound by Victoria Street, Bras Basah Road, North Bridge ...

Chin Mee Chin Confectionery, located at 204 East Coast Road, is a landmark coffeeshop in Katong. It is popular for its kaya, a kind of custard jam. A contemporary of Hock Ann Coffeeshop and the Red House Bakery, the confectionery delights the residents of the east ...

The Chinese Swimming Club, at Amber Road, was founded in 1905 by a group of six Chinese swimming enthusiasts. Today, the club is a landmark institution for training in swimming in Singapore.

Choa Chu Kang Community Library, located at Lot 1, Shoppers' Mall, 21 Choa Chu Kang Ave 4, #03-01, Singapore 689812, was the second library to be opened in a shopping mall. Mr Yeow Cheow Tong, Member of Parliament for Hong Kah GRC, Minister for Health and Environment ...

Chomp chomp, the popular name for the Serangoon Gardens Food Centre, is located at Serangoon Gardens. It has become a landmark in Serangoon Gardens estate because of the good food offered at many of the stalls.

Chong Fah Cheong (b. 1946, Singapore - ) is an accomplished self-taught sculptor who is recognised both locally and internationally for his iconic sculptures that clearly reflect his whimsical disposition. Considered to be one of Singapore’s pioneer sculptors, ...

Chong Tze Chien, 张子健 (b. 1974, Singapore - ) is a talented and versatile playwright. One of Singapore’s brightest playwrights, Chong has been compared to heavyweights such as Arthur Miller and Kuo Pao Kun by Casey Lim, former associate artistic director of TheatreWorks. ...

Choy Weng Yang (b. 1936, Singapore - ) is one of Singapore’s most notable abstract painters in the post-independence period from 1965. For more than three decades, he has been an artist, a curator and an educator, contributing actively to the local art scene. Presently ...

Chulia Street is a street in the downtown core, located in the central area. It used to be called Kling Street, which was regarded as derogatory leading to the street being renamed Chulia Street, after the Chulias who migrated to Singapore from Southern India.

The Church of Saints Peter & Paul is located at 225A Queen Street. Built in 1870, the church is historically associated with the growth of the Chinese Catholic community in Singapore. The church building was gazetted as a national monument in 2003.

The Church of St Teresa is located at 510 Kampong Bahru Road. Established in 1929, it was the first rural Catholic Church in Singapore and the only one featuring Romano-Byzantine architecture. The church is also known as “the Hokkien church”, a reference to its ...

The Church of the Blessed Sacrament is a Catholic church located at Commonwealth Drive. Opened in 1965, it serves the Catholic community in the Queenstown area. The church building was awarded conservation status by the Urban Redevelopment Authority in 2005.

The Church of the Holy Family, on Chapel Road in Katong, was built in 1932 and became the centre of activity for the Catholic community in East Coast. The church's beginnings were humble, starting off with a group of four families gathering at the home of the LaSalle ...

The Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, usually referred to as the Church of the Nativity, is a Catholic church located at 1259 Upper Serangoon Road. Opened in 1853 to cater to the Teochew Catholic community comprising mainly farmers living in the ...

City Hall at St Andrew's Road was originally known as the Municipal Building when it was completed in 1929. It was renamed in 1951 and thereafter housed various government bodies before it became home to the Singapore judiciary in 1987. On 14 February 1992, it ...

The Civilian War Memorial is a monument dedicated to civilians who perished during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore (1942-1945). It is located on a parkland, along Beach Road, opposite Raffles City, in the Downtown Core of Singapore's Central Region. The structure ...

Claire Tham Li Mei (b. 1967- , Singapore) is the author of several award-winning short story collections and a full length novel, Skimming. She contributes occasional literary reviews to The Straits Times as well.

Built in 1872, Clyde Terrace Market was situated on Beach Road near the junction with Rochore Road. It was one of the two largest public markets in the 1960s in Singapore. The other was Ellenborough Market. The Hokkiens also knew it as thi pa sat khauor, the Cantonese ...

Command House is located at 17 Kheam Hock Road. Built in 1938 and originally known as Flagstaff House, it was the official residence of the British General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Malaya and other military officials, including Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, ...

The Communicable Diseases Centre (CDC) is one of Singapore's oldest hospitals. In 1907, it began as an isolation camp, adjoining the Pauper Hospital and the Leper Asylum in Serangoon Road, for patients with infectious diseases. Between 1907 and 1931, hospital buildings ...

Community Children's Libraries (CCLs) are located in the void decks of Housing and Development Board (HDB) estates, and are targeted at children aged ten and under. These libraries are set up jointly by the People's Action Party Community Foundation (PCF) and the ...

Community Libraries are administered by the National Library Board to provide library services in the HDB heartland and town centres of Singapore. All the community libraries are situated close to the homes and offices of people so as to help them avail its services ...

Connell House, former home of the Missions to Seamen, was a sailors' haven and used to be located at 1 Anson Road. The Missions to Seamen was a London-based non-profit organisation which was established in 1856 to provide quality shelter to Christian sailors. ...

The Cultural Medallion honours individuals who have achieved excellence in the fields of literary arts, performing arts, visual arts and film, and have contributed to Singapore’s cultural environment. The award is conferred by the President of Singapore and administered ...

Cyril Wong Yit Mun (b. 1977, Singapore ), winner of the National Arts Council Young Artist Award in 2005, is the author of 5 collections of poems to date. Dubbed as Singapore's "first truly confessional poet", his works have appeared in several local and international ...

Dalhousie Obelisk, landmark, located at Empress Place in the Central Region. The tall 'needle-like' monument commemorates the visit of Lord James Andrew, the Marquise of Dalhousie, Governor-General of India (1848-1856). It originally stood on the Cenotaph site ...

Dalhousie Pier, jetty-pier, was located in the Central Region. The Pier was named after the Marquis of Dalhousie, Lord James Andrew, Governor-General of India (1848 - 1856), to commemorate his 1850 visit to Singapore.

Dave Chua Hak Lien (b. 1970, Malaysia - ), author of the novel, Gone Case, was the recipient of the Singapore Literature Prize Commendation Award in 1996. He currently works as a freelance writer. His work, entitled Father's Gift, made him a joint winner for the ...

David Elias Building, built in 1928, is situated at the junction of Short Street and Middle Road. The building's most prominent feature is a logo of a six-pointed Star of David fixed atop the building.

The DBS Life! Theatre Awards was inaugurated in 2001. It was originally organised by Life!, the arts and entertainment section of the Strait Times to acknowledge the contributions of theatre productions in Singapore. First announced on 4 January 2000, the award ...

Dempsey Road, also known as Dempsey Hill and Tanglin Village, is located across from the Singapore Botanic Gardens, close to the U.S. Embassy. It was originally a nutmeg plantation and later became Tanglin Barracks, the headquarters of the Far East British Forces. ...

Diana Chua Be Ie (b. 3 November 1963, Singapore - ) is an art educator and artist whose forte lies in printmaking. Her works are usually social commentaries about modern life. An outstanding female artist of the 1980s and 1990s, she made headlines together with ...

Dondang Sayang is a form of singing poems, an art accompanied by its own unique orchestra. Dondang Sayang, translated from Malay means "melody of love". Originating from the Malay community, it has been adopted by the Peranakans as an integral expression of their ...

Drama festival was first launched in August 1978 as part of goverment initiatives to invigorate the local arts scene.

Dream Academy Productions is a private theatre production company established by local actress and comedian Selena Tan in 2000. The company is well known for its series of stand-up comedies featuring music and satire, including the popular Dim Sum Dollies and Broadway ...

Dunearn Road Hostels, more popularly referred to by its initials DRH and which comprised 31 semi-detached five-room houses at College Green along Dunearn Road, opened in 1952 to provide accommodation for overseas undergraduates of the then University of Malaya. ...

There are two black eagles made of cast iron, which stand at the entrance to the Asian Civilisation Museum at 45 Armenian Street. The eagles were part of Tao Nan School which occupied the school's premises between 1910 and 1982. They were first captured in photographs ...

Eleanor Wong Siew Yin (b. 6 February 1962, Singapore -) is a lawyer and playwright. She is best known for her trilogy of plays Invitation to Treat (2005) which explores the themes of lesbianism, female sexuality and gender politics in conservative Singapore. Two ...

The Elephant Statue, bronze monument, stands outside the High Street entrance of Parliament House, located in the downtown core of the central region. It was given by Thailand's King Chulalongkorn (Rama V) to commemorate his 1871 visit, the first by a Thai monarch. ...

Elgin Bridge, which crosses the Singapore River and links North and South Bridge Roads, is located in the Downtown Core of the Central Region. In 1863, the iron bridge originally named Thomson's Bridge was renamed Elgin Bridge, after Lord James Bruce Elgin, the ...

Ellenborough Market, market and trading centre in Ellenborough Street by the Singapore River, located in the Central Region of Singapore. It was named after Ellenborough, Lord, the Governor-General of India (1841-1844). The original Ellenborough Market was first ...

The Empress Place Building is one of the architectural treasures in the Empress Place civic area overlooking the Singapore River. It was built in 1864-65 as a courthouse but was instead used as government offices until the late 1980s. Subsequent restorations and ...

Eng Tow (b. 1947, Singapore - ) has been lauded by art critics in Singapore as one of the most outstanding local female artists of the 1980s. She began her career as a tapestry artist dealing with different textiles but later ventured into other art forms such ...

The Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay is an arts centre built on reclaimed land in the Marina Bay area. It features a 1,600-seat Concert Hall, a 2,000-seat Theatre and some smaller performing arts venues. The Esplanade also contains art installation spaces, a library, ...

Eunos bin Asah atau nama penanya Eunosasah dilahirkan pada 4 Disember 1946 di No. 7 Java Road Singapura. Mendapat pendidikan di Sekolah Melayu Sepoy Lines hingga tamat darjah 7. Kemudian menamatkan pelajaran di sekolah Menengah Sang NilaUtama. Beliau pernah bersekolah ...

Farrer Park Sports Complex was opened in 1956 as the Farrer Park Athletic Centre. The old Singapore Turf Club pavilion at the site was redeveloped into Sports House between 1969 and 1971. The offices of the National Sports Promotion Board (NSPB) and a number of ...

Fathol Rahman Abdul Hamid atau nama penanya FR Bahamid dilahirkan di Singapura pada 17 Julai 1938. Beliau pernah menerima pendidikan di Sekolah Melayu Kampung Melayu; Sekolah Inggeris Tanjong Rhu; Victoria School; Universiti Malaya dan Universiti Michigan. Beliau ...

Felix Cheong Seng Fei (b. 1965, Singapore) is a poet and a recipient of the National Arts Council (NAC) Young Artist Award for Literature in 2000. He has published three volumes of poems. These are Temptation and Other Poems (1998), I Watch the Stars Go Out (1999) ...

Staged on 10 August 1988, Kuo Pao Kun's "Mama Looking For Her Cat" was Singapore's first multi-lingual play. Performed by the Practice Theatre Ensemble (PTE), the play harps on the theme of Singapore's multiracial, multicultural and multilingual society, brought ...

Officially opened on 24 December 1987 by the late President Ong Teng Cheong, then the Second Deputy Prime Minister, Singapore's first satellite self-dialysis centre is located in the Toa Payoh housing estate. Called the Singapore Airlines - NKF Dialysis Centre, ...

Flint Street, in the downtown core within the central area, was named after Captain William Flint, the brother-in-law of Sir Stamford Raffles and Singapore's first Harbour-Master Attendant. The original Flint Street was renamed Prinsep Street according to the Municipal ...

Fook Tet Soo Khek Temple, better known as Wang Hai Da Bo Gong Miao, is located at the foot of Mount Palmer at Palmer Road (off Shenton Way). It is one of the earliest Chinese temples and the oldest Hakka institution established in Singapore.

American automobile giant Ford Motor Company, set up in 1903, made its first bid for a multinational status by creating a joint venture in Canada. The resulting entity, Ford Canada, was incorporated in 1904 and until 1926 was responsible for creating alliances ...

In 1874, the Singapore Library became a public library and, with the functions of the museum added to it, was renamed the Raffles Library and Museum. The government received formal ownership of the Singapore Library collections on 1 July 1874. The Raffles Library ...

The former Ford Factory, located at Upper Bukit Timah Road, was the first motorcar assembly plant in Southeast Asia. It gained fame as the location where British forces officially surrendered Singapore to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Part of the building was ...

The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) Non-Commissioned Officers (NCO) Club was formerly located in a clubhouse along Beach Road, close to the junction with Middle Road. Built between 1951 and 1952, the building housed several recreational clubs for military personnel ...

The former Singapore Badminton Hall, located at 100 Guillemard Road, was built specially to defend the Thomas Cup first won in 1949 by the Malayan team. Although the Badminton Hall was not completed in time for the 1952 games, it hosted subsequent Thomas Cup matches. ...

The former Singapore Conference Hall and Trade Union House is located at 7 Shenton Way. Besides serving as the headquarters of the National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) from 1965 to 2000, it also witnessed many significant events in Singapore’s history. After extensive ...

The former St Joseph’s Institution building was established in 1867 and served as a boys’ school for a number of years. Bound by Queen Street, Bras Basah Road and Waterloo Street, the school consisted of a cluster of buildings built between the mid-19th century ...

The former Sun Yat Sen Villa (also known as Bin Chan House or Wan Qing Yuan) at 12 Tai Gin Road, off Balestier Road, is named after the prominent Chinese nationalist Sun Yat Sen. It was once the Southeast Asian headquarters for Sun’s revolutionary activities which ...

The former Supreme Court building located at St Andrew's Road was the seat of Singapore’s highest court from 1939 to 2005. Designed by Frank Dorrington Ward, it was the last classical building constructed in Singapore. The building was gazetted as a national monument ...

The former Thong Chai Medical Institution is also known simply as the old Thong Chai Building. Located at 50 Eu Tong Sen Street (formerly 3 Wayang Street), it was gazetted as a national monument on 28 June 1973, among the first eight buildings in Singapore to be ...

The Battle Box or Fort Canning Bunker was built in 1936 to serve the Headquarters of the British Strategic Command as the nerve-centre for British Military operations in the Far East during World War II. It was here that Lieutenant General Percival and the allied ...

Fort Canning Hill a.k.a. Bukit Larangan (meaning "Forbidden Hill") and later Government Hill, is 156 ft high, and located at the junction of Canning Rise and Fort Canning Road. It has been a local landmark since Singapore's earliest recorded history. In the 14th ...

Fort Road connects Mountbatten Road to Tanjong Rhu Flyover. Named in the 1920s after the now demolished Katong Fort, this road presently is a quiet residential place made popular by the presence of the historic Katong Park.

Fort Siloso, located on the northwestern tip of Sentosa Island, was built in the early 1880s to aid in protecting the port. It was part of Singapore's coastal defence along with Fort Serapong and Fort Connaught in Blakang Mati, as Sentosa was then called. The guns ...

Frontier Danceland is a local non-profit contemporary dance company founded by Low Mei Yoke and Tan Chong Poh in July 1991. The main focus of the company’s repertoire of original works is on fusing Western dance techniques with Asian aesthetics and culture. These ...

Fuk Tak Chi Temple, located on Telok Ayer Street, is one of the oldest Chinese temple in Singapore. It was built in the 1820s by the Hakka and Cantonese communities and was devoted to the deity Tua Peh Kong. It was converted into a museum in 1998.

Fullerton Building, once a colonial building. One of the most important landmarks in the civic district, it is located at 1, Fullerton Square, in the Downtown Core of the Central Region. This building sits on part of what was the site of Fort Fullerton (1825 - ...

The Fullerton Hotel, situated at Fullerton Square, next to Raffles Place, was originally a public institution known as the Fullerton Building. Named after Robert Fullerton, the Governor of Singapore from 1826 to 1830, the original building was located at the site ...

Fullerton Square, estate, in the Downtown Core of the Central Region. It was named in honour of Robert Fullerton, the first Governor of the United Settlements (1826 -1830). Fullerton Square is today a busy thoroughfare leading to the business hub of Raffles Place. ...

Geylang East Community Library, located at 50, Geylang East Avenue 1, Singapore 389777, was the seventh branch library built by the National Library. It was officially opened on 26 July 1988 by Wong Kan Seng, Minister for Community Development and Second Minister ...

Gleneagles Hospital, opened in 1959, is one of Singapore's largest private hospitals. Owned by Parkway Group Healthcare Pte Ltd, the biggest private healthcare company in Asia, the hospital is a state-of-the-art building on Napier Road, offering services in over ...

Goh Ee Choo (b. 12 December 1962, Singapore - ) is an established Singaporean contemporary artist who uses multiple mediums. He has won awards and accolades in Singapore and abroad, including the Jurors’ Choice in the Philip Morris Singapore Art Awards of 1996, ...

Goh Eng Wah (b. 1923, Muar, Johor, Malaya - ) is one of the pioneers in Singapore's film industry. He founded Eng Wah Organization, a major film distributor and cinema operator specialising in screening Chinese movies from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Goh Mey Teck (Iskandar Goh) atau lebih dikenali sebagai Peter Augustine Goh dilahirkan di Melaka pada tahun 1953. Menerima pendidikan di Malaysia tetapi mencapai kelulusan G.C.E peringkat “A” di Singapura pada tahun 1978. Kini beliau bertugas sebagai penterjemah. ...

Goh Poh Seng (Dr) (b. 1936, Kuala Lumpur, Malaya -d.10 January 2010, Vancouver, Canada) physician, poet laureate, prize-winning writer and entrepreneur, played an active role in Singapore arts following the country's independence. He was a pioneer of Singapore ...

Golden Mile Complex is a residential and commercial development located between Nicoll Highway and Beach Road. Formerly known as Woh Hup Complex, it was a major Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) project in the 1960s and a pioneering mega-structure in the region. ...

The Goodwood Park Hotel is a luxury heritage hotel located at 22 Scotts Road, off Orchard Road. Built in 1900, the building was originally the Teutonia Club for the expatriate German community in Singapore. The tower block of the building was gazetted as a national ...

The Grand Hotel de l'Europe was one of the finest hotels built in Singapore at the turn of the 20th century. Located along the Esplanade, the hotel was a popular retreat for the rich and wealthy due to its strategic location and the serving of fine cuisine. The ...

The Great Southern Hotel (a.k.a. Southern Hotel), also known as Nam Tin Hotel, was a boutique hotel which started its services in 1936. Occupying the Nam Tin building, at the junction of Eu Tong Sen Street and Cross Street, it was the first Chinese hotel in Singapore ...

The Gunong Sayang Association, also known as Persatuan Gunong Sayang, is a Peranakan social club that has been instrumental in preserving the art form of dondang sayang, the singing of Malay poetry. The Association aims to create an awareness of Peranakan culture ...

The Gurdwara Sahib Silat Road, a.k.a Silat Road Temple, takes its name from its location which is in Silat Road, now renamed Jalan Bukit Merah. Silat Avenue is still available as a short road nearby. It houses the samadh (tombstone) of Bhai Maharaj Singh Ji, the ...

Hadijah Rahmat dilahirkan pada tahun 1958 di Kampung Jalan Haji Salam, Bedok Singapura. Mendapatkan pendidikan awal di sekolah Melayu Siglap (1965-1967), Sekolah Rendah Bedok (1968-1970), Sekolah Menengah Maju (1971-1974) dan Maktab Rendah Kebangsaan (1975-197 ...

Hafiza Talib mempunyai berkelulusan G.C.E peringkat "A". Beliau mula menceburi bidang penulisan sejak tahun 1987. Beliau aktif dalam penulisan skrip drama radio dan drama pentas pada tahun 1990-an. Skrip pertama beliau ialah skrip untuk drama televisyen Detik Penyesalan. ...

Hajjah Fatimah Mosque is located at 4001 Beach Road, in the historic Kampong Glam area. Built between 1845 and 1846, the mosque was named after Hajjah Fatimah, a wealthy businesswoman. It is the only mosque in Singapore named after a woman. Combining Eastern and ...

Hamed Ismail atau Amar Hais dilahirkan pada 18 Mei 1948. Beliau mendapat pendidikan di Sekolah Menengah Melayu Siglap; Sekolah Menengah Tun Seri Lanang dan Sekolah Menengah Sang Nila Utama. Memperolehi Sijil Tinggi Pelajaran pada tahun 1967. Pernah bertugas sebagai ...

Haresh Sharma (b.1965, Singapore), is the resident playwright of The Necessary Stage, Singapore. A critically-acclaimed playwright, he has written more than 40 short and full-length plays that have been staged in Singapore as well as abroad like Berlin, Birmingham, ...

Haron Abdul Majid atau nama penanya Noor Yusman Abdul Majid dilahirkan pada 29 Ogos 1950 di Hillside Drive, Singapura. Menerima pendidikan di Sekolah Melayu Serangoon dan diikuti oleh Sekolah Menengah Sang Nila Utama. Mula menulis pada tahun 1965 dalam genre puisi, ...

Hartinah Ahmad dilahirkan pada 28 Januari 1955. Mula menulis sajak bagi majalah sekolah dan Hiboran pada tahun 1970. Beliau juga menulis skrip lagu sejak 1980 dan skrip drama television sejak 1982.

Havelock Road, street, located in the Central Region. The road stretch starts where Kim Seng runs into Outram Road,goes down along and almost parallel to the Singapore River and runs till Eu Tong Sen Street. It was named after Major-General Sir Henry Havelock (b. ...

Helix Bridge is the longest pedestrian bridge in Singapore. Opened in April 2010, the bridge has a distinctive double helix structure modelled on the structure of DNA.  It overlooks Marina Bay, forming a curve next to the vehicular Bayfront Bridge and a youth art ...

Ho Kah Leong (b. 21 September 1937, Singapore -) a Cantonese, who established his name as both a politician and an artist. The former Member of Parliament of Jurong Constituency also served as Parliamentary Secretary in various ministries. He is an acclaimed amateur ...

Hock Ann Coffeeshop, a.k.a, Hock Ann Eating House, is located at 125-127 East Coast Road. This eating house is synonymous with the famous tau kwa pau stall which is co-locating within the same coffeeshop.

Hokien Street, a.k.a. Hokkien Street, is a one-way street connecting China Street to South Bridge Road. After crossing South Bridge Road, it becomes Upper Hokien Street and ends near New Bridge Road. Both streets are named after the Hokkiens who settled along it ...

Holland Village, estate, located in the Bukit Timah Area of the Central Region. Holland Village is a misnomer as it has little to do with a Dutch community. Holland Village derives its name from Holland Road which in turn was named after Hugh Holland, R. A., an ...

Hong San See at 31 Mohamed Sultan Road was built between 1908 and 1913. It was gazetted as a national monument on 10 November 1978. The temple was originally located on Tras Street in Tanjong Pagar when it was first established in 1829. However, that structure ...

Hoover Theatre was opened in 1960 by Shaw Organisation. It was located at 360 Balestier Road, at the junction of Jalan Ampas and Balestier Road. It was renamed the Hoover Live Theatre and, subsequently, the New Hoover Cinema. In 1996, it closed down to make way ...

Horsburgh Lighthouse, is located on Pedra Branca island, 54 km off the mainland of Singapore, 46 km east of Changi Point, at the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait. It is the oldest of the four lighthouses in Singapore waters. It was named after eminent ...

Horsburgh Lighthouse Foundation Stone in Horsburgh Lighthouse on Pedra Branca island, was laid in the presence of Governor William J. Butterworth and several distinguished guests, and took place at 1:00 pm, on 24 May 1850.

Horsburgh Lighthouse Memorial Tablet, in Horsburgh Lighthouse on Pedra Branca island. On completion of the lighthouse in 1851, a dedication tablet was installed in the Visitors Room.

Hossan Leong, 梁荣耀 (b. 10 July 1969, Singapore - ) is an actor, comedian, director, television and radio host, motivational speaker and entertainer. He has appeared in Singapore theatre such as Chang and Eng, Singapore Boy and The Hossan Leong Show; films such as ...

Hotel de la Paix was established in 1865, making it one of the earliest hotels to be set up in Singapore. It operated from Coleman's House, the personal residence of Singapore's first architect, at 3 Coleman Street in the hotel belt of Singapore at that time. In ...

Hotel van Wijk, one of the early Dutch hotels in Singapore, was established in the nineteenth century at a time when hotels were being set up to cater to the needs of the growing overseas mercantile communities. It was located at the hotel belt along Stamford Road ...

The House of Tan Yeok Nee, located at the junction of Clemenceau Avenue (formerly Tank Road) and Penang Road, was built in 1882 as the residence of Tan Yeok Nee (b. 1827 - d. 1902). It was one of four residences built in Singapore in the traditional southern Chinese ...

The Housing and Development Board (HDB) is the national public housing authority of Singapore and it is currently headquartered at HDB Hub in Toa Payoh. It was formed in February 1960, shortly after Singapore attained self-government, to alleviate the severe housing ...

Isa Kamari (b. 1960, Singapore – ) is a prominent figure in Singapore’s Malay literary scene. He has gained critical acclaim for many of his works, which range from novels and short stories to poetry and essays. He is also a musician and has crafted scripts for ...

Iskandar Jalil (b. 1940, Singapore -) is a highly-regarded local ceramist who uses fine clay to develop bowls and pots into art works, integrating Japanese and Islamic styles. He was awarded two Colombo Plan scholarships, to study textiles in India (1962) and ceramic ...

The Istana is the official residence of the President of the Republic of Singapore. It is located along Orchard Road in Singapore’s prime shopping district. The Istana was previously known as Government House and was the residence of the Governor of the Straits ...

Istana Kampong Glam, building, in Suonce the seat and historic home of Malay Royalty in Singapore, it is also known as the Sultan's Palace or residence. The first Sultan Hussain Mohammed Shah ibni Sultan Mahmud Shah, never lived in this building, as he died while ...

A Malay soap opera (bangsawan) actress who hailed from Medan, Indonesia, the late Jah Lelawati ventured into creative writing as well, specifically in novels and short stories and later scripts for radio and television dramas. Her involvement in the artistic scene ...

Jalan Besar Stadium is a well-known Singapore landmark located at Tyrwhitt Road in the Kallang area. Officially opened on 26 December 1929, the stadium is considered the birthplace of football in Singapore. The stadium hosted the popular Malayan Cup football tournament ...

Jamae Mosque is located at 218 South Bridge Road, on the corner with Mosque Road in the historic Chinatown area. One of several mosques built by Tamil Muslim migrants from south India, the present mosque was built between 1830 and 1835. Jamae Mosque was designated ...

Jamal Ismail atau nama penanya Al Ijma’ dilahirkan di Kampung Parit Ju Sungai Simpang Kiri, Batu Pahat, Johor pada 13 Mei 1952. Beliau mula menulis pada tahun 1977 dalam bidang cerpen, puisi dan drama pentas.

The Jawi Peranakan community was an elite group among the Malay community in the mid-19th century but declined in the early decades of the 20th century. The term Jawi Peranakan applied to Straits-born Muslims of mixed Indian (especially Tamil) and Malay parentage. ...

The Jawi Peranakkan, the first Malay newspaper in Singapore, was founded in 1876 and remained in circulation until July 1895. The rise and demise of the publication was closely associated with the history of the Jawi Peranakan community in Singapore. The Jawi Peranakan ...

The Jinrickshaw Station (a.k.a Jinricksha Station), located at the junction of Neil Road and Tanjong Pagar Road, built in 1903, served as the registration centre for rickshaws.

Joash Moo Zun Yong (b. 1965, Singapore -) is a novelist and poet and an award-winning artist, illustrator and screenwriter. Amongst Moo’s bestselling works is The Weird Diary of Walter Woo (1990), which won the 1st Prize at the Windows of the Mind Exhibition, part ...

One of Singapore’s dazzling young choreographers, Joavien Ng Bong Na, 黄梦娜 (b. 1973, Singapore -) is a dance choreographer on both local and international stages; her works have been presented and commissioned by various festivals and performances in Japan, Taipei, ...

John Little, also known as JL, is Singapore's oldest department store.  It was the first European store to offer imported cookies and musical instruments.  In 2006, John Little had seven stores island-wide, including five in the heartlands. Wholly owned by Robinson ...

Johns Hopkins Medicine is a renowned American medical enterprise that combines research, teaching and patient care. In 1998, Johns Hopkins Medicine and the Singapore National Science and Technology Board established Johns Hopkins Singapore, comprising separate ...

Joo Chiat Branch Library (part-time) (April 1954 - June 1974) was the third branch library of the Raffles Library. It provided library services to residents staying in the Katong and Joo Chiat areas.

The Junior Library was declared open by His Excellency Major-General Sir Neil Malcolm, Chairman of the Library Sub-Committee, on Saturday 21 July 1923 at 2:30 pm. The Junior Library was located within the Raffles Library and Museum premises at Stamford Road.

Jurong Branch Library (part-time) (15 November 1977 - 1 June 1988) was the 6th part-time branch library of the National Library. The library was opened as an interim measure for the residents of the new Jurong estate until the full-time Jurong East Branch Library ...

Singapore's only open-air drive-in cinema, the Jurong Drive-in was opened by the then Minister of Culture, Jek Yuen Thong, on 14 July 1971. The brainchild and pride of Cathay Organisation, it was located at Yuan Ching Road, next to the Japanese Gardens. Built on ...

Jurong East Community Library located at 21, Jurong East Central 1, Singapore 609430 is the eighth full-time branch library of the National Library Board to keep with the decentralisation policy to bring the library services within the reach of residents in major ...

Jurong Regional Library (JRL) located at 21 Jurong East Central 1, Singapore 609732, is the largest public library in Singapore and the third regional library after Woodlands Regional Library and Tampines Regional Library. First opened as Jurong East Community ...

The Jurong Town Corporation (JTC) is Singapore's principal developer and manager of industrial estates and their related facilities. It offers a wide range of facilities such as industrial land, business park facilities and factories to meet the diverse industrial ...

Jurong West Community Library is located at 1 Jurong West Central 2, #04-01/04 Jurong Point, Singapore 648886. It is the first library of the National Library Board to be located inside a shopping mall. It was officially opened on 22 March 1996 by Member of Parliament ...

Kallang Airport, Singapore's first civil airport, located in Kallang was completed at a cost of S$8 million and opened on 12 June 1937, functioning as an airport until it was replaced by Paya Lebar International airport in 1955.

The Kampong Kapor Methodist Church is located at 1 Kampong Kapor Road in Little India. Formed in 1894, it was the first Peranakan church and the fourth Methodist church in Singapore. In its early years, the church catered only to Peranakan or Straits Chinese, with ...

Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), a.k.a KK Women's and Children's Hospital, established in 1924, is the largest medical facility in Singapore in the specialised areas of obstetrics and gynaecology, neonatalogy and paediatrics. It is the only ...

Katong Park Hotel, one of Singapore's oldest hotels, was located at 46 Meyer Road. Owned by several people since it was built in 1953, the hotel was previously known by three other names: Embassy Hotel, Hotel Ambassador and Duke Hotel. It was renamed Katong Park ...

Keramat Habib Noh, located at 37 Palmer Road, is the largest and most highly regarded Muslim shrine (where a saint's remains are preserved) in Singapore with pilgrims visiting it from as far as China.

Keramat Radin Mas is the shrine of Radin Mas Ayu, a Javanese princess who shielded her father from being killed. In the legend of Radin Mas, she was described as a beautiful, pious and filial daughter loved by her father but hated by her stepmother. Radin Mas Ayu ...

Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) is a public hospital located in Yishun and managed by Alexandra Health. The 3.4ha, 550-bed hospital cost an estimated S$700 million and was opened in phases from March 2010. KTPH is part of a planned healthcare hub that will include ...

A country house built in 1842, Killiney House atop Oxley Hill belonged to pioneer planter Thomas Oxley. Overlooking the sea and the islands, Killiney House was surrounded by nutmeg plantations. When nutmeg failed in the 1860s, the plantations and the house were ...

The King Edward VII College of Medicine was established in 1905 as the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School. It was renamed the King Edward VII Medical School in 1913, and then the King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1921. In 1982, the ...

Founded in 1920 by Venerable Zhuan Dao, Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery is Singapore’s largest Mahayana Buddhist temple and situated on 88, Bright Hill Road.

The Kranji Memorials, located off Woodlands Road, about 22 km from the Town Centre, are made up of three cemeteries, namely the Kranji War Memorial, the Military Cemetery and the Singapore State Cemetery. The Kranji War Memorial commemorates the contributions of ...

Kranji MRT station was built as part of the Woodlands Extension Line, connecting Choa Chu Kang to Yishun through Woodlands. This MRT Station is the largest on the Woodlands MRT Line and is designed to handle thousands of people, mostly punters visiting the nearby ...

Kumarason Chinnadurai (b. 10 August, 1968, Singapore ), popularly known as Kumar, is a stand-up comedian, actor, host and drag queen. He made his name at the now defunct Boom Boom Room and was, for a time, synonymous with the cabaret nightclub as its resident performer. ...

Kuo Pao Kun (b.1939 Xiaoguo village, Hebei, China - d. 10 Sep 2002, Singapore), was a playwright, producing plays in both English and Chinese. He is considered one of the most significant dramatists in Singapore and a pioneer of Singapore theatre. Many of his ...

Kusu Island, island, located 5.6 km south-west of Singapore. A Chinese Temple and a Malay Keramat ("shrine") attracts thousands of multi-religious pilgrims annually, especially on the 9th lunar month. Original it was named Pulau Sakijang Pelepah, and was sometimes ...

Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple, located at Waterloo Street, is a popular place of worship for local devotees of Kuan Yin or Guan Yin, the Chinese goddess of mercy. Built in 1884, it is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Singapore and is a fine example of late ...

The Ladies Lawn Tennis Club in Singapore was established in 1884. The club became quite popular soon after it was formed, but membership was falling steadily by the 1920s. It was eventually closed in 1932 and the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) took over ...

The first Chinese daily in Singapore and the Nanyang was the Lat Pau (Le Bao), started on 10 December 1881 by See Ewe Lay. The Lat Pau continued for 52 years before folding in March 1932, making it the longest running pre-war Chinese daily.

Lee Tzu Pheng (Dr) (b. 13 May 1946, Singapore -) is considered one of Singapore's most distinguished poets. A retired university lecturer, she is an award-winning poet who has published in anthologies and journals internationally. All her three volumes of poetry ...

A masterplan of the last decade of the twentieth century, formulated to spearhead accelerated library development in Singapore as the new millenium dawned.

The Raffles Library and Museum building at Stamford Road was opened on 12 October 1887. The Library occupied the lower floor while the Museum occupied the upper floor of the building. The Library and the Museum continued to be administered as a combined institution ...

The Library Supply Centre, located in Changi South, houses the Library Support Services (LSS) Division of the National Library Board. LSS performs the library functions of collection development, supply-chain management and bibliographic services.

Library@Esplanade, officially opened on 12 September 2002, is Singapore's first performing arts library. It is located in the Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay building at 8 Raffles Avenue, #03-01, Singapore 039802. It is one of the few libraries in the world to ...

Library@Orchard, officially opened on 21 October 1999, is located on the fifth floor of the Ngee Ann City Shopping Mall, Podium Block, Tower B, at 391 Orchard Road, #05-22/26, Singapore 238872. It is the sixth rental library to be located in a shopping mall and ...

Lim Chor Pee (b. 1936, Penang, Malaysia - d. 2006, Singapore) was an established lawyer and a pioneer playwright in Singapore. He was among the first batch of playwrights who planted the seeds of local English-language theatre in Singapore in the 1960s. His plays ...

Lim Tze Peng (b. 28 September 1923, Singapore -), artist, winner of the Cultural Medallion in 2003, first established his art practice in the early 1950s with a series of oil paintings on Chinese junks. He is best known for the significant number of Chinese ink ...

The Lion Dance is a pugilistic performance dating back to more than 1,500 years. Its performance during auspicious occasions such as the launch of new buildings, offices and shops is believed to bring good fortune and wealth. The Lion Dance is also performed during ...

The Loyang Tua Pek Kong Temple, off Loyang Way, was established in the 1980s. The temple owes its existence to a group of friends, who on finding figurines of different religions abandoned on a beach, brought them together and housed them under a unique mixed-religion ...

Lut Ali is a well-known actor, television producer, playwright and director of Malay theatre and drama in Singapore. Lut graduated from Edith Cowan University in Australia. He was voted Prime 12's Best Actor in 1998. Before this, he had received the National Arts ...

Born as Mohammed Saffri Bin Abdul Manaf (b. 3 November 1952), M Saffri is a scriptwriter, actor, director and comedian. Much of his work has been aired on the local Malay TV and radio. A bangsawan (Malay opera) enthusiast, he has also written, acted and directed ...

Madrasah Aljunied al-Islamiah, located at 30 Victoria Lane, is Singapore's premier Islamic institution of learning. Of international repute, the school boasts an illustrious alumni who are key Muslim leaders in Singapore as well as in Southeast Asia.

Magazine Road connects Havelock Road and Merchant Road. The road probably got its name due to its association with the old ammunition storage ground of Havelock Road.

Maghain Aboth Synagogue, which translates to "Shield of our Fathers", was completed in 1878. Situated at Waterloo Street, it is the oldest synagogue in Singapore and Southeast Asia. On 27 February 1998, the synagogue was gazetted as a national monument.

Located at 3 Race Course Lane, close to Little India, the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hall was built as a tribute to the leader of India’s independence movement, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948), often referred to as Mahatma Gandhi (mahatma is Sanskrit for “great ...

Majestic Theatre, built in 1927, is located between People's Park Complex and Yue Hwa Department Store, along the stretch of Eu Tong Sen Street. It was a Cantonese opera house built by Eu Tong Sen, a tin mining and rubber magnate, for his wife who was a Cantonese ...

Malabar Mosque, located at the junction of Victoria Street and Jalan Sultan, was constructed in the 1960s. Managed by the local Malabar Muslim community, the mosque is built in the traditional Islamic mosque architectural style.

Mandalay Villa, on Amber Road, was built in 1902 by a prominent businessman of the Peranakan community, Lee Cheng Yan. This beautiful bungalow with a fanciful facade was well known for parties thrown by Lee Cheng Yan's daughter-in-law, Mrs Lee Choon Guan, which ...

Margaret Tan Hee Leng (b. 1945, Singapore -), popularly known as Margaret Leng Tan, is a pianist and a leading figure in experimental music. One of the best-known Singaporean musicians internationally, she is famed for her skill with unconventional playing techniques ...

Marina Bay Sands (MBS) is an integrated resort (IR) with a hotel, casino, retail mall, convention facilities and entertainment venues including theatres, a museum and nightclubs. Sitting on a 570,000m2 waterfront site at Marina Bay, MBS is operated by Las Vegas ...

Marine Parade has the distinction of being Singapore’s first residential estate built entirely on reclaimed land. Sited in the east of Singapore, Marine Parade has a wide array of social amenities and recreational facilities, including the beaches on the east coast ...

The Marine Parade Community Library, opened on 10 November 1978, was the third full-time library built by the National Library under its plan to decentralise home reading services and to bring the Library nearer to the people. It was the first Branch Library to ...

Masjid Omar Kampong Melaka, located at Keng Cheow Street off Havelock Road on the south bank of the Singapore River, is Singapore's first and oldest mosque. Constructed in 1820, the mosque initially served the local Muslim community but grew to accommodate Muslim ...

Masonic Hall at 23A Coleman Street is located behind the Hill Street Fire Station in the Central Region of Singapore. The Freemasons' meeting place is used for social activities and is also called the Freemasons' Hall. Designed by Donald McLeod Craik, the Masonic ...

Matilda House is located at 21 Punggol Road, within view of Soo Teck LRT Station on the west loop of the Punggol LRT line. It is the only remaining historical bungalow in the Punggol area. According to Howard Edmund Cashin, the house was built in 1902 by his father ...

Maxwell Road Food Centre, originally called Maxwell Market, located in Tanjong Pagar, along Maxwell Road, is a popular hawker centre within the Central Business District (CBD) area. It is known not only for its cheap dishes but also for unique Chinese meals seldom ...

The Merdeka Bridge spans the Kallang Basin, adjoining Nicoll Highway and providing a main traffic artery between the eastern part of Singapore and the city. Designed by R. J. Hollis-Bee of the Public Works Department, the pre-stressed bridge is 2,000ft long and ...

Mobile Library Services were initiated by the National Library Board in 1960. This was mainly to ease the overwhelming demands made on its services at the main library building in Stamford Road whilst continuing to provide library services to more people.

Mohamed Naim Daipi atau name penanya; Nizqin, Muhammad Nazali dan Hasnady Abdullah, dilahirkan di Singapura pada 27 Jun 1950. Beliau merupakan lepasan sekolah menengah dan Maktab Perguruan Singapura di Paterson Road, Singapura. Beliau pernah mengajar di Institut ...

Mohamed Sultan Road stretches from the junction of Saiboo Street and Martin Road to River Valley Road. The road is a major access point for the Robertson Quay area. A popular night-spot with around 30 watering holes, the road is also home to some conserved shophouses ...

Mohd Ismail Abdullah atau nama penanya MIA dilahirkan pada 20 Mei 1945 di Singapura. Beliau merupakan lulusan Senior Cambridge daripada Sekolah Menengah Siglap. Mula menulis pada tahun 1965 dalam bidang sajak, cerpen dan esei. Pernah bertugas sebagai juruhebah ...

Mohd Raman Daud atau lebih dikenali dengan nama Raman Daud menggunakan nama pena Armand dalam beberapa penulisannya. Beliau dilahirkan pada 13 November 1957 di Riau Indonesia. Kini merupakan editor Rencana Berita Harian. Beliau mendapat pendidikan di Sekolah Rendah ...

Opened in 1961, Mount Alvernia Hospital is the only non-profit private hospital in Singapore. It is part of the Franciscan Missionaries of Divine Motherhood global network and is founded on Christian values. Located at 820 Thomson Road, it encompasses a hospital, ...

Mount Elizabeth Hospital (MEH), established in 1979, is Singapore's largest private hospital. Owned by Parkway Group Healthcare Pte Ltd, it offers more than 35 clinical specialities, including in cancer, minimally invasive surgeries and neuroscience.

Muhammad Rafi bin Abu Bakar lahir di Singapura pada 24 Jun 1968. Beliau memperoleh Ijazah Sarjana Muda Pendidikan Pengajian Bahasa dan Sastera Melayu (Kepujian) Institut Pendidikan Nasional, NTU (2003). Beliau mula menulis pada tahun 1991 dan sekarang bertugas ...

Muhammad Salihin bin Sulaiman atau nama penanya Al-Lihin dan Lihin, dilahirkan pada 8 Mac 1966 di Singapura. Beliau mempunyai kelulusan Diploma in Media Communication dan Diploma in Writing. Beliau merupakan penulis sepenuh masa selain menjadi pemudah cara dalam ...

Nagore Durgha Shrine is located at 140 Telok Ayer Street, in the historic Chinatown area. Built between 1828 and 1830 and originally known as the Shahul Hamid Durgha, the shrine is dedicated to Shahul Hamid, a south Indian holy man. The shrine was designated a ...

The National Arts Council (NAC) was set up as a statutory board on 1 September 1991 to spearhead the development of the arts in Singapore. Its mission is to nurture the arts and make it an integral part of the lives of the people of Singapore.

The National Library saw many expansions to its collections and services between 1960 and 1995. In the effort to bring information to people, the library decentralised its services through provision of mobile libraries and established more branches in Community ...

The National Library balustrade is a landmark associated with the National Library building at 91 Stamford Road. It refers to a sheltered porch with a flight of stairs that is boxed in by red brick walls and a waist high ledge that leads up to the main entrance ...

The National Library Board logo seeks to portray the National Library's corporate identity as a dynamic organisation and reflects the nature of the product and services offered to its customers.

The National Library Building, located at 91 Stamford Road, was officially opened on 12 November 1960. Between 1887-1960, the National Library had previously occupied the western wing of the Raffles Museum, or what is now the National Museum of Singapore, at Stamford ...

The National Library Building at 100 Victoria Street serves as the headquarters of the National Library Board (NLB). It was opened in 2005 to replace the old building located at Stamford Road. Housing mainly the collections of the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library, ...

The National Library Courtyard is an open air area of 300 sq m and located at the National Library, 91 Stamford Road, Singapore 178896. It was opened to the public on 19 January 1998. In helping to build a gracious nation the Courtyard is an avenue for cultural ...

The National Library Microfilm Unit is housed at the basement level of the National Library at 91 Stamford Road, Singapore 178896. The Microfilm Unit, a common government user service initially microfilmed official records of government departments and supplied ...

The National Reference Library (NRL) was located on the third floor of the National Library building at Stamford Road. It was formed on 16 January 1998, concurrently with the re-opening of the National Library that was closed for nine months of upgrading works. ...

The National Stadium of Singapore was officially opened on 21 July 1973 by then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. For over three decades, it was used for many major sporting, cultural, entertainment and social events, such as the 1983 and 1993 Southeast Asian (SEA) ...

National Theatre, public theatre for performances, concerts and conferences, was at the corner of Clemenceau Avenue and River Valley Road, located in the Central Region. It was built to commemorate Singapore's self-government in 1959 and when completed in 1963, ...

National University Hospital, established in 1985, is Singapore's only university hospital. It serves as a general hospital as well as a clinical training centre and a research centre for the medical and dental faculties of the National University of Singapore ...

Ng Eng Teng (b. 12 July 1934, Singapore - d. 4 November 2001, Singapore), sculptor and winner of the Cultural Medallion in visual arts in 1981. Ng first trained in painting under first generation masters like Georgette Chen and Liu Kang, and furthered his studies ...

Nicoll Highway, two stretches of highway road linked by Merdeka Bridge, is located in the central region of Singapore. In the mid-1950s, this highway with a bridge-link was a very necessary new artery from the city to the east-side of Singapore Island, built to ...

Norulashikin Jamain dilahirkan pada 21 Ogos 1955 di Singapura. Menerima pendidikan di Sekolah Rendah Kampung Melayu; Sekolah Menengah Kaki Bukit; Maktab Rendah Kebangsaan; Universiti Singapura (1974-1977) dalam bidang Pengajian Melayu dan Sosiologi. Beliau juga ...

Odeon was Cathay Organisation's flagship cinema and its most successful box-office earner in Singapore. It was built in 1953 at the junction of North Bridge Road and Cashin Street, where Odeon Tower and K. H. Kea Building are now located. It was often confused ...

Old Admiralty House, located at Old Nelson Road, off Canberra Road, was built in 1939 and served as the residence for several senior officers as part of the British naval base. After the British military withdrawal, it was used by various country clubs. It was ...

The site of Old Changi Hospital comprises three buildings at blocks 24, 37 and 161 Halton Road. The buildings were constructed as part of a military base built by British forces in the 1930s with designs based on classical colonial bungalows. The hospital grounds ...

The Old Parliament House at Empress Place was where the Singapore Parliament used to sit. Built originally as a residence in 1827, it is probably the oldest surviving structure and the oldest government building in Singapore. However, after a series of major alterations ...

The old Sembawang Fire Station is located at 80 Admiralty Road West, within the grounds of the former Sembawang Naval Base. Built in 1941, the fire station previously served the naval base. When British military forces withdrew from Singapore in 1971, the naval ...

Omni Marco Polo Hotel a.k.a Marco Polo Hotel, built in 1968 on Tanglin Road, was one of Singapore's famous landmark. It was so well-known that many popular personalities chose to stay there in the 1970s. The hotel however slipped into oblivion when it was torn ...

Eminent watercolourist Ong Kim Seng (b. 10 June 1945, Singapore - ), President of the Singapore Watercolour Society from 1991 to 2001, Cultural Medallion winner (Visual Art) in 1990 and winner of six awards by the prestigious American Watercolour Society, has ...

Ophir Road begins as an offshoot from Rochor Canal Road and ends at Republic Boulevard at one point and East Coast Parkway at another point. Synonymous with some popular landmarks such as the Raffles Hospital and the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, the road is named ...

Orchard Road Market used to occupy the site where Orchard Point is located today. It was a popular market in the 1960s selling fresh produce to residents. It was built in 1891, and was torn down by the Urban Redevelopment Authority, and replaced by Orchard Point ...

The Orchard Road Presbyterian Church, a.k.a. Greja Kechil and the Scots Church, is the earliest Presbyterian church in Singapore. It currently runs services in multiple languages.

Singapore's first Malay orchestra, the Orkestra Melayu Singapura (OMS) was set up by the People's Association (PA) in September 1991. Formed to preserve and promote Malay music in Singapore, the OMS is the only orchestra in Singapore to combine modern and traditional ...

Outram Prison was made up of jointly administered civil and criminal jails built side by side at the foot of Pearl’s Hill during Singapore’s colonial era. The prison started out as Pearl’s Hill Prison, designed by J. P. Thompson and built by Captain C. E. Faber ...

Outram Road School, now known as Outram Secondary School, was officially opened on 26 February 1906 by the Governor of Singapore, Sir John Anderson. It was one of the first English schools built by the colonial government. It served as a feeder school for Raffles ...

Demolished in 1982, Panglima Prang was a 19th century Straits Chinese bungalow built by Tan Jiak Kim (b. 29 April 1859, Singapore – d. 22 October 1917, Singapore), the grandson of Singapore’s famous pioneer, Tan Kim Seng (b.1805 – d.1864). Panglima Prang belonged ...

The first Chingay organised by the People’s Association (PA) in Singapore was held on 4 February 1973. This event was a joint effort between the People’s Association and the Singapore National Pugilistic Federation to celebrate Chinese New Year. The

Part-time branch libraries were started by the National Library in order to provide library services to the public in social welfare and community centres. Part-time branch libraries also included the Mobile Library Service.

Pasir Ris Community Library officially opened on 6 October 2000, is located on the fourth floor of White Sands Shopping Mall, at 1 Pasir Ris Central St 3, #04-01/06, Singapore 518457. It is the eighth rental library to be located in a shopping mall and the 18th ...

Paul Tan Kim Liang, born 1970, is a poet and winner of the Singapore Literature Prize in 1993 and 1997 for his collections of poems. His first collection of poems, Curious Roads, published in 1994, chronicles his army life and his personal reminiscence of growing ...

Paya Lebar Airport opened on 20 August 1955. The task to build a civil airport began in 1952, taking three years before the Paya Lebar Airport was completed. It was opened by Alan Lennox-Boyd, Secretary of State for Colonies. Extensions include a new passenger ...

Pearl's Hill Prison, jail and detention house, a.k.a. Outram Road Gaol or by its official colonial name H. M. Prisons, probably Singapore's earliest prison, and located at the foot of Pearl's Hill, was built by Captain Charles Edward Faber in 1847, and extended ...

Pearl's Hill Prison Foundation Stone in Pearl's Hill Prison was laid by its architect and Superintending Engineer, Captain Charles Edward Faber, on 6 February 1847. The prison was located at the foot of Pearl's Hill.

Pedra Branca, island, situated 54 km off the mainland of Singapore, 46km east of Changi Point, located at the eastern entrance to the Singapore Strait. The island is a reef of white stone-rocks of granite, though corals have encrusted those below sea-level. On ...

Penang Road begins as an offshoot from Orchard Road and ends at the junction of Somerset Road and Killiney Road. Named after a city in the Northeast of Peninsular Malaysia, the road is the location of several buildings of historical value. Significant among them ...

The People’s Park Complex is a high-rise mixed-use building in Chinatown, Singapore. Completed in 1973, it is a landmark project in terms of architectural design and boasts a number of superlatives, including being the largest shopping complex in Singapore and ...

The Pinnacle@Duxton is a public housing project at 1A Cantonment Road. It is the first 50-storey public housing project in Singapore, and is also the first in the world with two sky bridges linking seven towers, creating two layers of sky parks that offer panoramic ...

Formed in 1998, Plastique Kinetic Worms (PKW) is a contemporary art collective co-founded by artists Vincent Leow and Yvonne Lee. By showcasing contemporary Singapore art at its gallery and at local and international arts festivals, the non-profit art collective ...

Popular music flourished in Singapore during the 1960s, when a number of local bands became extremely popular with their cover versions of British and American songs as well as original compositions. These bands had a strong following and often played to crowds ...

The Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) was formed on 1 April 1964 to take over the functions, assets and liabilities of the Singapore Harbour Board. With the development of Jurong Industrial Estate, the Jurong Port was opened in 1965. Further expansion followed ...

The Prinsep Street Presbyterian Church at 77 Prinsep Street was gazetted as a national monument by the Preservation of Monuments Board on 12 January 2000. Built in 1843 by Reverend Benjamin Peach Keasberry, a protestant minister from the London Missionary Society, ...

Project Eyeball was Singapore's first hybrid print-online English newspaper. It was launched on 12 August 2000 by Singapore Press Holdings. Published in print from Mondays to Fridays, it had a special Weekend edition available only on the Internet. Targeted at ...

Public housing in Singapore may be said to have begun in the 1930s with the housing schemes undertaken by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), the predecessor of the Housing and Development Board (HDB). HDB replaced SIT as the national housing authority in 1960 ...

Pulau Pawai, an island south-west of Singapore, is one of three islands kept exclusively for live-firing military exercises.

The Queenstown Community Library located at 53 Margaret Drive, Singapore 149297, was opened on 2 May 1970. It was the first full-time Branch Library, built by the National Library in its plan to decentralise home reading services. It pioneered several firsts amongst ...

Raffles' Bust, a marble portrait of Sir Stamford Raffles, was originally designed and cast by Sir Francis Legatt Chantrey in 1817. The original was believed to have been destroyed with the sinking of the ship, the Fame in 1824. Copies were however made for the ...

Raffles College was set up at 469 Bukit Timah Road in 1928 as a college for higher education in the arts and sciences. The establishment of Raffles College was the result of a scheme to commemorate the centenary of the founding of Singapore by Sir Stamford Raffles. ...

Raffles Hotel is a Singapore landmark located at 1 Beach Road. Established in 1887, the colonial-era hotel with a rich history is well known for its period architecture and décor, luxurious accommodation and fine cuisine, and has won numerous accolades over the ...

Originally known as the Singapore Institution, Raffles Institution was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1823, making it the oldest school in Singapore.

The Raffles Library and Museum was officially opened by Sir Frederick Weld, Governor of the Straits Settlements on 12 October 1887, at the current National Museum of Singapore. The period spanning 1887 to 1942 were the formative years for both the library and ...

The Raffles Library and Museum was taken over by the Japanese and renamed Syonan Hakubutsu Kan during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore between 15 February 1942 to 12 September 1945. Vulcanologist and geologist Professor Hidezo Tanakadate headed the institution ...

The Raffles Library and Museum reopened to the Singapore public on 1 December 1945 after three and a half years of Japanese Occupation. In the post-war years between 1945 and 1960, the library went through changes of administration, separation from the Raffles ...

Raffles Lighthouse, located on Pulau Satumu, 23 km south-west of Singapore, at the western entrance of Singapore Straits, designed by John Bennet, was named after and dedicated to the memory of the founder of Singapore, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. The foundation ...

Raffles Lighthouse foundation stone in Raffles Lighthouse on Pulau Satumu, was laid with the Raffles Lighthouse memorial tablet, on 24 May 1854, by William J. Butterworth, Colonel, C.B., Governor of the Straits Settlements.

Raffles Lighthouse memorial tablet in Raffles Lighthouse on Pulau Satumu, was laid with the Raffles Lighthouse foundation stone on 24 May 1854, by William J. Butterworth, Colonel, C.B., Governor of the Straits Settlements.

Raffles Place, the heart of the central business district, is located in the downtown core of the central region. Originally called Commercial Square, the original centre for commerce on the west bank of the Singapore River, it was renamed Raffles Place (after ...

Formed on July 22, 1998, MediaCorp Raintree Pictures is the pioneering local film production company in Singapore. The company produces and distributes both local films and features made in the region. Even though the company had expanded into films made in other ...

The Red Dot Design Museum is located at 28 Maxwell Road. Established in November 2005, the museum is a showcase for innovative product design as well as an event and exhibition venue. The second Red Dot Design Museum in the world, the museum is the anchor tenant ...

The Red House Bakery is a popular reference to a relict confectionery shop called Katong Bakery & Confectionery. This bakery was a popular breakfast haunt among Singaporeans living in the eastern part of Singapore, dishing out its signature cakes and curry puffs. ...

Reference Point is a remote and electronic reference service provided by the Lee Kong Chian Reference Library. The National Reference Library (now known as Lee Kong Chian Reference Library) first launched the service on 8 April 1996, providing reference service ...

Inaugurated on 1 December 2008 by Ren Ci Hospital and Medicare Centre (RCHMC), Ren Ci Community Hospital (RCCH) provides rehabilitative and recuperative care for patients who require extended hospital stays. The community hospital is situated next to Tan Tock Seng ...

The Revere Bell was presented to the Church of St Andrew in 1843 by Maria Revere Balestier, wife of Joseph Balestier, the first American Consul to Singapore. The bell is now part of the Singapore History Gallery of the National Museum of Singapore.

Yeo Cheng Chuan, a.k.a. Robert Yeo, (Associate Professor) (b.1940, Singapore), poet, playwright, novelist and former senior lecturer, Division of Literature and Drama, School of Arts, National Institute of Education (NIE). He is the president of The Association ...

Robinsons Department Store, is located at Centrepoint in Orchard Road. It is owned by listed retailer Robinsons and Company and the flagship store of the company, housing its corporate office.

Roxy Cinema, a.k.a Roxy Theatre, now demolished, used to be located at the junction of East Coast Road and Brooke Road. Owned by the legendary Shaw brothers, it was a landmark institution screening Chinese, English, Malay and Hindustani movies in the early and ...

S. Chandrasekaran (b. 1959, Singapore - ) is a visual artist who works across many different disciplines and mediums. He is known for the intense physical nature of his performances and for the incorporation of elements from the biological sciences into his recent ...

S. Varathan (b. 22 February 1934, Singapore -), recipient of the National Arts Council Cultural Medallion in 1984, has played an active role in the local Tamil drama scene as an artiste, director, founder, producer, writer and researcher.

Sabri Buang (b. 1964-, Singapore) is both a writer and director of theatre and television in Singapore and abroad. In his earlier days, he acted in Malay dramas for both theatre and television, and has built up a body of works in English and Malay. Known for his ...

The Sailors’ Home that existed in the mid-19th to early 20th century was a seamen’s lodging. It emerged from obscurity when Joseph Conrad, the novelist, described his stay there in his novels, The Shadow-Line, The End of the Tether and Lord Jim. The Home began ...

Salleh Japar (b. 1962, Singapore - ) is a Singaporean contemporary artist who uses multiple mediums and his artworks include sculptures, installations and paintings. In 2001, he represented Singapore in the prestigious Venice Biennale, a major accomplishment for ...

Sarifah Yatiman dilahirkan pada 4 November 1959 di Singapura. Mendapat kelulusan GCE peringkat “A” pada tahun 1977 di Sekolah Menengah Sang Nila Utama. Mula menulis pada tahun 1977. Cerpen pertama beliau berjudul Warkah untuk Ibu yang tersiar di Majalah Harapan. ...

The Selarang Barracks was built between 1936-1938 to house an infantry battalion. During the Japanese Occupation, the Japanese Imperial Army used it to house Australian POWs. It is also the site of the infamous "Selarang Barracks Square Incident". On September ...

Seletar Camp was formerly the site of the largest British Royal Air Force (RAF) base in the Far East. Built in the 1920s, it became operational in 1928. It came under the control of Japanese troops during World War II but reverted to British control from 1946 until ...

Seletar Market and Food Centre, now demolished, was located at Block 5 Seletar Road. It served the mature estate in the Seletar and Jalan Kayu area and, more recently before its closure, the newer Sengkang estate. The market and the surrounding housing blocks ...

The Sembawang Community Library is the seventh rental library located in a shopping mall and the 17th community library of the National Library Board. It was officially opened by K. Shanmugan, Member of Parliament for Sembawang GRC (Chong Pang) on 11 August 20 ...

The Sembawang Naval Base was built by the British government during the 1920s and 1930s. Opened in 1938, the base was meant to be a significant part of the British empire’s strategic defences against external threats in the Far East, particularly from Japan. The ...

The Sengkang Community Library is located at 1, Sengkang Square, Compass Point, #04-26/27, Singapore 545078. This is the tenth library of the National Library Board that is located inside a shopping mall. It is the first library of NLB to follow the Do-It-Yourself ...

The Sentosa Causeway links Sentosa Island with mainland Singapore. Built at a cost of S$117 million, the causeway was officially opened by former Senior Minister of State (Trade and Industry), Lim Boon Heng, on 15 December 1992.

Sentosa Cove is an integrated residential-cum-marina resort development on the eastern coast of Sentosa island, to the south of mainland Singapore. It is largely a residential estate, featuring Singapore’s first and only gated residential community. When fully ...

Shaffiq bin Selamat atau Shasel lahir di Singapura pada 29 Mei 1969 di Perkampungan Melayu Kaki Bukit. Mendapat pendidikan di Sekolah Rendah Kaki Bukit; Sekolah Menengah Temasek (1981-1985); Politeknik Singapura bagi kursus Electronics and Communications (1986); ...

Sharifah Maznah Syed Omar atau nama penanya Sharifah Maznah Albubakar dilahirkan di Singapura pada 27 Julai 1958. Beliau mendapat Ijazah Sarjana Muda daripada Universiti Singapura pada tahun 1981; dan Ijazah Sarjana Sastera pada tahun 1986. Beliau pernah bertugas ...

Shopping mall libraries are community libraries located within shopping malls in Singapore. This "shopping mall" concept is to bring the library closer to the people and encourage life-long learning among Singaporeans. The first shopping mall library, the Jurong ...

Siglap Branch Library (Part-time) (1 July 1954 - March 1981) was the second Branch of the Raffles Library. It provided library services to the residents living in Siglap and Katong.

Sime Road Camp is the site of the former combined Operational Headquarters of the British Army and Royal Air Force during World War II. Located along Sime Road, the 470-acre site was used as an internment camp during the Japanese Occupation. After the surrender ...

Singapore Biennale, first held in September 2006, is a contemporary visual arts exhibition intended as a platform for Singapore and Asia to experience and to interact with internationally renowned visual artists. It is held every two years, lasting nearly two ...

The Singapore Chronicle, the first newspaper in Singapore, was first issued on 1 January 1824. Originally owned by publisher and editor, Francis James Bernard, and initially a commercial newspaper, it included official government notices and details of trade and ...

Singapore Cricket Club, a sports club is located at the heart of the city's civic centre along Connaught Drive and overlooking the Padang. It was established in 1852 and has evolved over the years from being an elite colonial sports club to a multi-racial club ...

A platform to showcase dance extraordinaires and endear Singaporeans to dance as an art form, Singapore dance festivals began as early as 1982, then known as the Festival of Dance. The festivals became subsumed under a bigger performing arts congregation, the Festival ...

Freemasonry, fraternal society, first set up in Singapore, on 8 December 1845, with establishment of "Lodge Zetland In The East", the oldest surviving Freemason lodge here. Its members called Freemasons or Masons, belong to Lodges or Temples, and here, activities ...

Singapore General Hospital (SGH), established in 1821, is Singapore’s first general hospital and oldest medical institution. Located at Outram Road, it had humble beginnings as a wooden shed built in the cantonment for troops situated close to the Singapore River, ...

The Singapore Indian Fine Arts Society (SIFAS) is a non-profit cultural organisation, dedicated to the preservation and transmission of Indian culture through the arts. Its motto is: Kala Samskriti Lakshanam, meaning "art characterises civilisation". SIFAS provides ...

The Singapore Indoor Stadium, also known in its abbreviated form, SIS, was officially opened on New Year’s Eve, 1989, by then Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew. Situated along the scenic Kallang River area, it served as part of the government’s urban re-generation project ...

The first privately managed university in Singapore, specialising in business and finance, opened on 29 July 2000, the Singapore Management University (SMU) is the third University in Singapore, after the National University of Singapore (1980) and Nanyang Technological ...

The first Singapore River Buskers' Festival was held along the Singapore River from 15 to 23 November 1997. The event was organised by The A Team Promotions, with the support of the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB). It featured 17 overseas busking acts ...

The Singapore Swimming Club, established in 1894 at Tanjong Rhu, by a group of Europeans. In 1994, the club celebrated its 100th anniversary with the opening of a new facility at the same site. With a huge membership, it continues to concentrate on its core activity, ...

Medium Rare, Singapore's first full-length English film, released in local cinemas in late 1991. Loosely based on the bizarre Adrian Lim ritual murders of the early 1980s, Medium Rare was filmed and produced in Singapore. A first-time film-making effort for its ...

The sitar is an ancient Indian stringed instrument. It is played by strumming and fingering notes out along the neck of the guitar-like instrument. It is a simpler and more portable version of its older cousin the veena, a prominent South Indian musical instrument. ...

The South East Asia Cultural Festival was held in Singapore from 8 to 15 August 1963. It featured a series of performances involving about 1,500 artistes from 11 Asian countries. The main events were held at the National Theatre, which has since been demolished, ...

Sri Krishnan Temple (a.k.a Sri Krishna Temple), on Waterloo Street was established in 1870. It is the only South Indian Hindu temple in Singapore dedicated exclusively to Sri Krishna and his consort Rukmini.

Sri Mariamman Temple at 244 South Bridge Road is the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore. Established by Indian pioneer Naraina Pillai (or Narayana Pillay) in 1827, the original wood-and-attap temple was replaced with a brick structure in 1843. The temple was gazetted ...

A branch of the Ramakrishna Order of India, a worldwide spiritual and welfare organisation, the Sri Ramakrishna Mission in Singapore is located off Bartley Road. Well-known for its services to the needy and poor, the Mission strives for human spiritual elevation ...

Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple, situated on Ceylon Road, was established in the mid-19th century by the Ceylonese Tamils from Sri Lanka. Built on the architectural lines that was favoured in the ancient Chola kingdom of India, this temple is the second-oldest Hindu ...

Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple is located at 397 Serangoon Road. It is one of Singapore’s earliest Hindu temples and is known for being the starting point for kavadi carriers during the Thaipusam festival. It was gazetted as a national monument on 10 November 1978. ...

Sri Temasek is a 19th century bungalow designated as the prime minister’s official residence. Formerly the residence of the colonial secretary, the house has been unoccupied since 1959 though during the 1960s and 1970s it was regularly used for meetings and official ...

St Andrew's Cathedral, at 11 St Andrew's Road, is an Anglican cathedral located next to the City Hall MRT station. Named after the patron saint of Scotland, it is the oldest Anglican house of worship in Singapore and was gazetted as a national monument in 1973. ...

St George’s Church is an Anglican church located at Minden Road, off Holland Road, on the grounds of what were once the Tanglin Barracks. Built between 1910 and 1913 as a garrison church, the distinctive red brick building has a rich history dating back to the ...

St Joseph’s Church is located at 143 Victoria Street. It was built by the Portuguese Mission in 1853 to serve Portuguese and Eurasian Catholics in Singapore. It is a church of devotion and it practises many Portuguese Catholic traditions. The church building was ...

St. Andrew's Mission Hospital, one of Singapore's first maternity and paediatric centres, started off as a clinic in a shophouse at Bencoolen Street in October 1913. It was set up by Dr. C. E. Ferguson-Davie, the wife of the first Anglican Bishop of Singapore, ...

Stamford House is an ornate building of Victorian design located at Stamford Road. It was built in 1904 by R. A. J. Bidwell, the architect behind local landmarks such as the Goodwood Park Hotel and Raffles Hotel. It was restored by the Urban Redevelopment Authority ...

Stamford Road, street, in the Museum Precinct of the Central Region. It is named after the Founder of Singapore, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Part of Stamford Road was once called Hospital Street. In a later period, Stamford House and Shaw Building on the street ...

Sir Stamford Raffles' Statue, sculpted by Thomas Woolner, is a popular icon of Singapore. The statue depicts Raffles, standing tall, arms folded, with an aura of quiet assurance. It was installed on Jubilee Day on 27 June 1887 at the Padang and relocated to the ...

Su-chen Christine Lim (b. 1948, Malaysia) is the first winner of the Singapore Literature Prize (Fiction) in 1992, for her novel, A Fistful of Colours. Lim, who has four novels to her name, is also the writer of short stories, children’s stories, students’ textbooks ...

Sulaiman bin Jasman atau Sulaiman Jeem, dilahirkan pada 17 December 1993 di Singapura. Mendapat pendidikan sehingga menengah V di Madrasah Aljunied. Pernah bertugas sebagai wartawan di Penerbitan Qalam Singapura (1951-1954); Penerbitan Geliga Singapura (1955-1959); ...

The Sultan Mosque is located at 3 Muscat Street, where it is the focal point of the historic Kampong Glam area. Also known as Masjid Sultan, it was named for Sultan Hussein Shah. The mosque was first built in the 1820s. However the original structure was demolished ...

Suntec City, commissioned and built by a private consortium, began construction in 1989 and was completed in phases between 1995 and 1997 at a cost of US$2.3 billion. Built in the heart of Marina Centre near City Hall, it was designed to be a "city within a city". ...

The Supreme Court of Singapore comprises the Court of Appeal and the High Court. The Supreme Court and the Subordinate Courts together form the two tiers of the Singapore judiciary system. As a key organ of the state judiciary, the Supreme Court hears both civil ...

The Crescendos were a popular Singapore band of the 1960s. Formed in 1963 and comprising Susan Lim, John Chee, Leslie Chia, Raymond Ho, the band was the first Singapore group ever to be signed by an international record label. The band scored several hits with ...

The famous colonial architectural firm Swan & Maclaren had its beginnings in 1887 as Swan & Lermit, a firm of civil engineers. It is one of the pioneer architectural firms in Singapore. Two engineers, Archibald Swan and Alfred Lermit, started Swan & Lermit, but ...

The SYC Ensemble Singers, formerly known as the Singapore Youth Choir (SYC), is an award-winning and well-traveled amateur choir established in 1964. The group began as a combined school choir under the Music Department of the Ministry of Education. In 1972, the ...

The Syonan Jinja (Light of the South Shrine) was a Shinto shrine built deep in the forests of the MacRitchie Reservoir to commemorate Japanese soldiers who died in the conquest of Malaya and Sumatra. Constructed between 1942 and 1943, the shrine was a venue for ...

The Human Expression Dance Company, better known as T.H.E. Dance Company, is a non-profit contemporary dance company founded by dancer and choreographer Kuik Swee Boon in September 2008. Known for its dancers’ nifty techniques and classical-trained grace, the company ...

Tampines Regional Library located at 31, Tampines Avenue 7, Singapore 529620, was the first regional library to be built. It was officially opened on 3 December 1994 by Aline Wong (Dr), MP for Tampines GRC and Minister of State for Health and Education.

Tan Hwee Hwee (b. 1974, Singapore - ) a novelist, was the recipient of the National Arts Council (NAC) Young Artist Award in 2003. She is the author of Foreign Bodies (1997) and Mammon Inc. (2001) which won the Singapore Literature Prize in 2004. Tan is said to ...

Tan Kee Sek (b. 1951, Singapore - ) is a founding member of the Siaw-Tao Chinese Seal-Carving, Calligraphy and Painting Society in Singapore. A famous calligrapher, he also excels in ink painting and seal-carving. He has remained loyal to his artistic style, focusing ...

Tan Si Chong Su, located at Magazine Road, was built in 1876 as the ancestral temple and assembly hall of the Tan community in Singapore. This temple, with a wide Hokkien patronage, is still used as a repository for ancestral tablets. The architecture of the temple ...

Tan Teck Guan Building, located at 16A College Road, was built in 1911 to add to the existing facilities of the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School (later known as King Edward VII College of Medicine). It underwent renovations in 1985 and ...

Tan Teng Kee (b. 1937, Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaya - ) is a sculptor and painter, specialising in abstract works depicting space, flow and movement. He is regarded as a pioneer in the history of sculpture in Singapore, and was one of the first in Singapore to work ...

Tan Tock Seng Hospital, established in 1844, is one of the oldest hospitals in Singapore. First set up at Pearl's Hill helped by a generous donation by a wealthy philanthropist, Tan Tock Seng, the hospital moved to Balestier Plain, then to Moulmein Road and finally ...

Formed in 1992 by founding members Ang Chek Meng, Ng Yu-Ying, Leslie Tan and Lionel Tan, the T’ang Quartet was the first professional string quartet in Singapore. Noted for its precision and balance, the quartet’s musical repertoire is a skillful contemporary blend ...

The Tanglin Barracks was built by Colonel George Chancellor Collyer for European troops in 1861. The barracks served the British garrison infantry battalion until the fall of Singapore in 1942. After the war, it was home to the General Headquarters of the Far East ...

Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, located along Keppel Road, used to be the main passenger station for trains run by the Malaysian rail operator Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM) Berhad travelling between Singapore and Malaysia. Previously known as the Keppel Road Railway ...

Singapore's first suspension footbridge was built in 1998. The bridge spans the Geylang River and allows residents of Tanjong Rhu to cross over to the National Stadium.

One of Singapore’s oldest primary schools, Tao Nan School was established on 18 November 1906 with financing from the Hokkien Huay Kuan. It was the one of the first six modern Chinese schools to be set up in Singapore. Originally located at an ornate building at ...

Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church, located at 235 Telok Ayer Street at the junction with Cecil Street, is considered the oldest Chinese-speaking Methodist church in Singapore. Established in 1889 by Dr Benjamin Franklin West mainly for the Hokkien-speaking Chinese, ...

Telok Ayer Chinese Methodist Church Building is located at 235 Telok Ayer Street, at the junction with Cecil Street in Singapore’s Central Business District. Built in 1924, the building’s architecture is a unique blend of eastern and western styles, and does not ...

Established in 1931, the Thau Yong Amateur Musical Association is one of the oldest organisations promoting Teochew music and opera in Singapore. It maintains an active ensemble and is believed to be Singapore’s only amateur Teochew music company.

The ARTS FISSION Company is a local non-profit dance company founded by choreographer Angela Liong and visual artist S. Chandrasekaran in 1994. As the first multidisciplinary contemporary dance group in Singapore, the company creates original works and new dance ...

The Arts Resource Centre (ARC) was officially opened by Major Fong Sip Chee, Minister of State for Culture on 10 January 1983 at the Reference Services Division of the National Library at 91 Stamford Road. The ARC marked the beginning of a new service by the National ...

The Causeway is a road and rail link between Singapore and Malaysia. Completed in 1923, the 1.05km Causeway cost an estimated $17 million and spans the Johor Straits (also known as the Tebrau Straits), with the Woodlands customs, immigration and quarantine (CIQ) ...

The Chinese High School was founded in 1919 as the first secondary school in Singapore offering a modern education using the Chinese language. Initially operating out of bungalows on Niven Road, the school relocated to its current location along Bukit Timah Road ...

The Church of our Lady of Lourdes is located at 50 Ophir Road, near Serangoon Road. It was built between 1886 and 1888 by Father Joachim Alexander Marie Meneuvrier and named after the Church of our Lady of Lourdes located in Lourdes, France. Originally built to ...

The Esplanade, long open stretch of ground/field, originally by the sea, is located in the downtown core of the central region. Sitting on the left bank of the Singapore River, it was originally called "the Plain" or the Padang which is Malay for "field" or "open ...

Chin Woon Ping's Details Cannot Body Wants was the first Singapore play to receive a Restricted (R) rating, granting admission to viewers above 18 years of age. It was one of two plays staged in the double-bill Renewable Women by the National University of Singapore ...

The Merlion is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish. Regarded as a Singapore icon, the Merlion was designed in 1964 for the Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) and functioned as its corporate logo from 1966 to 1997. There are ...

The MICA Building, home to the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts (MICA), is a colonial landmark located at the junction of River Valley Road and Hill Street. It was officially opened in 1934 and proved to be the largest government building in ...

The Nanyang style refers to the use of a mix of styles and techniques from Chinese pictorial traditions and the School of Paris, which was practiced by a group of artists who featured prominently within the local cultural scene in the years after the end of the ...

The Quests were a popular Singapore band of the 1960s. Formed in 1961 by Jap Chong, Raymond Leong, Henry Chua and Lim Wee Guan, and later including guitarist Reggie Verghese and singer Vernon Cornelius, the band is considered the most successful local band of that ...

Singapore's first professional ballet company, the Singapore Dance Theatre (SDT) was established in 1988. Co-founded by its artistic director Goh Soo Khim and the late Anthony Then, it is a "public non-profit dance company that strives to provide quality performances ...

The Singapore Free Press, Singapore's second English language newspaper after the Singapore Chronicle, was published for the first time on 1 October 1835. Launched by William Napier with co-founders G.D.Coleman, Edward Boustead and Walter Scott Lorrain, the Singapore ...

The Singapore Institution Library grew out of Sir Stamford Raffles vision for an educated Singapore. Upon the founding of Singapore, one of Raffles' early initiatives was to set up an institution of learning and along with it, the means to collect and preserve ...

The Singapore Library grew out of the Singapore Institution Library and was established on 22 January 1845 as a library for the residents of Singapore. It occupied the north-east wing of the Singapore Institution and was the first public library here. Subscriptions ...

The Singapore Symphony Orchestra, the SSO, was formed in 1979 under the baton of Resident Conductor and Music Director Choo Hoey. Choo Hoey was brought back to Singapore from his position as conductor of the Athens State and the Hellenic Radio and Television orchestras ...

The Southeast Asia Collection or SEA Collection is possibly the National Library Board's most prized and unique collection. It includes the Ya Yin Kwan Collection, Rost Collection, Gibson-Hill Collection and a wide collection of early 19th century literature. Its ...

The Thunderbirds were a Singapore band that was popular in the 1960s. Formed in 1963 and anchored by guitarist Derrick Fitzgerald, the band was probably the longest lasting in Singapore and played for almost two decades at the Carriage Bar at York Hotel. The band ...

The Trailers were a Singapore band that was very popular in the 1960s. Formed in 1964 by Victor Woo and Eric Tan, the band was a regular feature at live music venues and events, and released a number of commercially successful records including original compositions. ...

Thian Hock Keng, at 158 Telok Ayer Street, is Singapore’s oldest Chinese temple and is recognised as the most important temple of the local Hokkien community. Designed and built by skilled craftsmen from China according to Chinese temple architectural traditions, ...

Times House, a building that once stood at the junction of Kim Seng Road and River Valley Road, was officially opened on 3 April 1958. Forty-six years later, on 1 April 2004, it got its first taste of the cruncher that targets to demolish the building in four months. ...

Tiong Bahru is a town in Singapore with architectural, cultural and historic significance. It was developed in the 1920s as Singapore’s first public housing estate, and remains the only existing public housing not built by the Housing & Development Board. In 2003, ...

The Toa Payoh Community Library, located at 6, Toa Payoh Central, Singapore 319191 was opened on 7 February 1974. It was the second full-time branch library built by the National Library to decentralise its library services. It also served as the base for the National ...

Tou Mu Kung, also called Hougang Dou Mu temple (后港斗母宫), is a Taoist temple situated at 779A Upper Serangoon Road. Completed in 1921, it is the oldest temple dedicated to the worship of Jiu Huang Ye (九皇爷) in Singapore and was gazetted as a national monument on 14 ...

Tropicana was Singapore’s first entertainment complex to feature a cabaret theatre, restaurants and nightclubs. Opened in 1968, it was best known for introducing topless revues to Singapore. Extremely popular in the early years of its existence, Tropicana closed ...

The Tuas Causeway, a 1.9 km-long bridge linking Tuas and Tanjung Kupang in Johor, was officially opened on 18 April 1998.

Upper Serangoon Branch Library (part-time) (29 December 1953 - June 1960) was the first branch of the Raffles Library. It provided library services to residents living in the Upper Serangoon Road area.

Utusan Melayu, a Jawi-script Malay daily, was first published on 29 May 1939 by the Utusan Melayu Press Limited. It was a landmark publication as it was the first to be wholly owned, financed, written and managed by the Malays. Yusof Ishak, who later became Singapore's ...

The Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall, along Empress Place, are two separate buildings built more than 40 years apart and joined by a Clock Tower. Also known as the Town Hall and the Victoria Memorial Hall, respectively, they have long been a meeting place for ...

Waterloo Street begins as an offshoot from Stamford Road and ends around Bencoolen Link. It crosses paths with Bras Basah Road and Middle Road and forms junctions at the places they meet. It was named Waterloo in commemoration of the 1815 Battle of Waterloo. Religious ...

Wayang, a Malay word meaning “a theatrical performance employing puppets or human dancers”, commonly refers to Chinese street opera in Singapore, though it is also used in reference to other forms of opera such as wayang kulit. In Mandarin, Chinese street opera ...

Wayang Kulit, is a type of puppet shadow play performed around the Indomalayan archipelago, tracing its origins to India. It is derived from a Javanese Hindu-Buddhist tradition, where hand-crafted leather puppets depict epic stories of the gods in shadow play. ...

Wee Beng Chong (b. 22 November 1938, Singapore -), a renowned artist and sculptor, was the first recipient of the Cultural Medallion in 1979. One of the most versatile artists in Singapore, Wee was also active in art education and the profession. He served as head ...

Wesley Methodist Church is located at 5, Fort Canning Road, in the Museum precinct of the Central Region in Singapore. Originally called the Methodist Episcopal Church, it was renamed Wesley Methodist Church in 1910. The main building was completed in 1908 and ...

Whampoa Branch Library (30 September 1981 - 30 July 1987) was the eighth part-time branch library of the National Library. It was housed in the converted void deck of Block 114, Whampoa Road, opposite the Whampoa Community Centre and was opened on 30 September ...

White House Park is a 194,138 sq ft estate sited on White House Park Road and Dalvey Road. It lies within a designated Good Class Bungalow (GCB) area, where bungalow development requirements stipulate a minimum plot size of 1,400 sq m and maximum two-storey height. ...

Whiteaway Laidlaw was a premier department store in the early 20th century. Whiteaway brought in products that appealed to the Europeans and wealthy locals. It started in D'Almeida Street before moving into its own building at Battery Road. Its premises was occupied ...

Wild Rice is a professional theatre company started in 2000 by noted actor, playwright and director Ivan Heng. The company stages shows in Singapore and abroad, with a stated commitment to provide a platform for local theatrical talents and to bring Singapore theatre ...

Woodbridge Hospital is the only state mental hospital in Singapore. It is presently housed in a very modern building complex off Hougang Street 51. The hospital moved into these premises in April 1993, a site very near to the old Woodbridge Hospital off Jalan Woodbridge ...

The Woodlands MRT line was constructed in the early 1990s, connecting Choa Chu Kang to Yishun. The S$1.3 billion MRT line was officially opened on 10 February 1996 by Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. Also known as Woodlands extension line, it is made up of six MRT ...

Woodlands MRT station was constructed as a part of the Woodlands MRT line built in the early 1990s connecting Choa Chu Kang to Yishun. Woodlands MRT station is home to the first underground bus interchange in Singapore, which is located directly under the Woodlands ...

The Woodlands Regional Library (WRL), located at 900 South Woodlands Drive, Woodlands Civic Centre, #01-03, Singapore 730900, was officially opened on 28 April 2001. It is the thirteenth branch library to be opened by the National Library Board (NLB) and the first ...

WOMAD or World of Music, Arts and Dance, is a yearly arts event in Singapore. It made its debut in Singapore at the 1998 Festival of Arts. It was the first WOMAD to be held in Southeast Asia.

Yew Tee MRT station, is located in north-west Singapore, between the Choa Chu Kang and the Kranji MRT Stations, on the North-South line. It was constructed in the 1990s to serve to the population of Choa Chu Kang North as a part of the Woodlands MRT Line. It is ...

Yio Chu Kang Branch Library (Part-time) (November 1956 - June 1960), was the fourth branch library (Part-time) of the Raffles Library. It was the first library to be opened in a community centre.

Yishun Community Library opened on 26 February 1998 and is located at Blk 290, Yishun Street 22, #03-401, Singapore 760290. It is the fourth rental library and the thirteenth community library to be opened by the National Library Board (NLB).

Yue Hai Ching Temple is one of the oldest Taoist temples in Singapore. It was started in 1826 by the Teochew community and is also known as Wak Hai Cheng Bio in Teochew. The present building at 30B Philip Street was built in the 1850s and gazetted as a national ...