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On 14 August 1984, Scotts Holdings opened The Ascott Singapore, the first international-class serviced residence in the Asia Pacific region. [2] The name “Ascott” was coined by Ameerali Jumabhoy to represent Scotts Road in Singapore [3] (where the first property was located at) and a nod to the famed British races at Ascot, due to the family's association with equestrian sports. [4]
The Singapore Municipal Commissioners were eventually convinced by Asia Insurance's technical adviser Dato Ronald Braddell, allowing for the building to rise 18 stories, at a height of 241 feet. The committee agreed that the proposed building would, by it majesty, beautify Singapore's waterfront, gaining indirect benefit from its advertisement.
The Ascott Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of CapitaLand, opened The Ascott Singapore in 1984. In 2006, it established the world's first Pan-Asian serviced residence REIT, Ascott Residence Trust. Today, the company's serviced residence brands include Ascott, Citadines, Oakwood, lyf, Quest, Somerset and The Crest Collection. [38]
Bugis (Kampong Bugis in Malay) is an area in Singapore that covers Bugis Street, now located within the Bugis Junction shopping mall. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Bugis Street was renowned internationally from the 1950s to the 1980s for its nightly gathering of transvestites and transsexuals , a phenomenon which made it one of Singapore's most notable ...
The Group runs a network of 106 multi-disciplinary clinics across Singapore and medical centres in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Osaka. [13] Raffles Medical Group also has representative offices in Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia, Brunei and Bangladesh, as well as associates throughout the Asia-Pacific region. [ 8 ]
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In November 2015 – SGX-Catalist listed DeClout Limited has signed a deal with Pacnet Internet (S) Pte Ltd ("Pacnet Internet Singapore"), a subsidiary of Telstra Corporation Limited ("Telstra"), Australia's leading telecommunications company, to acquire certain Internet Service Provider assets and business in Singapore and Thailand from Pacnet ...