Tag: heritage

Jubilee Walk Exclusive Tour

The Jubilee Walk was launched in 2015 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Singapore’s independence. It features key milestones of our nation-building and is a collaborative effort between the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, National Heritage Board, National Parks Board and the Urban Redevelopment Authority. The full Jubilee Walk is an 8km self-guided walking… Continue reading Jubilee Walk Exclusive Tour

Disappearing Places: Sungei Road Thieves’ Market

Shortly after World War II, the area around Sungei Road grew to become a flea market. It eventually known as the Thieves’ Market due to the many stolen/contraband goods sold there. The saying goes that if your belongings got stolen, chances are that you can buy it back from there. In the 1930’s, there was… Continue reading Disappearing Places: Sungei Road Thieves’ Market

Photo Flashback: Tiong Bahru Market in 2004

Most Singaporeans will know, or even eaten at the Tiong Bahru Market and Food Centre. Built in the 1950s as the Seng Poh Market by the Singapore Improvement Trust (SIT), it was the first to be built in a housing area. It houses many local delights such as Jian Bo Shui Kueh and Tiong Bahru… Continue reading Photo Flashback: Tiong Bahru Market in 2004

Victoria Concert Hall and Theatre Open House

After closing for four years for a major refurbishment costing S$158 million, the grand dame of Singapore’s performing arts venue – the Victoria Concert Hall and Theatre is finally open once again. An open house was held over the weekend of 19-20 July 2014 to let the public to check out the newly refurbished concert… Continue reading Victoria Concert Hall and Theatre Open House

Chin Hin Eating House Bites the Dust

Nestled among four now-empty HDB blocks at 75, Commonwealth Drive is an old-school coffeeshop (known colloquially as kopitiam) called the Chin Bee Eating House. It’s one of the last few eating places that still retained that old, traditional look and feel. Everything from the stall placement to the interior layout, to the way the coffee/toast… Continue reading Chin Hin Eating House Bites the Dust

Remembering the Queenstown Cinema and Bowling Alley

In 2010, a group of friends and I went to Queenstown to take some photos of the place as I’ve heard that several buildings there were going to be demolished soon. Maybe I wasn’t that inspired by the photos that I’ve made on that day but I chucked the photos away on my hard disk… Continue reading Remembering the Queenstown Cinema and Bowling Alley

A Walk in Bukit Brown

I was never quite keen on visiting cemeteries. In fact, I remember as a kid, I would always dread going to the few cemeteries to pay respects to my departed elders. They were always overgrown with plants, ridden with mosquitoes, hot and the many graves and plants made it difficult to move around in. However,… Continue reading A Walk in Bukit Brown

An Evening With the Sin Hoe Ping Puppet Troupe

I’ve never seen a marionette/puppet performance in my life, so when a friend Belinda Tan posted in Facebook about the Sin Hoe Ping Puppet Troupe performing outside the Asian Civilisations Museum, I went for it. Held on 16 and 17th Feb from 6-9pm, the performance is part of the Regenerating Communities project, an initiative for… Continue reading An Evening With the Sin Hoe Ping Puppet Troupe

Capitol Theatre Revisited – Part 2

This is a continuation of our visit to explore the innards of the Capitol Theatre of Singapore. You can read the first part of the writeup here. On one of the visits we decided to venture backstage, which was accessible via a door from the outside of the building. Nothing much to see here, apart… Continue reading Capitol Theatre Revisited – Part 2