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It is now owned by Wharf Estates Singapore, formerly "Wheelock Properties (Singapore)", [2] a division of Hong Kong's Wheelock and Co. The mall has an underpass to Shaw House and ION Orchard. [3] It was the site of Borders' flagship Singapore store until its closure in 2011. [4] Following which, Marks & Spencer became Wheelock Place's main ...
Orchard Road, Penang Road, Clemenceau Avenue, Oxley Flyover, River Valley Road, Singapore River, Merchant Road, Havelock Road, Chin Swee Road Fort Canning Tunnel: Fort Canning Link Canning Rise, Fort Canning Road Kampong Java Tunnel: Central Expressway (CTE) Bukit Timah Road, Cavenagh Road KPE Tunnel Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE)
After Singapore's independence in 1965, the government adopted new road-naming policies as part of its nation-building effort. [11] A Street Naming Advisory Committee was appointed in February 1967 by the Minister of Finance, [12] and priority was given to local names and Malay names, while names of prominent figures and British places and people were discouraged. [11]
Whitley Road: Mount Pleasant Flyover - Thomson Flyover - Jalan Toa Payoh - Jalan Kolam Ayer - Paya Lebar Way 14 December 1970: Toa Payoh Flyover, Singapore's first flyover is opened to motorists. Length: 1.2 kilometres 23 January 1971: Construction of the East Coast Parkway (ECP) begins with the land reclamation of East Coast. 12 December 1974
However, with the opening of the MCE on 29 December 2013, a section of expressway after the Benjamin Sheares Bridge was truncated and another section at the Marina South area realigned and converted into an arterial road. The expressway, together with the MCE and the AYE could be interpreted as the southern east-west road in Singapore.
111 Somerset is a high-rise commercial building and shopping mall in Orchard, Singapore. The building was first known as Public Utilities Board Building (PUB Building) until 1995, and was later known as Singapore Power Building until 2008 when acquired by YTL Corporation Pacific Star.
Bukit Timah Road (Chinese: 武吉知马路; Malay: Jalan Bukit Timah; Tamil: புக்கித் திமா சாலை) is a major road in Singapore extending from the city centre to Woodlands Road on the way to Johor Bahru in Malaysia. The road's 25-km (15.5 miles) length makes it one of the longest roads in Singapore, and the road ...
The Concourse is located in Singapore's "Golden Mile", which refers to the strip of land between Nicoll Highway and Beach Road. It was planned by the Singapore Government as a high-rise spine fronting Kallang Basin. The area used to be occupied by squatters and small marine industries. [1]