Singapore Cricket Club - A symbol of British and European exclusiveness in the Colonial Era
A symbol of British and European exclusiveness in the Colonial era; an exclusive Club for the 'Tuan Besars' (big bosses) of the Colony. Before the present Clubhouse was built the first one was a humble square but where the cricketers kept their g ...

Singapore General Hospital
Courage, loyalty and service are the hallmarks of our doctors, nursing and other staff of our hospital particularly during the Battle for Singapore and the Japanese Occupation. Today it reflects the high standard of medical services provided by the R ...


Singapore Recreation Club
Symbol that the Eurasians have been part of our Singapore community from early times. Eurasians in the Singapore Volunteer Corps fought Courageously against the Japanese invaders; a Director, General Staff, Singapore Armed Forces in its formative pha ...

Singapore-Johore Causeway (Link between Singapore and Malaysia)
Symbol of close relationship between Singapore and Malaya. One time Malaya hinterland to Singapore. Work on the Singapore-Johore Causeway began in 1919. It was officially opened by the Governor and High Commissioner Sir Laurence Guillemard on 28 ...

Southern Hotel : Once the Tallest Building in Chinatown
The tallest building in Chinatown in the early years; the first hotel to have lift service in Singapore. Southern Hotel in the heart of Chinatown was built in 1927 and was the first hotel to be installed with a lift. In the early twentieth centur ...

Sri Dhandayuthapani Temple
A Temple built by the elite and wealthy pioneer community known as the Chettiars - who are bankers and property owners; commonly called money lenders; they loaned money to small entrepreneurs they are staunch devotees of the deity Murugan. Contribute ...

Sri Krishnan Temple
V Pakirisamy Pillai, Indian pioneer, community leader and philanthropist developed this Temple. Temple originated to cater for Hindus in the neighbourhood bounded by Bras Basah Road, Victoria Street and Albert Street; it was started by Hanuman Beem S ...

Sri Mariamman Temple
Naraina PillayFirst Indian and Tamil Pioneer Of Singapore; accompanied Stamford Raffles in 1819; the first brick maker And building contractor of Singapore; The earliest Indian community leader Of Singapore. Sri Mariamman (Rain maker) Mother Godd ...

Sri Senpaga Vinayagar Temple
The Temple was a meeting place for Singapore Ceylon Tamils to sustain their cultural heritage, their identity and value in the 19th century; their descendants continue to do so. Before a Temple was erected on the site in Ceylon Road a small shrin ...

Sri Srinivasa Perumal Temple
Serangoon area is one of the early settlements of the Indians; Hindus met, worshipped and sustained their cultural heritage in the Temple. this is the only Vishnu Temple in Singapore. This Temple was gazetted as a national monument on 10 November 197 ...

Sri Vadapathira Kaliamman Temple
The Temple was founded as a small shrine by Tamil Hindu residents of Potong Pasir; they wanted the protection of Mother Goddes and sustain their cultural heritage; it ws developed under B. Govindasamy Chettiar, pioneer labour contractor to the port o ...

Sri Veeramakaliamman Temple : One of the oldest Hindu Temples in Singapore
One of the oldest Hindu Temples in Singapore and the oldest in Serangoon; Tamil pioneer workers built the shrine of Veeramakalimman, the powerful goddess to protect them in a foreign land; it was also the centre of early Indian sociocultural activiti ...

St George's Church
LICH GATE in front of the Church was built by British Prisoners of war during Japanese Occupation of Singapore. Gazetted as a national monument on 10 November 1978 The British Army in Singapore required a new Church in Tanglin Barracks to replace ...

St Joseph’s Institution
Beginnings of the expansion of Roman Catholicism and Catholic education in Singapore. Site on which stood the first Roman Catholic Church in Singapore. St Joseph's Institution was founded by Father Jean-Marie Beurel who arrived in Singapore at th ...

Sultan Mosque / Masjid Sultan
One of the oldest Mosques in Kampong Glam - the area allocated By Stamford Raffles for Sultan Hussein of Singapore - Became a Malay and Arab Settlement. The first Sultan's Mosque was built about 1824 when North Bridge Road ended at ...

Sultan's Gate - The Istana (Sultan's Place)
Sultan Hussein signed the Treaty with Raffles and ceded Singapore as a British Settlement in perpetuity Descendants of the Sultan still live here. On 6 February 1819 Raffles acknowledged Hussein as 'His Highness the Sultan Hussein Mohamed Shah, S ...