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Handy
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SINGAPORE BATAM BINTAN JOHOR
Handy Map of Singapore Batam Bintan Johor : Longing for a holiday to Singapore, Batam & Bintan (Indonesia) and Johor & Johor Bahru (Malaysia)?
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Unlike other virtual maps, Handy Map of Singapore Batam Bintan Johor provides physical map of Singapore, map of Batam & Bintan and map of Johor & Johor Bahru.
You will not only be able to visit Singapore, but also its neighbours i.e. Malaysia (Johor state and Johor Bahru) and Indonesia (Batam and Bintan Islands) as long as you are holding a valid international passport! You will be able to make a planned and informed trip with ease without any hassle!
Singapore is a unique city island/nation in the world. From a fishing village, it turns out to be a world cosmopolitan in about 40 years. Its mixed cultures, multi-racial people, different religions, historical sites and places of interest make it a very interesting place worth visiting. Map of Singapore Batam Bintan Johor will guide you and become your companion during your trip in Singapore, Batam, Bintan and Johor.
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GEOGRAPHY
Location : Southeast Asia, at the tip of Peninsula Malaysia, separated from Malaysia by the Johor Strait.
Area : 704 square km
Population : 4.6 million (Chinese 75%, Malay 14%, Indian 9%, Eurasian and others 2%)
Climate : tropical (near equator), no distinctive season; sunny and rain the whole year round; high humidity.
SIGHTSEEING IN SINGAPORE
You could have a planned and enjoyable sightseeing if you purchase a set of Handy Map of Singapore Batam Johor.
You may contact :
Singapore Tourism Board (STB)
Tourism Court
1 Orchard Spring Lane
Tel : (65) 6736 6622, Fax : (65) 6736 9423
email : stb_sog@stb.gov.sg
In the picture is the Christmas Portal and decoration for Year 2007 Christmas at the junction between Orchard Road and Paterson Road.
Singapore spent a handsome sum of money every year decorating the Orchard Road. When the lamps are lit up at night, Orchard Road turned into a beautiful shopping district with its unique tropical taste, only short of snow.
Every shopping mall has its own unique decoration. This make your shopping experience an exclusive one. During Christmas eve, Orchard Road will be packed with visitors who come to experience the joyful environment.
At the junction between Orchard Road and Paterson Road, you will see a huge glass cone where the Wheelock Place is situated.
The Wheelock Place houses a huge bookstore i.e. the Borders. A lot of American visitors and expatriates frequent this bookstore besides the locals.
The Singapore Visitors Centre in front of Takashimaya, Orchard Road.
This is Ngee Ann City at Orchard Road. It is not far away from the Orchard MRT. It house a Japanese department store - Takashimaya and a big bookstore i.e. Kinokuniya.
Visitors may find branded goods inside this shopping mall. Famous brands like Louis Vuitton, Chanel etc can be found here.
The
Orchard Building
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Plaza
Singapura houses Golden Village Cineplex and a hypermarket , Carrefour.
The Orchard Hawker
The
Orchard Emerald
The
Emerald Hill
The Heeren Shopping Complex. You can see the crowd walking on the pedestrian walkway in front of the Heeren.
The Tangs Plaza. Located at the junction between the Scotts Road and the Orchard Road.
The Far East Plaza located at the Scotts Road, Singapore.
Goodwood
Park Hotel. Previously known as the Teutonic Club, Goodwood Park Hotel is
located at Scotts Road. It was built in 1899 and hence is considered one of the
oldest hotels in Singapore.
The Singapore Visitors Centre near the Centre Point, Orchard Road.
Sentosa is the key tourist spot in Singapore. Both the Government and private sector has spent S$1 billion to develop the island since 1970.
Sentosa Express Station at Vivo City. You may get your Sentosa Express ticket here.
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Imbiah Station. This station is the immediate station after Vivo City.
Carlsberg Sky Tower. It is the tallest free standing observation tower in Asia. It offers visitors a panoramic view of Sentosa.
Merlion is a 37 m high structure. It recalled the story of Sang Nila Utama who saw the lion at Temasek.
Sentosa Luge & Skyride. The luge cart combines a unique steering and braking system which provides the visitors a full control of it on a paved trail. Thereafter take a tree top ride to the starting point
Skyride.
Sentosa Butterfly Park & Insect Kingdom. It has more than 1,500 butterflies and some 3,000 insects.
Sentosa Butterfly Park & Insect Kingdom viewed from the Carlsberg Sky Tower.
A butterfly in the Sentosa Butterfly Park.
Sentosa 4D Magix. Built at a cost of S$3.5 million, this sophisticated theatre offers you an exciting movie experience.
Shangri la Rasa Sentosa Resort
Resort World at Sentosa under construction. It is one of the 2 Integrated Resorts which is scheduled to be operational in 2009.
The other Integrated Resort is Marina Bay Sands.
Jurong Bird Park signage.
The Flamingo Pool in Jurong Bird Park.
The Fuji Hawk Walk i.e. bird of prey show.
Singapore Botanic Garden entrance gate.
National Orchid Garden in the Botanic Garden.
Ginger Garden in the Botanic Garden
Singapore Zoo
Bukit Timah Nature Reserve Visitor Center.
Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve
Visitor Centre
Boardwalk in the mangrove
Elsewhere
The City Hall was built between 1926 and 1929. It is one of the important
buildings in Singapore history. On 9 August 1965, after Singapore separated from
Malaysia, the nation celebrated its first national day on the steps of the City
Hall and on the Padang in front of the City Hall.
The Civic District signboard in front of the City Hall.
The Fort Canning was once known as Forbidden Hill (Bukit Larangan in Malay). It was also known as Singapore Hill. Raffles built his house at the summit of Singapore Hill.
Now, Fort Canning is a park, drama centre and a country club. It is an ideal place for photo shooting.
The Parliament House of Singapore is situated by the side of Singapore River.
The Boat Quay by the South Bank of Singapore River.
St Andrew's Cathedral is situated at 11 St Andrew Road. It is the centre for Singapore's Anglican Mission and has strong affiliation with the Mother Anglican Church in England.
It was gazetted as a national monument on 6 July 1973.
Supreme Court of Singapore. Its special feature is its grand Corinthian columns. It houses 11 courts and the justice chambers.
In front of the Victoria Theatre stood a statute of Sir Stamford Raffles.
The Speaker Corner is situated at the Hong Lim Park. It is a assembly area for the people of Singapore to voice their grievances and unhappiness on the Government Policy. The speaker however has to apply for permit from the Police Station before he can speak out his mind at the Speaker Corner.
Sri Mariamann Temple is the oldest Hindu temple in Singapore.
It was built in 1823 to commemorate the Mother Goddess Sri Mariamann.
Tan Si Chong Su is situated at Magazine Road. It is a clan temple originally. A school was later set up within the temple premises and its name is Po Chiak Keng.
It was gazetted a national monument on 29 November 1974.
Nagore Durgha is situated at Telok Ayer Street. It is one of the 3 mosque built by the Chulias who came from India.
The National Museum. The architecture of the building is Neo-Palladin and Renaissance style.
Old Thong Chai Medical Institution. It provided free medical consultation, treatment and herbal medicine to the poor regardless of race and religion.
Omar Kampung Malacca Mosque. It is the first mosque built in Singapore. The founder of the mosque is Syed Omar Bin Ali Aljunied who was an Arab merchant from Palembang.
Seng Wong Beo Temple. Situated at Peck Seah Street, Tanjung Pagar, it is believed to be erected in 1896. The temple houses the City God which is believed to guard the entrance to every city.
The locations of the above places are clearly shown in the map of Singapore.
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WHAT TO EAT
When you come to Singapore, of course, you must try something different from that at home. Here are some famous local food.
Hainanese Chicken Rice
This dish consists of boiled chicken with sliced cucumber, specially made chilli sauce and vegetable soup. It is fragrant, juicy and smooth. Available in most of the hawker centres.
Laksa
Basically it is a curry soup with coconut milk, minced dried prawn, chili and curry powder. It can be served with noodle or rice noodle. It is spicy, hot and tasteful. Available in most of the hawker centres.
Rojak
It is a mixture of cucumber, fruit (star fruit, ) or vegetable (bean sprout, kangkong), cucumber, slices of fried bean curd, Chinese dough stick dressed with prawn paste (rojak paste), peanut powder. You can add in chilli if you like hot taste.
Char Kway Teow
Rice noodle alone or mixed with noodle, prawn, muckle, bean sprout are fried with sweet soy sauce. You may add chilli to add more taste to the food. Available in most of the hawker centres.
HISTORY
Stamford Raffles statute by the side of Singapore River.
Pre-World War II
Originally the island has a Javanese name i.e. Temasek (meaning 'sea town').This could be found in the Javanese Negarakretagama 1365.
The word Singapore (Singapura in Malay) means lion city. (Singa - lion; pura - city). According to the Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu), this name was originally given by a Sumatran prince named Sang Nila Utama when he saw an auspicious beast on the shore when he landed the island. His chief minister identified the animal as lion.
Between 16th and early 19th century, Singapore island was part of Sultanate of Johor.
On 29 January 1819, Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles landed on the island of Singapore after surveying a few nearby island in search for a port of call. Raffles signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah.
In 1824, 2 treaties were executed which formalized Singapore status as British possession. They are
i. Anglo-Dutch Treaty in March 1924 whereby the Dutch ceded all their bases in the Malay Peninsula and India to British; in return British gave all their bases in Sumatra to Netherland. Consequently this ended the Johor-Riau Sultanate as the Sultanate was broken down to 3 parts i.e. Singapore, Malay Peninsula and the Riau Archipelago.
ii. Treaty made with Sultan Hussein and Temenggong Abdur Rahman whereby they ceded Singapore outright to the British in return for increased cash payment and pension.
In 1867, Singapore together with Malacca and Penang (the Straits Settlements) was made a British Crown colony.
World War II
On 15 February 1942, Singapore fell to the Japanese. The ill-prepared British were defeated by the Japanese in 6 days. It was renamed Shonan. Since then it remained under Japanese occupation for 3 years 8 months. Thereafter, the British returned.
Post-World War II
When British came back after the World War II, it placed Singapore under the British Military Administration. On 1 April 1946, Singapore became a Crown colony.
In 1959, Singapore became a self-governing state within the British Empire. Yusof bin Ishak sworn in as Yang di-Pertuan Negara (the President) and Lee Kuan Yew as its first Prime Minister.
The Governor has constitutional power with an advisory council of officials and nominated non-officials. In 1948, Singapore has its first election.
After 1962 Merger Referendum of Singapore, joined the Federation of Malaysia in September 1963.
Singapore left the federation 2 years later and officially became an independent nation on 9 August 1965.
The new nation was admitted to the United Nations on 21 September 1965.
Singapore faced plenty of problems like unemployment, lack of housing and dearth of natural resources. The country under the leadership of Lee Kuan Yew tackled the problem of unemployment, launched large-scale housing scheme and raised the standard of living.
Goh Chok Tong succeeded Lee as Prime Minister of Singapore.
In 2004, the eldest son of Lee Kuan Yew, Lee Hsien Long became the third Prime Minister of Singapore.
In slightly more than 40 years, Singapore has emerged from a fishing village to a World renowned cosmopolitan due to foresight, hard work and well planning of the first Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew and his team and successors.
NATIONAL FLOWER OF SINGAPORE
Vanda Miss Joaquim
This flower was declared the national flower of Singapore since 1981. It is a natural hybrid of orchid between Vanda teres and Vanda hookeriana discovered by an Armenian lady, Miss Agnes Joaquim in a local garden in 1893.
Vanda Miss Joaquim can be seen in the National Orchid Garden in the Singapore Botanic Garden. Travel Map of Singapore Batam Bintan Johor will guide you to reach there.
CULTURAL FESTIVALS
You may time you trip to match the cultural festivals.
16 February 2008 - Chingay
The Chingay parade is a wonderful floats procession held at night usually after Chinese New Year. This year the Chingay will be held in front of the City Hall. Beside Singaporeans, performers from overseas will participate in this Chingay.
19 May 2008 - Vesak Day
Vesak Day commemorates the birth of Buddha. You may see the celebration in temples like Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Temple and Leong San See Temple.
14 September 2008 - Mooncake Festival (Mid-Autumn Festival)
Lanterns with various designs and colors together with a variety of mooncakes and tea characterizes this festival. To see and feel the festive season, you may pay a visit to the Chinatown.
1 October 2008 - Hari Raya Puasa
This festival is mainly celebrated by the Muslim after a month of fasting in the month of Ramadan. Places to visit include Geylang Serai and Kampung Glam.
28 October 2008 - Deepavali
Deepavali is a festival of lights. It is celebrated by Hindu devotees. The Little India normally will be decorated to celebrate this auspicious day.
25 December 2008 - Christmas
Orchard Road will be decorated by the Singapore Tourism Board. Most of the shopping malls will decorate their facade with Christmas theme. You may have a different kind of Christmas in Singapore if you are from North hemisphere where temperate countries are experiencing winter.
Do not limit your tour to Singapore only. Do venture out to its neighbours i.e. Batam and Johor.
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The Integrated Resorts of Singapore
Integrated Resorts by definition is resorts with mixed development like hotel, restaurant, convention centre, theme park, shopping, casino etc. Because of the gaming component – casino, integrated resorts development has stirred a great controversy among the Singaporeans.
The Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Hsien Long announced the cabinet’s decision to develop 2 integrated resorts in Marina South and Sentosa. The Singapore Government stated that the aim of the Integrated Resorts is to boast the country’s tourism industry. There has been very keen competition from the neighbouring countries like Malaysia, Thailand and Hong Kong. According to the Government, the Integrated Resorts are expected to create some 35,000 jobs directly and indirectly.
There has been debate among the Singaporeans on the plan to build Integrated Resorts. Religious groups and social workers voiced their disapproval as the negative social impact of gambling.
The Government however, promised to have proper and strict safeguards to limit the social impact of gambling, among others exorbitant entrance fee and the casinos would not extent credit to local population.
Marina Bay
It is located at the Marina South of Singapore. Currently, there are a few prestigious hotels operating like Ritz Charlton Millenium, Oriental Hotel, Marina Mandarin Hotel and Pan Pacific Hotel. It has panoramic view of the sea and tranquil environment.
The Government of Singapore called for request for concept in December 2004. It received overwhelming response from the industry. A total of 19 bids were submitted during the request for concept.
In the formal bids later, 4 companies/consortiums submitted their tender including:-
i. MGM Mirage/CapitaLand
ii. Harrah’s Entertainment/Keppel Land
iii. Las Vegas Sands
iv. Genting International/Star Cruises
Eventually, Las Vegas Sands succeeded in their tender, by committing the highest development investment of S$3.85 billion. The concept was designed by Moshe Sofdie consisting of 3 layer shells containing conference halls, 3 hotel towers linked to top floor of a sky garden.
Sentosa
Sentosa which means transquility in Malay is a popular island resort in
Singapore. Previously, it was known as Pulau Belakang Mati (Island of
Death from behind). Statistics shows that it has been visited by some 2
million people annually. It has a shetered beach of more than 2
kilometres in length on the southern coast, historical Fort Siloso from
World War II, two golf courses and 2 5-star hotels.
Sentosa island has an area of 704 square kilometers. 70% covered by secondary rainforest. It is the habitat of monitor lizards, monkeys, peacocks, parrots as well as native flora and fauna.
Since its inception of development in 1972, Some S$420 million of private capitals and S$500 million Government fund have been invested to develop the island.
3 consortiums submitted their proposal on 10 October 2006. They are:-
i. Kerzner International with CapitaLand
ii. Genting International with Star Cruises Universal Studios
iii. Eight Wonder with Publishing and Broadcasting Limited, Melco International Development Limited, Isle of Capri Casinos Inc.
The bid were reviewed by a ministerial committee and a tender evaluation committee and results were announced on 8 December 2006. Genting International and Star Cruises won the bid. Genting committed to a development investment of S$3.85 billion.
What makes Genting Interntioanal stood out is its track record in gaming operation and running a theme park at Genting Highland in Malaysia.
This article has been published in ezinearticle.com on 4 January 2008.
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