Rediscover Singapore - Malay Heritage Centre

The Malay Heritage Centre (Taman Warisan Melayu) located at Sultan Gate, the building was once the Istana Kampong Glam since the 1950s and the palace and compound were refurbished into the Malay Heritage Centre.  The centre organises Malay cultural programme and workshop together with other fundraising activities and additional funding by the Government and National Heritage Board is expected to give the centre a boost to become a museum of international standard and create opportunities for it to work with other top regional museum in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Rediscover Singapore - Oldest Teochew Temple

Built-in the  1850s the Yueh Hai Ching Temple is the oldest Teochew Temple, it begins with a makeshift shrine in 1820s by the seafarers and merchant to express their gratitude toward Mazu, the Goddess of the Sea for their safe travel. In 1899 the temple was bestowed with the wordings Peaceful clouds over the ocean at dawn by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. In 1996 the temple was gazetted as a national monument and undergo restorations in 2011 using authentic materials and traditional constructions technique from master craftsmen from China and the temple is famous for its ornate roof details and its reliefs. In 2014 the temple received the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Cultural Heritage Conversation Award-Merit for its commendable restoration efforts.

Rediscover Singapore - Peranakan Museum

The Peranakan Museum is the place to look into the Peranakan Culture in Singapore, and other Straits Settlement in  Malacca and Penang and is located in the former Tao Nan School building and is also a sister museum to Asian Civilisation  Museum. There are about 10 galleries in the museum from the introduction to their culture and various Peranakan communities around South East Asia where you can also learn the traditional 12 days of the Peranakan Wedding Ceremony beside that there are arts and crafts such as beadworks to the nonya kebaya to religion and faith and how they feel about their heritage and the future of their culture.

Rediscover Singapore - S. E A. Aquarium

The last aquarium we had was Van Kleef Aquarium is an oceanarium located in Fort Canning Park and was open to the public in 1955 and closed in 1991 and finally demolished in 1998. Then in 2012, a new Marine Life Park run by Resort World Sentosa opens in the island of Sentosa consist of SEA Aquarium and Adventure Cove Waterpark. The SEA Aquarium is the world's largest by total water volume by was later defeated to the record by the Chimelong Ocean Kingdom from China. The aquarium had a collection of 100,000 marine animals of over 1,000 species, across 50 different habitats.

Rediscover Singapore - Lorong 3 Geylang

Yesterday with a tinge of sadness, armed with the Nikkor 24-200mm on loan from Nikon Experience Hub I set out to record the last remaining 191 units of two-storey terrace house which was sold in 1960 with a lease of 60 years and is due to expires in 31st December 2020. The terrace houses were built to accommodate the residence of Kampong Kuchai which was destroyed in a fire in 1950. Most of the current owner had moved out and are letting out their premises to house foreign workers and other occupants who used them for religious activities the plot of land is slated for redevelopment with new public housing options in the Kallang as outlined in the master plan 2014.

Rediscover Singapore - Reflection at Bukit Chandu

Reflection of Bukit Chandu is a restored Black & White colonial bungalow closed to the battle site of the battle that took place at Opium Hill or Bukit Chandu as known to the Malays this is where the Malay Regiment led by Lt. Adnan Bin Saidi a man known for immerse leadership qualities and bravery, and is where they fought the Japanese who invaded Singapore on the 14th of  February 1942. The battle of Pasir Panjang was fought where 1,400 brave soldiers heroically defended the last stand against the 13,000 strong of the Japanese Army.  Today the centre is a place for visitors and tourists alike to reflect upon Singapore heritage and heroism with the presentation through artefacts, exhibits and multimedia to contemplate about our nation's war experience and to discover how far Singapore has come as a nation.   

Rediscover Singapore - Lorong Halus Wetland

Lorong Halus was once a night soil treatment facility referring to the bucket system used during the early years being processed here before the modern sanitation system, it was also the last disposal station for our garbage which was closed in 1987. During 1970 - 1999 the area was used a garbage landfill which covered an area of about 100 football field. Today the Lorong Halus Wetland was just a fraction of the original size roughly about 18 football field which in turn serve as a bio water treatment system and it serves as our 17th reservoir by damning up the Serangoon River now it attracts locals and foreigner alike to the wetland a long deep orange bridge takes visitors over the Serangoon River toward Coney Island, Punggol and Pasir Ris.