Rediscover Singapore - Colonial Landmark

The Old Hill Street Police Station is a six-storey building and was built in a neoclassical style that characterised many public buildings in England during 1930. The facade is symmetrically designed with balconies, arcades, columns and rough surface masonry blocks. The building is structured into long thin blocks that surround two internal courtyards, outward, the view from each room faces the street and inward the courtyard. Altogether there are about 927 windows painted in rainbow colours. it was officially opened in 1934 and was the largest government building at that time and in 1998 the building was gazetted as a national monument. 

Rediscover Singapore - Sri Murugan Hill Temple

It was at Lam San Village where a plumber spotted a divine structure that resembles a shrine of Sri Muneeswaran and in 1962 with the support of the villagers, many of them are RAF employees who conduct their first puja to mark the founding of the shrine. A year later while clearing the site a fire was started accidentally and spread to the neighbouring huts, a report was made by the landowners and all activities was halted and no prayers were conducted and the place fell into neglect. In 1973 the temple was granted a temporary licence and a month later the temple was registered as Murugan Hill Temple at Sungei Tengah Road, among Hindus it was called Murugan Thirukkundram. The temple had a unique structure, quite unlike any temple in Singapore. There is a basement doubling as a wedding hall  the temple was closed when I visited the place due to renovation, 

Rediscover Singapore - Former Ford Factory

The Old Ford Motor Factory is located along Upper Bukit Timah Road, it is the place where the British Forces surrender to the Japanese on the 15th February 1942 after the battle of Singapore and had since been gazetted as a National Monument in 2006 and converted as an exhibition and archives named  Memories of Old Fort Factory. The gallery was originally known as the Syonan Gallery: War and Its Legacies which was dropped due to the public outcry for the use of the word Syonan. The World War II exhibition was reopened under the new name Surviving the Japanese Occupation on 15th February 2017. 

Rediscover Singapore - Sri Krishnan Temple

Sri Krishnan Temple was built 130 years ago, is one of the oldest temples in Singapore. Hanuman Beem Singh set up a shrine for Lord Krishna under a Banyan Tree in "Waterloo Street in 1870. It was to cater to the needs of the large Hindu Community from North and South India living and working in the neighbourhood bounded by Bras Basah Rd, Victoria St and Albert St. As the congregation grew so did the temple. Today Sri Krishnan Temple continues on the original site it's simple yet resplendent in Hindu Ornaments and detail. The largest ceremony is the celebration of the birthday of Lord Krishna, in recent years the temple also became a key point in promoting religious harmony in Singapore with other ethnic and religious groups for example the devotees of nearby Kwan Im Thong Hood Cho Temple regularly participate in its ceremonies.

Rediscover Singapore - Lower Peirce Reservoir

Yesterday was my maiden visit to the second reservoir constructed after water demand outgrew its capacity of MacRitchie Reservoir. It was known as Kalang River Reservoir which was opened in 1912 as it was built across the Kalang River (now Kallang River) and in 1922 it was again renamed to Peirce Reservoir after Robert Peirce and later became Lower Peirce Reservoir following the completion of Upper Peirce Reservoir which was located upstream which was commissioned in 1975 by the PUB our national water agency. Today Lower Peirce Reservoir is a popular recreational spot because it is served by the Central Catchment Nature Reserve which also boasts a rich and large varieties of flora and fauna.

Rediscover Singapore - Sakura featuring Hello Kitty

Every year at this time of the year, Garden by the Bay present the Sakura Season or Cherry Blossom display, this year featuring the popular character of  Hello Kitty for the first time in the dome. Walking through the torii gates and enter into the Japanese landscape beauty, Cherry Blossom. The display will be on from 1st March 2021 and lasted to somewhere in April.