Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Some Buildings to be remember

Next to Capitol Piazza stood Peninsula Plaza is an old school high rise building know for its shop services and restaurant catering to Burmese people who are here to earn a living 


Next, we have the newly developed Funan Sg from the old Funan, the name been translated from Hock Lam Street and opposite we have the Adelphi from the old Adelphi Hotel.


Tuesday, August 11, 2020

Heritage Building

Capitol Theatre is at the crossroad between North Bridge Road and Stamford with its 4 storey building known as Capitol building since 1930 now it is known as The Capitol Kempinski Hotel.
Next door to the Capitol Theatre is Capitol Piazza built from the former Capitol Shopping Centre, the 2 storey building had an open Plaza and an arcade with F&B outlets.


Monday, August 10, 2020

The Raffles Brand

As I walk  further towards Bras Basah Road I came across Purvis Street and Seah Street which was known as Hylam Ji Kuay and Hylam Sar Kuay with the famous family feud Chicken Rice Stall, here I found the Raffles Shopping Arcade back to back to the famous Raffles Hotel famous for the Singapore Sling and further cross the road our Raffles City built on our former site of our famous Raffles Institution 


Sunday, August 9, 2020

Happy 55th Birthday Singapore

We have come from this far since our independence day in 1965 when our nation was ejected from the 
Merger with Malaysia and at the stroke, at midnight we are celebrating our 55th Birthday without our founding father of this nation who has left us for a better place but we are still in safe hands with our 3rd and 4th generation leaders who will lead us into the near future for our future generation to come. THANK YOU,  MAJULAH SINGAPURA


Saturday, August 8, 2020

Walk on by

Our new National Library was built when the old Red Brick Library gave way for the construction of the vehicles tunnel toward Penang Road onward to our Orchard Shopping Belt, immediately next to it at Bain Street our famous Bras Basah Complex which I had already mentioned in my blog. Next comes an old building was known as Ho Bee Building where we can find a Mcdonald Outlet and next to it is the old Odeon Cinema site been built into Odeon Tower and follow by Carlton Hotel.


Friday, August 7, 2020

Visiting another Sultan

As I turn left from Jalan Sultan and now approaching Arab Street there another Sultan this time is the Sultan Mosque situated at Kampong Gelam and also passed the Golden Landmark now known as Village Hotel. The Arab Street area is full old shophouses especially at Haji Lane, you can find all sorts of goods been retail there cater to the younger crowds and as I cross into Fraser Street at one time was full of old shophouse and residences and Garden Street which had totally disappeared which now stand Parkview Tower and Duo Building (a joint venture between the Malaysian and Singapore Government)

Thursday, August 6, 2020

An date with the Sultan

Jalan Sultan had been referred to as (Tian Chia Wan) Trolley Bus Turn operated by the Singapore Traction Company (STC), there a couple of interesting building there Textile Centre, Sultan Plaza, Alsagoff Arab School, Sultan, Citygate, and at the end of it at Victoria Street is the Crawford HDB.