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District Judge Thian Yee Sze also held that Virtual Map should stop "dealing in maps which are reproductions of SLA's street directory vector data and address point vector data", and further ordered an inquiry into the damages due to SLA. Lawyers from Drew & Napier represented SLA, while Virtual Map was defended by counsel from Rodyk & Davidson ...
The PUB Building, located near Singapore's main shopping belt of Orchard Road, was built to accommodate several departments of the Public Utilities Board which had outgrown its office space in City Hall. [2] The building was the result of an architectural design competition. In July 1971, a contest to design PUB's corporate headquarters was ...
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]
Singaporean food critic Wong Ah Yoke visited Bread Street Kitchen twice and "left the table with mixed feelings" on both occasions. In a review for The Straits Times, he remarked that "there are better celebrity-chef restaurants at Marina Bay Sands to dine at" and awarded the food – which he described as "pedestrian fare" – a score of 2.5 out of 5. [3]
The Singapore River was seen as a valley between Fort Canning Hill, to the north side of the river, and Pearl's Hill, to the south side of the river. The roads on either bank of the Singapore River were named River Valley Road — the current River Valley Road and Havelock Road.
The former is located next to Singapore Polytechnic, whilst the latter at the intersection of North Buona Vista Road and Commonwealth Avenue. A portion of most residents drop at Dover MRT station ( East West line ) and transfer to a bus (14, 74, 105, 106, 166 or 185), while another portion drop at Buona Vista MRT station (East West line and ...
Telok Ayer Street was originally a coastal road along the Telok Ayer Bay and was named after the bay. [1] On George Drumgoole Coleman's 1836 Map of Singapore, it was known as Teluk Ayer Street. [1] The Chinese name for the street is da bo gong miao jie which refers to the Fuk Tak Chi Temple located on Telok Ayer street.
In Singapore, a "flyover" is an overpass that crosses over another road, while a "bridge" is a structure that crosses a body of water. A "viaduct" usually refers to a flyover that crosses over multiple roads and spans several kilometres.