The water front and the new bridge between Clifford Pier and the Marina. The old post office in the bottom right of the picture is now a six star Fullerton Hotel.
Building the new bridge has meant moving the Merlion. You can just make out the Merlion in the bottom left hand corner of the first picture. The lion head and fish body of the creature recalls the story of the legendary
Sang Nila Utama, who saw a lion while hunting on an island, en route to
Malacca. The island eventually became the sea port of
Temasek, a precursor to
Singapore.
The Marina area. The new theatre complex looking like a
durian fruit is on the left of the picture. The Satay Club, a favourite water side hawkers centre from the old days, has been relocated to just the other side of the "Durian" and revamped.......given the Singapore treatment in other words. Being Valentine's day, the whole area was crowded with young love.
The water front and the new bridge between Clifford Pier and the Marina. The old post office in the bottom right of the picture is now a six star Fullerton Hotel.
Building the new bridge has meant moving the Merlion. You can just make out the Merlion in the bottom left hand corner of the first picture. The lion head and fish body of the creature recalls the story of the legendary Sang Nila Utama, who saw a lion while hunting on an island, en route to Malacca. The island eventually became the sea port of Temasek, a precursor to Singapore.
The Marina area. The new theatre complex looking like a durian fruit is on the left of the picture. The Satay Club, a favourite water side hawkers centre from the old days, has been relocated to just the other side of the "Durian" and revamped.......given the Singapore treatment in other words. Being Valentine's day, the whole area was crowded with young love.
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