At midnight on 1 May 1955, some 1,300 port workers belonging to the Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association (SHBSA) went on strike for better wages and working conditions. The strikers included clerks, technicians, storekeepers and firemen. The strike lasted ...
American International Assurance (AIA) of Singapore was initially known as International Assurance Co. Ltd (INTASCO). Originally founded as the American Asiatic Underwriters in Shanghai in 1919, it was renamed INTASCO in 1931. INTASCO first began its operations ...
The Anglican Diocese of Singapore was established in 1909 to serve the needs of a growing Anglican community. It has been a pioneering force in the fields of education, medical work and community service. The Cathedral church of the Diocese, St Andrew’s Cathedral, ...
The Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) is a community self-help group that was established on 10 October 1991. Its vision is to be a model Muslim minority community with the aim of helping the Muslim community in Singapore. AMP is an affiliate of the National ...
Behn, Meyer & Co. was established in Singapore on 1 November 1840 as a partnership between two Germans, Theodor August Behn and Valentin Lorenz Meyer. In its initial years, the firm dealt with the trading of tropical produce such as coconut oil, copra, pepper, ...
Bengawan Solo is one of Singapore’s most successful bakery chains, having built its reputation on the quality of its popular nonya-style cakes and pastries. Founded by Anastasia Tjendri-Liew in 1979, the company has grown from a single shop to a chain of over 40 ...
Charles & Keith is a popular Singapore brand known for women’s footwear and accessories. Established in 1996 by brothers Charles and Keith Wong, it started out as a simple shoe store at Amara Hotel. Today, Charles & Keith is an international chain with over 170 ...
The Chinese Christian Association (CCA) was established in October 1889 and existed for more than half a century. The CCA organised religious activities like Bible classes alongside secular activities such as debates, lectures and drama and reading clubs. Through ...
Citibank is one of the major and earliest financial institutions in Singapore that is still in operation today. Industrialist Marcellus Hartley and corporate lawyer Thomas Hubbard founded its predecessor, the City Bank of New York in United States in 1901.
City Developments Limited (CDL) is a property development and hotel group. The group has more than 300 subsidiary and associated companies, including companies publicly listed in Singapore, London, New Zealand, Hong Kong and the Philippines. In Singapore, CDL is ...
Club 21 is a company founded by local businessman, Ong Beng Seng. It developed from a men's tailoring outlet to be a high-fashion empire today. Club 21 is currently owned by Christina Ong, the wife of founder Ong Beng Seng. She is responsible for introducing and ...
Congress of Southeast Asian Librarians (CONSAL) was founded in Singapore in 1970. It was formed to provide a venue for librarians of Southeast Asian Nations to have dialogues and promote co-operation in related fields of librarianship.
Creative Technology is a publicly listed, Singapore-based company best known for its digital entertainment products. It has set worldwide standards with its various digital audio technologies for personal computers. Its associated product line includes personal ...
Crystal Jade is one of the most prominent restaurant chains in Asia, with over 80 outlets across nine countries. It made its initial foray into the restaurant business as a fine-dining Cantonese restaurant in Singapore, and has since expanded its repertoire to ...
CYC is a clothing firm best known for its custom-made shirts and corporate workwear. Founded as CYC Shanghai Shirt Company in 1935, it was a leader in Singapore’s shirt industry and attracted customers from Malaysia and Indonesia during its heyday. Now known as ...
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 ...
The early Straits Chinese associations and clubs were not only meeting places for the peranakan community but served as an educational platform and political voice of the local community.
Located at 43 Bukit Pasoh Road, Ee Hoe Hean Club is one of the oldest millionaires' clubs in Singapore. Founded in 1895, it was a social and business club where like-minded Chinese businessmen networked and exchanged ideas. It became the headquarters of the anti-Japanese ...
Eng Wah Organisation Limited is one of the major film distributors and cinema operators in Singapore. It was founded in 1945 by Goh Eng Wah, a native from Muar in Johor. The company grew to become a major distributor of Chinese movies in Singapore.
The Equator Art Society was created in 1956 as an artist's group that promoted the social realist art style in Singapore. It was also a nationalist and anti-colonialist society, most active during the 1960s when the country was going through several political changes. ...
Far East Organization (FEO) is a property development group founded by Ng Teng Fong in 1960. It is the largest privately held property developer in Singapore, with developments spanning the residential, commercial, retail, hospitality, industrial and healthcare ...
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company (SS) Limited was incorporated as a private limited company in Singapore on 1 October 1919. The parent company of Firestone Singapore Private Ltd., Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, was founded in 1900 as a worldwide corporation ...
FJ Benjamin is an international fashion retailer company that is based in Singapore, with offices in 8 different cities worldwide, including Australia, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Malaysia, and Thailand. In Singapore, it is the importer and distributor of top ...
The Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB) was formed on 1 January 1964 to enhance Singapore’s attractiveness to visitors (The Straits Times, 21 May 1964, p. 4). Its main functions were to coordinate the activities of all tourist enterprises,
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 ...
Fraser & Neave (F&N) is a group with businesses in food and beverage, brewing, property development and publishing. Formed in 1883, F&N is one of Singapore’s oldest companies and a well-known brand. Its traditional business was the production and distribution of ...
Founded by Frank Seiberling in 1898, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was inspired by the inventor of patented rubber, Charles Goodyear. Goodyear had discovered the process of vulcanization by accident, but was never interested to earn a profit from his invention. ...
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 ...
Guthrie & Company was established in 1821 by Alexander Guthrie as a trading branch of Thomas Talbot Harrington and Company. It rose to become one of the leading agency houses in Singapore during the 19th and 20th century. First located in a rented godown at Hill ...
Hagemeyer Trading is an international company that specializes in the export and import industry. It was founded in 1904 by brothers Anton and Johan Hagemeyer in Surabaya, Java, for the purpose of importing products into the then Netherlands East Indies, today ...
The Inter-Religious Organisation (IRO) had its beginnings as the Inter-Religious Organisation of Singapore and Johor Bahru which was officially launched on 18 March 1949. It was renamed the Inter-Religious Organisation of Singapore in 1961.
The Khong Guan Biscuit Company is a Singaporean biscuit manufacturer that has grown into a multinational group of companies with diversified interests including property, food product distribution and commodities trading. Founded in 1947 by Chew Choo Keng, Khong ...
Lee Choo Neo (Dr) (b. 7 September 1895, Singapore - d. 7 September 1947, Singapore) was the first woman medical doctor in Singapore. She overcame a level of cultural hostility to attain this distinction, and her concern for the status of other women led her to ...
Leung Kai Fook Medical Company (Pte) Ltd is the maker of Axe brand universal oil (also known as Axe brand medicated oil), a popular brand of medicated oil which is instantly recognised by many people around the world by its logo, which features an arm holding an ...
The Majlis Ugama Islam Singapore (MUIS) or Singapore Islamic Religious Council was established as a statutory board in 1968 in response to a growing need to centralise the administration of religious practices such as the paying of tithe (zakat) and the yearly ...
McAlister & Co. was founded in 1857 by two Scots, Alexander McAlister and James Parker Niven. At that time, the East India Company was losing its grip over trade in the region, and McAlister and Niven saw the chance to set up a trading partnership in Singapore. ...
Methodism was established in Singapore when the first Methodist Church was formed with the arrival of Bishop Dr. James Mills Thoburn (b. 1836, USA - d. 1922), and Reverend William Fitzjames Oldham (b. 15 December 1845, Bangalore, India - d. 27 March 1937, Los Angeles, ...
The Metropolitan Young Men’s Christian Association (MYMCA) is located at 60 Stevens Road. Founded on the same Christian principles as the parent YMCA in Britain, the organisation was established in 1946 by Dr Chen Su Lan to cater to the Chinese population. Originally ...
MPH has been a household name in Singapore for so long that many people have forgotten what the initials stand for, and the history behind its name. Before MPH, it had been known as the Malaysia Publishing House, the Malaya Publishing House and prior to that, the ...
The National Heritage Board (NHB) is a statutory board formed on 1 August 1993 under the Ministry of Information and the Arts (MITA) to preserve the heritage of the people of Singapore. It aims to promote public awareness of the arts, culture and heritage and nationhood ...
The National Youth Council (NYC), was established on 1 November 1989 by the Singapore government as the national co-ordinating body for youth affairs in Singapore. It supports the development of youth and youth organisations through awards, grants, national and ...
Neptune Orient Lines (NOL) is a global transportation company that was established in 1968 as Singapore’s national shipping line. Today, the NOL Group’s core businesses are container transportation, terminal operation and supply chain management. NOL is listed ...
Ngee Ann Kongsi (义安公司) is a charitable welfare organisation set up by the local Teochew community. Established in 1830 to look after the needs of Teochew migrants, the Kongsi is one of the largest non-profit foundations in Singapore. Its income, derived from its ...
Old Chang Kee is a food retail chain best known for its Hainanese-style curry puffs, which were first sold in 1956. The business was bought over and revamped in 1986, and has since expanded to a chain of over 70 outlets in Singapore located in shopping malls, petrol ...
The Overseas Chinese Association was formed in March 1942 during the Japanese occupation of Singapore. The association was formed at the direction of the Japanese military authorities to mediate between the authorities and the local Chinese community. However, ...
Overseas Union Bank (OUB), now defunct, was founded in 1947 by Lien Ying Chow. It began operations in February 1949 and by the 1980s had grown into one of Singapore’s “Big Four” local banks. In 2001, OUB was acquired by United Overseas Bank (UOB) in a S$10 billion ...
The Parsi Association in Singapore was established and registered on 29 May 1954 with Mr. P.M. Framroz as its first President. Membership of the Association is open to all Parsi-Zoroastrians resident in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand and Brunei. The ...
Polar Puffs & Cakes is a food manufacturer and operator of a chain of cafés best known for their curry puffs. The business was founded in the 1920s by Chan Hinky, an immigrant from Hong Kong. The company's first outlet began operations on High Street in November ...
Prudential was founded as The Prudential Investment, Loan and Assurance Association on 30 May 1848 in the premises of Messrs. Hanslip & Manning, solicitors, at 10 Hatton Garden, London. After establishing a strong position in the United Kingdom in 1921, Prudential ...
The Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research serves as a public museum and a research centre. Located at the National University of Singapore’s Department of Biological Sciences, it houses a significant zoological collection, and conducts research and public education ...
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 ...
Rediffusion was Singapore's first cable-transmitted, commercial radio station. It started broadcasting in Singapore in 1949. In the 1960s and 1970s, the station's Chinese dialect programmes enjoyed a strong following, and many coffee shops and households were fitted ...
Royal Sporting House, or better known as RSH Limited, is one of Asia’s biggest pioneering firms in the field of sporting goods. The company is founded in 1977 by J.S. and Sanji Gill as part of a sourcing firm for the family’s existing retail business, and was established ...
Sakae Sushi is a restaurant chain from Singapore that specialises in affordable Japanese food served to diners via a kaiten (conveyor belt). Since the opening of its first outlet in 1997, the chain has expanded to over 60 locations across Singapore, Malaysia, the ...
The Sandes Soldiers Home in Singapore used to occupy the site where the Temasek Club presently stands. It was set up by the Christian churches in November 1949 in the tradition of Elise Sandes’ homes for British soldiers in the pre-war years. After nearly thirty ...
The Sentosa Development Corporation (SDC) was established on 1 September 1972 as a statutory board under the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI). The mission of the SDC was to oversee the development, management and promotion of Sentosa island.
The Serangoon Gardens Country Club (SGCC) was established in 1955 as a sports club for residents of the estate. Many of its original members were British servicemen and their families who left Singapore in the 1970s, and the club was redeveloped into a country ...
Shaw Organisation is best known as a major player in the Asian film industry from the 1930s to 1980s, being involved in the production, distribution and exhibition of movies. With studios in Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, Shaw was a pioneer and revolutionary ...
Sheng Siong is a Singapore supermarket chain that started out in 1985 as a family-owned provision store. In 2008, it achieved more than S$600 million in sales and was ranked the third-largest retailer in Singapore by sales volume in a survey.
SilkAir is an airline that currently operates short and medium haul routes across 11 countries to 33 destinations in Asia. A wholly owned subsidiary of Singapore Airlines (SIA), it serves as SIA’s regional wing.
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is Singapore’s flag carrier and is rated one of the most successful airlines in the world. To date, SIA has never posted an annual loss and is a consistent industry leader in service excellence, innovative offerings, efficiency and branding. ...
The Singapore Anti-Tuberculosis Association (SATA) was registered as a limited company (under Cap. 50) on 23 August 1947. Its purposes are the detection, treatment and eradication of tuberculosis (TB), the number one killer disease in Singapore, as well as the ...
The Singapore Association of Trade Unions (SATU) was one of the two rival groups that emerged from the split of the Singapore Trades Union Congress following the breakaway of the leftists in the People’s Action Party to form their own political party. Being communist-controlled, ...
The Singapore Badminton Association (SBA) was established in 1929 and is the official body for local matters relating to the sport. The Association was instrumental in developing key players for the Thomas Cup, the premier international badminton tournament. Under ...
The most exclusive European club in Singapore, the Singapore Club was established in 1862 and admitted only high society's who's who, predominantly the European tycoons and top British civil servants. It was also an all-male club. It had its most lavish premises ...
The Singapore Cord Blood Bank (SCBB) was opened on 28 September 2005. This $1 million accredited cord blood facility is Southeast Asia’s first public cord blood bank. Located at the Kandang Kerbau Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH), the bank is Singapore’s centralised ...
The Singapore Council of Social Services (SCSS) became a statutory body on 16 December 1968 (Government Gazette. Subsidiary Legislation Supplement, 13 December 1968, S 343/1968, p. 636). SCSS is an umbrella body for individuals involved in social
The Singapore Futsing Association was set up in 1910 with 1200 members. Their members comprised mainly of Chinese Singaporeans from the Hockchia dialect group. There are approximately 30,000 Chinese Singaporeans who are Hockchia.
The Singapore Glass Manufacturers Co. Ltd. was the sole manufacturer of glass containers in Singapore. Its factory, popularly known as the The Singapore Glass Factory stood on Henderson Road, and was a famous landmark in Bukit Merah for many years, from the late ...
The Singapore Golf Club opened in 1891 at the Singapore Sporting Club. After World War I, it moved to new premises, leaving behind certain members who joined forces with locals to form a club of their own. In 1963, the two clubs merged to become the Singapore Island ...
The Singapore Harbour Board Staff Association (SHBSA), currently known as Singapore Port Workers' Union, was Singapore's first union to be officially registered under the Trade Unions Ordinance in October 1946. With the Port of Singapore as the cornerstone of the ...
The Singapore Indian Association was formed in 1923 with its main premises at Short Street. The Association was very active in sports. Cricket and hockey were its fortes in the late 1950s, with many of its members representing Singapore in regional and international ...
The Singapore Indian Development Association (SINDA) is a self-help group of the Singapore Indian community, which aims to support education, families in need and foster collaboration with related organisations. Its mission is to “build a well-educated, resilient ...
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 International Foundation (SIF) is a non-profit, non-government organisation established on 1 August 1991 to help Singapore's globalisation efforts. Incorporated as a public company limited by guarantee, it is overseen by a Board of Governors.
The Singapore Island Country Club (SICC) was formed in 1963 after the merger of the Royal Singapore Golf Club and the Royal Island Club. It has since then been one of the most prestigious country clubs in Singapore. It is mainly known for its fine golf courses ...
The Singapore Poh Leung Kuk or "office to protect virtue" was established by the Chinese Protectorate in 1888. Officially known as the Society for the Protection of Women and Children, it began as a haven for suspected victims of forced prostitution and prostitutes ...
The Singapore Polo Club was formed in 1899, following earlier unsuccessful attempts to start such a club in Singapore. Play began at the Singapore Sporting Club but moved to Balestier in 1914 when the Polo Club set up its own premises there. It moved to its current ...
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, ...
Singapore Technologies (ST) is a group of companies with interests in engineering, technology, infrastructure and lifestyle, property and financial services. Established as Chartered Industries of Singapore (CIS) in 1967, the company’s core interests initially ...
Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) is a group with businesses in telecommunications, data and internet services, info-communications technology and pay TV. The largest public-listed company in Singapore by market capitalisation, SingTel derives over 70% of ...
When the Emergency was proclaimed in 1948, the communist Singapore Federation of Trade Unions (SFTU) went underground. The Singapore Trades Union Congress (STUC), with the blessings of the colonial government, was formed in 1951 as a federation of trade unions ...
The Singapore Turf Club (STC), renowned for its horse-racing, is the oldest existing club in Singapore. It was founded by Scottish merchant William Henry Macleod Read and began as the Singapore Sporting Club on 4 October 1842.
The Singapore Volunteer Corps began as the Singapore Volunteer Rifle Corps in 1854, with the support of the Governor, Colonel J. Butterworth. The outbreak of riots between Chinese secret societies in 1854 led to the formation of a volunteer force to booster the ...
Spell#7 is a local English performance company founded in 1997 by husband-and-wife team, Briton Paul Rae and Singaporean Kaylene Tan, who met as drama students at Bristol University in the United Kingdom. Rae and Tan have developed a unique and creative theatrical ...
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 ...
The Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society was founded in November 1877 to research and document information relating to the Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. It was formed by a group of colonial administrators in Singapore, and started with 150 members. Its ...
The Straits Chinese British Association (SCBA) was one of the many early Straits Chinese clubs. It was founded on 17 August 1900 by Tan Jiak Kim, Seah Liang Seah, Lim Boon Keng (Dr) and Sir Song Ong Siang, serving as a voice for Straits-born Chinese. It was the ...
Founded in January 1885, the Straits Chinese Recreation Club (later renamed as the Singapore Chinese Recreation Club) was the first club to offer English games like cricket, lawn tennis and athletic sports to the Chinese community. Its founding members were Koh ...
The Straits Medical Association was established in 1890 by a group of medical officers who saw a need to form a professional body for medical practitioners in Singapore to discuss and research local diseases and other medical subjects. The pioneering batch of office-bearers ...
The Straits Philosophical Society was founded on 5 March 1893 to engage in critical discussions on philosophy, theology, history, literature, science, and art. The society played a developmental role in the intellectual and cultural life of colonial Singapore. ...
The Straits Settlements Association was founded by a group of ex-Straits Settlements residents in London on 31 January 1868. The association, comprising largely of members from the mercantile community, aimed to safeguard the commercial and political interests ...
Sze Hai Tong Bank and Insurance Company Limited, one of Singapore's earliest local banks, was established on 21 November 1906 by a group of Teochew businessmen including Ng Song Teng (Chairman), Tan Teck Joon (General Manager), Na Kim Seng, Yeo Lee Chiang and Liaw ...
The Tan Kah Kee Foundation was originally known as the Tan Kah Kee scholarship. It was established by the Singapore Chinese Chamber of Commerce in 1961 in honour of Tan Kah Kee, a prominent Chinese businessman, pioneer and a philanthropist who contributed extensively ...
Tanglin Club, one of Singapore's most prestigious and prominent social clubs, was founded in 1865 to cater to the social and recreational needs of the British. That year, an interim committee was formed, and it comprised Thomas Dunman (President), Herbert Buchanan ...
Tangs, founded in 1932 by Tang Choon Keng, is one of Singapore’s oldest surviving departmental stores. It is also one of the earliest retail occupants in Orchard Road, Singapore’s premier shopping district. Its flagship store with its distinctive green-tiled Chinese ...
Tee Yih Jia is a privately owned food manufacturing company and reportedly the world’s largest producer of spring roll skins. Tee Yih Jia Food Manufacturing, which means “Number One Company” in Mandarin, also produces a diverse range of frozen food products and ...
The German Liedertafel Club was founded by German traders on 28 June 1856. It started off with 21 members in a small building in North Bridge Road, near the present Raffles Hotel. Its membership was opened to Germans or German-speaking people. At that time, there ...
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 American Club is a community and social club under the auspices of the American Association of Singapore. Established in September 1948, the club provides recreational and community services. There are some 60 nationalities on the club’s membership list.
The Borneo Company Limited was formed in 1856 to exploit the business opportunities in Borneo (Sarawak). It was also active in other parts of Asia. The company was unique among the early British trading houses for being associated with large-scale motor vehicle ...
The Celestial Reasoning Association (1882 - 1885) is considered the first debating society formed by the Straits Chinese, and the earliest literary society for the educated Chinese. Its first meeting was held on 27 May 1882. The society sought to help educated ...
In the 1950s strikes and other forms of labour unrest were common. 1955 was a particularly bad year with 57 cases of labour unrest involving bus workers including the infamous Hock Lee Bus Strike. Another bus strike – the Great Singapore Traction Co. Strike – ...
Established by Christian missionaries in 1823, the Mission Press is the first printing press in Singapore. Christian literature were translated into various languages and printed for distribution. The press also printed textbooks and children's books. It also accepted ...
Claiming its origins to the Singapore Natural History Society that was formed in 1921, the Nature Society (Singapore) is the leading non-government organisation (NGO) concerned with nature conservation in Singapore. It supported the preservation of the zoological ...
The Popular Group comprises companies with core interests in book distribution and retail, publishing and electronic learning, and is best known for its chain of Popular retail bookstores. It has subsidiaries and companies across the world, and has also ventured ...
The Presidential Council for Minority Rights was established in 1970 as the Presidential Council. However, it was renamed in 1973 as the Presidential Council for Minority Rights to better reflect its role. Its main function is to scrutinise Bills passed by the ...
The Republic of Singapore Yacht Club is a maritime recreational society and club for yachting enthusiasts. It was established in 1826 and is the oldest recreational or social club of any theme in Singapore. It is also the first yacht club in Asia. It was known ...
The first Straits Times strike arose from a dispute over the terms of reinstatement of a dismissed worker. The strike was considered illegal as no prior notice was given as required by law, and the Straits Times management dismissed the workers who took part in ...
The Substation is the first independent art centre established in Singapore. Located on Armenian Street, it is regarded as a key site in Singapore for the production and staging of young, experimental and contemporary works in dance, literature, music, theatre ...
TheatreWorks is Singapore’s flagship English language theatre company formed in 1985 by theatre practitioners Lim Siauw Chong, Lim Kay Tong and Justin Hill. The company aims to develop and nurture local artists, promote and support Singaporean writing and literature, ...
Trek 2000 International Limited is the Singaporean company that created the ThumbDrive, a thumb-sized universal serial bus (USB) data storage device that revolutionised the way digital data on personal computers is stored and transferred. The publicly-listed company ...
Tuck Lee Ice is an ice manufacturer and provider of related services such as ice sculpturing. Founded in 1957, the company has also diversified into beverage distribution and transport services for temperature-sensitive items.
Wearne Brothers was founded as C.F.F. Wearne & Company on 1 April 1906 at the rear of James Craig's house in Singapore. Craig was the brother-in-law of Theo and Charlie Wearne, the two brothers who started the firm which specialised in automobile engineering and ...
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 ...
Yeo Hiap Seng Limited (YHS) is a manufacturer and distributor of food and beverages. Listed on the Singapore Exchange since 1969, it has grown from a family-owned and controlled business to one with an international reach, with products distributed in more than ...
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Singapore is located at 1 Orchard Road. Founded on the same Christian principles as the parent YMCA in Britain, the organisation was established in Singapore in 1903. In its early years, the organisation was instrumental ...
The Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) has its headquarters at 254 Outram Road. Founded on the same Christian principles as the parent YWCA in Britain, the YWCA was established in Singapore in 1875 by British missionary Sophia Cooke. The organisation caters ...