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The whole establishment of the post office in the 1830s consisted of one European clerk, one local writer and a peon. To cope with the increasing volume of mail, the Post Office, then known as the Singapore Post Office, later General Post Office, was moved in 1854 to its own building near the Town Hall by the side of the Singapore River.
The Singapore International Airport was built in Paya Lebar from 1952 to 1955, and opened on 20 August that year by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Alan Lennox-Boyd. [5] Singapore International Airport began to be gradually converted into a military air-force base from late 1967 onwards.
It was later renamed the Paya Lebar Fire Station. [2] In 1951, a prayer room was installed in the station, allowing on-duty Muslim firefighters to be able to perform prayers while at the station. [1] It ceased operations in 2002. [3] The fire station was replaced by the Paya Lebar Fire Station on Ubi Avenue. [1]
Malaysia-Singapore Airlines was dissolved in 1972, with the airline splitting into two; Malaysia Airlines and Singapore Airlines were formed – the latter keeping all the 707s; and Singapore Airlines remaining at Paya Lebar. Passenger numbers rose from 1.7 million to 4 million between 1970 and 1975.
A height restriction imposed on Singapore's central business district (CBD) limits buildings to a maximum height of 280 meters unless special permission to build higher is granted. It is in place due to the location of Paya Lebar Air Base. After the base's expected decommissioning in 2030, the restriction will be lifted. [9] [10] [11]
This is a list of places in Singapore based on the planning areas and their constituent subzones as designated by the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA). Based on the latest URA Master Plan in 2019, the country is divided into 5 regions , which are further subdivided into 55 planning areas , and finally subdivided into a total of 332 subzones.
UOB’s stock price rose 1.4% to 39.20 Singapore dollars ($29.17) after the bank reported a record net profit of 6 billion Singapore dollars ($4.47 billion) for the year ended Dec. 31, 2024, up 6% ...
Bartley Road is a major road in Singapore extending from Upper Serangoon Road to Tampines Avenue 10. The road has a distance span of 5.8km. En route, it passes through the areas of Serangoon, Bartley, Paya Lebar, Defu, Kaki Bukit, and Bedok Reservoir. A bus stop along Bartley Road near Bartley MRT station.