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Shenton Way is a major trunk road serving Singapore's Central Area and is most commonly known for the commercial skyscrapers flanking both sides of the road. The road is a one-way street that starts at the junction of Boon Tat Street, Raffles Quay and Commerce Street before ending at Keppel Road.
Since the 1930s, the road has been synonymous with Sungei Road laksa (a local spicy noodle soup) and the Thieves' Market, the largest and oldest flea market in Singapore, where locals can shop for old bric-a-brac or second-hand goods. The market was permanently closed on 10 July 2017 for "future residential development use".
Robinson Road, Singapore. Robinson Road (Chinese: 罗敏申路) is a major trunk road in Singapore's Central Area. The road is named afterward Sir William Cleaver Francis Robinson, the Governor of the Straits Settlements in 1877–1879. The land on which Robinson Road now stands was crested through land reclamation work started in 1879. [1]
In 2006, [8] Singapore Airlines sold the SIA Building to TSO Investment, which is a unit of a real estate fund managed by CLSA Capital Partners. It comes at a price of S$343.9 million, which amounts to some $1,165 per square foot. According to the company, the sale was "in line with the non-core business strategy". It was valued at $118.8 ...
Singapore Ducktours (part of RATP Group). Visitor arrivals to Singapore has been increasing since the country's independence in 1965. [2] As compared to a total of 99,000 visitors recorded in 1965, Singapore attracted approximately 19.1 million visitors in 2019 with receipts at S$27.7 billion, according to preliminary figures by the Singapore Tourism Board.
Taking reference to a map of Singapore in 1909, the place was covered with swampy marshes back then and a small canal run across the site, eventually meeting with the Singapore River thereafter. The landowner, Lee Geok Kun (brother of philanthropist Lee Kong Chian), redeveloped the site into an amusement park in the 1930s. [2]
In 2020, due to the circuit breaker measures as a result of COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, the Great Singapore Sale was cancelled on 3 May and moved online from 24 August, making it the first online GSS in its 26 year run. [5] In 2021, the Great Singapore Sale [6] teamed up with online shopping platform Lazada [7] and transformed the retail scene.
Republic Plaza consists of three buildings, the 66-storey Republic Plaza I, the 23-storey Republic Plaza II, and a 10-storey podium linking the two towers (Plaza I and Plaza II) [5] Republic Plaza I was designed by Kisho Kurokawa, and with a height of 280 metres (920 ft), was, along with OUB Centre, and UOB Plaza, the tallest building in Singapore at the time of its completion.