Fook Tet Soo temple is a Khek temple located around the former Palmer Road bus terminal and was built in the late 1800s when the Hakkas community who arrived erected a shrine to the deity Tua Pek Gong and it is considered the oldest temple in Singapore since the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819. As it is facing the sea at that time it was also known as Wang Hai Tua Pek Gong Miao, the said temple characteristic closely resemble Teochew architectural from South China, Today the temple still attract devotees especially the birthday of the deities Tua Pek Gong and Tai Shang Lao Chun their birthday which falls on the 16th day of the second month and the 1st day of the seven months although the entrance is been barricade to facilitate the construction of the MRT station and with the completion of the new bus interchange.
