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Streetdirectory.com is an online web mapping service, founded by Singapore -headquartered Virtual Map in 2000. It originally used licensed data from Singapore Land Authority under a non-exclusive agreement until July 2004. On top of providing free maps for personal use, the website also offers a variety of ad-supported services.
Raffles Lighthouse is located on Pulau Satumu (indicated by the arrow), south of the main island of Singapore. In 1968, the installation of a 4th Order electrically operated revolving optic replaced the original 2nd Order optic with a pressurised vapour kerosene "Hood" mantle burner. [ 3] The light source was changed to a 100-volt/1,000-watt ...
Orchard Road. / 1.304833°N 103.831833°E / 1.304833; 103.831833. Orchard Road, often known colloquially as simply Orchard, is a major 2.5 km (1.6 mi)-long road in the Central Area of Singapore. [ 4] A famous tourist attraction, it is an upscale shopping area, with numerous internationally renowned department stores, shopping malls ...
13 December 2010 – 12 January 2011. 1 June 2011 – 15 July 2011. 23 January 2012. Thomson-East Coast Line Stage 1 – 3 [ 11][ 12] 8 January 2013 – 17 February 2013. 23 May 2013 – 17 June 2013. 27 June 2014. Thomson-East Coast Line Stage 4 – 5 (Excluding Changi Airport T5 and Founders' Memorial) [ 13] 30 April 2015 – 31 May 2015.
After Singapore's independence in 1965, the government adopted new road-naming policies as part of its nation-building effort. [11] A Street Naming Advisory Committee was appointed in February 1967 by the Minister of Finance, [12] and priority was given to local names and Malay names, while names of prominent figures and British places and people were discouraged. [11]
Raffles Place is the centre of the Financial District of Singapore and is located south of the mouth of the Singapore River. [ 1] It was first planned and developed in the 1820s as Commercial Square to serve as the hub of the commercial zone of Singapore in Raffles Town Plan. It was renamed Raffles Place in 1858 and is now the site of a number ...
Bugis MRT station. / 1.300194°N 103.85615°E / 1.300194; 103.85615. Bugis MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the East–West (EWL) and Downtown (DTL) lines. Situated in Bugis, Singapore, the station is underneath the junction of Rochor Road and Victoria Street. Various developments surrounding ...
Upper Cross Street ( Chinese: 克罗士街上段) is a street located in Chinatown within the Outram Planning Area in Singapore. The street starts after Cross Street at the junction of Cross Street and South Bridge Road, with the street ending at the junction of Chin Swee Road, Havelock Road and Clemenceau Avenue. The street then continues on ...