8M At a Glance

HISTORY

Transforming itself from a humble fishing village to one of Singapore’s key shipping ports, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be appointed as a conservation area under the government’s plan in the mid-1980s. A key focus of the plan was to conserve and rebuild the shophouses in the area, restoring the shophouses to their original appearance and thereby retaining the historical charm of Tanjong Pagar.

HISTORY

Transforming itself from a humble fishing village to one of Singapore’s key shipping ports, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be appointed as a conservation area under the government’s plan in the mid-1980s. A key focus of the plan was to conserve and rebuild the shophouses in the area, restoring the shophouses to their original appearance and thereby retaining the historical charm of Tanjong Pagar.

HISTORY

Transforming itself from a humble fishing village to one of Singapore’s key shipping ports, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be appointed as a conservation area under the government’s plan in the mid-1980s. A key focus of the plan was to conserve and rebuild the shophouses in the area, restoring the shophouses to their original appearance and thereby retaining the historical charm of Tanjong Pagar.

HISTORY

Transforming itself from a humble fishing village to one of Singapore’s key shipping ports, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be appointed as a conservation area under the government’s plan in the mid-1980s. A key focus of the plan was to conserve and rebuild the shophouses in the area, restoring the shophouses to their original appearance and thereby retaining the historical charm of Tanjong Pagar.

HISTORY

Transforming itself from a humble fishing village to one of Singapore’s key shipping ports, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be appointed as a conservation area under the government’s plan in the mid-1980s. A key focus of the plan was to conserve and rebuild the shophouses in the area, restoring the shophouses to their original appearance and thereby retaining the historical charm of Tanjong Pagar.

HISTORY

Transforming itself from a humble fishing village to one of Singapore’s key shipping ports, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be appointed as a conservation area under the government’s plan in the mid-1980s. A key focus of the plan was to conserve and rebuild the shophouses in the area, restoring the shophouses to their original appearance and thereby retaining the historical charm of Tanjong Pagar.

HISTORY

Transforming itself from a humble fishing village to one of Singapore’s key shipping ports, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be appointed as a conservation area under the government’s plan in the mid-1980s. A key focus of the plan was to conserve and rebuild the shophouses in the area, restoring the shophouses to their original appearance and thereby retaining the historical charm of Tanjong Pagar.

HISTORY

Built in 1910, this heritage property housed Singapore’s first Eu Yan Sang traditional Chinese pharmacy owned by Eu Tong Sen, who expanded his family business from Malaya to Singapore and now has a main street in Chinatown named after him. The shophouses were designed by Alfred Bidwell from the firm Swan & Maclaren – the architect responsible for the design of Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. 

HISTORY

Built in 1910, this heritage property housed Singapore’s first Eu Yan Sang traditional Chinese pharmacy owned by Eu Tong Sen, who expanded his family business from Malaya to Singapore and now has a main street in Chinatown named after him. The shophouses were designed by Alfred Bidwell from the firm Swan & Maclaren – the architect responsible for the design of Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. 

HISTORY

Built in 1910, this heritage property housed Singapore’s first Eu Yan Sang traditional Chinese pharmacy owned by Eu Tong Sen, who expanded his family business from Malaya to Singapore and now has a main street in Chinatown named after him. The shophouses were designed by Alfred Bidwell from the firm Swan & Maclaren – the architect responsible for the design of Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. 

HISTORY

Built in 1910, this heritage property housed Singapore’s first Eu Yan Sang traditional Chinese pharmacy owned by Eu Tong Sen, who expanded his family business from Malaya to Singapore and now has a main street in Chinatown named after him. The shophouses were designed by Alfred Bidwell from the firm Swan & Maclaren – the architect responsible for the design of Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. 

HISTORY

Built in 1910, this heritage property housed Singapore’s first Eu Yan Sang traditional Chinese pharmacy owned by Eu Tong Sen, who expanded his family business from Malaya to Singapore and now has a main street in Chinatown named after him. The shophouses were designed by Alfred Bidwell from the firm Swan & Maclaren – the architect responsible for the design of Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. 

HISTORY

Built in 1910, this heritage property housed Singapore’s first Eu Yan Sang traditional Chinese pharmacy owned by Eu Tong Sen, who expanded his family business from Malaya to Singapore and now has a main street in Chinatown named after him. The shophouses were designed by Alfred Bidwell from the firm Swan & Maclaren – the architect responsible for the design of Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. 

HISTORY

Built in 1910, this heritage property housed Singapore’s first Eu Yan Sang traditional Chinese pharmacy owned by Eu Tong Sen, who expanded his family business from Malaya to Singapore and now has a main street in Chinatown named after him. The shophouses were designed by Alfred Bidwell from the firm Swan & Maclaren – the architect responsible for the design of Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. 

HISTORY

Built in 1910, this heritage property housed Singapore’s first Eu Yan Sang traditional Chinese pharmacy owned by Eu Tong Sen, who expanded his family business from Malaya to Singapore and now has a main street in Chinatown named after him. The shophouses were designed by Alfred Bidwell from the firm Swan & Maclaren – the architect responsible for the design of Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. 

HISTORY

Built in 1910, this heritage property housed Singapore’s first Eu Yan Sang traditional Chinese pharmacy owned by Eu Tong Sen, who expanded his family business from Malaya to Singapore and now has a main street in Chinatown named after him. The shophouses were designed by Alfred Bidwell from the firm Swan & Maclaren – the architect responsible for the design of Singapore’s iconic Raffles Hotel. 

HISTORY

Named after the overwhelming number of Chinese Hokkien immigrants who came from Amoy, a port in the Fujian Province in China in the 1830s, Amoy Street was one of the first streets developed during Singapore’s British colonial era to define Chinatown under Sir Stamford Raffles‘ plan to maintain order in the urban development of Singapore, a fledgling but thriving colony.   

HISTORY

Named after the overwhelming number of Chinese Hokkien immigrants who came from Amoy, a port in the Fujian Province in China in the 1830s, Amoy Street was one of the first streets developed during Singapore’s British colonial era to define Chinatown under Sir Stamford Raffles‘ plan to maintain order in the urban development of Singapore, a fledgling but thriving colony.   

HISTORY

Named after the overwhelming number of Chinese Hokkien immigrants who came from Amoy, a port in the Fujian Province in China in the 1830s, Amoy Street was one of the first streets developed during Singapore’s British colonial era to define Chinatown under Sir Stamford Raffles‘ plan to maintain order in the urban development of Singapore, a fledgling but thriving colony.   

HISTORY

Once a Remittance House (Chye Hua Seng Wee Kee), established in 1936. Remittances were not simply money transfers, they were emotional connections and ties to home for the first generation of Singapore immigrants. The sending of money was an act of love and the remittances were a combination of letters home and gifts.

HISTORY

Once a Remittance House (Chye Hua Seng Wee Kee), established in 1936. Remittances were not simply money transfers, they were emotional connections and ties to home for the first generation of Singapore immigrants. The sending of money was an act of love and the remittances were a combination of letters home and gifts.

HISTORY

Once a Remittance House (Chye Hua Seng Wee Kee), established in 1936. Remittances were not simply money transfers, they were emotional connections and ties to home for the first generation of Singapore immigrants. The sending of money was an act of love and the remittances were a combination of letters home and gifts.

HISTORY

Being the original home of the celebrated Ee Hoe Hean Club, otherwise known as the “Millionaires’ Club” is this property’s claim to fame. It was where extremely wealthy and influential members of the Chinese community gathered to discuss economic, social, cultural and political issues. During the Republican revolution in China —when Dr Sun Yat-sen and his other representatives from China visited Singapore, the Ee Hoe Hean Club was one of their regular meeting places. There is no doubt that this discreet property has seen a great deal of wealth and prosperity.

HISTORY

Being the original home of the celebrated Ee Hoe Hean Club, otherwise known as the “Millionaires’ Club” is this property’s claim to fame. It was where extremely wealthy and influential members of the Chinese community gathered to discuss economic, social, cultural and political issues. During the Republican revolution in China —when Dr Sun Yat-sen and his other representatives from China visited Singapore, the Ee Hoe Hean Club was one of their regular meeting places. There is no doubt that this discreet property has seen a great deal of wealth and prosperity.

HISTORY

During the British Colonial era, the area around Dickson Road was not planned to be a settlement for Singapore’s South Asian community, instead the area was a residential area for wealthy European migrants. From the mid-1800s, it was the rise in cattle trade in the area that gave rise to related economic activities and attracted more South Asian workers to live and work in the area that led to the area being coined “Little India”. This Art Deco style building was also once home to the Hong Wen School that has since moved to Towner Road.   

HISTORY

Named after a prominent businessman and community leader, Keong Saik Road was home to clan associations, a number of charcoal and grocery wholesalers that stood alongside with coffee shops and incense retailers in the early 1920s. Despite whispered rumours of the street’s unsavoury past, Keong Saik Road was transformed in the early 1990s when the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Singapore deemed the street a conservation area that would be modified for commercial use.  

HISTORY

Originally known as Scott’s Hill, then re-christened as Gemmil’s Hill, Ann Siang Hill finally settled on it’s current name by it’s owner Chia Ann Siang, a Malayan-born Chinese sawmiller. Early Chinese immigrants visited Ann Siang Hill when they wanted to send money home to their families in China, as it was the traditional area of remittance houses. Letter writers and calligraphers also had their businesses along the shophouses of Ann Siang Hill to help the illiterate immigrants write letters home.

HISTORY

Originally known as Scott’s Hill, then re-christened as Gemmil’s Hill, Ann Siang Hill finally settled on it’s current name by it’s owner Chia Ann Siang, a Malayan-born Chinese sawmiller. Early Chinese immigrants visited Ann Siang Hill when they wanted to send money home to their families in China, as it was the traditional area of remittance houses. Letter writers and calligraphers also had their businesses along the shophouses of Ann Siang Hill to help the illiterate immigrants write letters home.

HISTORY

Originally known as Scott’s Hill, then re-christened as Gemmil’s Hill, Ann Siang Hill finally settled on it’s current name by it’s owner Chia Ann Siang, a Malayan-born Chinese sawmiller. Early Chinese immigrants visited Ann Siang Hill when they wanted to send money home to their families in China, as it was the traditional area of remittance houses. Letter writers and calligraphers also had their businesses along the shophouses of Ann Siang Hill to help the illiterate immigrants write letters home.

HISTORY

Originally known as Scott’s Hill, then re-christened as Gemmil’s Hill, Ann Siang Hill finally settled on it’s current name by it’s owner Chia Ann Siang, a Malayan-born Chinese sawmiller. Early Chinese immigrants visited Ann Siang Hill when they wanted to send money home to their families in China, as it was the traditional area of remittance houses. Letter writers and calligraphers also had their businesses along the shophouses of Ann Siang Hill to help the illiterate immigrants write letters home.