Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – CHIJMES (Former CHIJ Town Convent) Bordered by Bras Basah Road, Stamford Road, Victoria St and North Bridge Road, the complex of convent buildings that today is CHIJMES, was a Catholic convent and school for 132...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – Old RGS gate (outside SMU LKC School of business) Raffles Institution, the oldest school in Singapore, only admitted boys when it was founded in 1823. In 1844, it began to admit girls. In 1879, Raffles...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – Raffles Hotel Built in the early 1830s, Raffles Hotel started out as a privately owned beach house. It acquired its famed name only in 1887 when Armenian hoteliers Sarkies Brothers leased the property and transformed...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – National Library of Singapore The National Library was established by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1823 to support Singapore’s first major educational institution, the Singapore Institution, today known as the Raffles...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) The Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) was officially opened in 1938, a few years after Japan-trained Chinese artist Huang Suiheng visited Singapore in the 1930s. Suiheng, sensing...
Jan 18, 2017 | Uncategorised
Walking in the Footsteps of Our Foremothers – Objectifs (Former Methodist Girls School) At 155 Middle Road is a historic, 19th century church building that many know as the Middle Road Church. It is one of the few remaining examples of gothic architecture in...
