The First Botanic And Experimental Garden : Started by Stamford Raffles
In Fort Canning Singapore started by its founder Stamford Raffles on Bukit Larangan / Government Hill now Fort Canning in 1822. It may be a surprise to most Singaporeans that the first Botanic Garden was started by Stamford Raffles in 1822 on Buk ...

The Kwong Wai Shiu Hospital
A fine example of a hospital founded to serve the Cantonese community in 1910 now serves patients of all ethnic groups in Singapore truly reflecting our development towards nationhood. Kwong Wai Shiu was established in 1910 to serve the Cantonese ...


The Maghaim Aboth and the Chased El Synagogues
Oldest Synagogue in Boat Quay; old Jewish quarters in Chinatown The first Jews in Singapore can be traced to 1830 when traders of the Jewish faith came to the settlement of Singapore. By 1833 there were 22 Jews; 18 males and 4 females; in 1846 th ...

Thian Hock Keng Temple
Gazetted as a national monument on 6 July 1973 The Thian Hock Keng Temple had its beginning as a joss house on Telok Ayer Street when the early Chinese immigrants especially from the southern provinces of Kwangtung, Kwangsi, Foochow, Amoy and Can ...

Tyersall
Japanese Air Force - indiscriminate bombing - Battle for Singapore At Tyersall was located the Indian Military Base Hospital in the north-west of the town. The hospital was clearly marked with a large red cross to indicate its purpose; it was act ...

Victoria Theatre And Memorial Hall (Empress Place)
Singapore's cultural centres from early Singapore In the early years soon after the founding of Singapore the British held their dramas and operas in the old Assembly Rooms at the foot of Fort Canning where Hill Street Police Station stands. When ...

Wesley Church and Anglo Chinese School
'The March of Methodism'-its Church and school in Singapore; Methodist Contribution to Singapore William Fitzjones Oldham (1854-1937) arrived in Singapore in 1885 to establish the first Methodist Episcopal Church in Malaya and Singapore. On 1st m ...

Yue Hai Qing Miao "Yueh Hai Ching Temple"
One of the earliest Chinese Temples in Singapore; built for Worship of the spirits who protected the traders who traveled Between Singapore and China; a meeting place for the Teochew Clan. Yua Hai Qing Miao means the 'Temple of the Calm Sea bui ...