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Dancing Girl (Singapore Sculpture)
The ''Dancing Girl'' is a sculpture in the Seng Poh Garden in Tiong Bahru, Singapore. It was the first public art piece in Tiong Bahru. History ''Dancing Girl'' was sculpted by local sculptor Lim Nang Seng Lim Nang Seng (1917 - 17 November 1987) was a Singaporean sculptor. He sculpted the Merlion statue in Merlion Park. Biography Lim was born in 1917 in Singapore. Lim originally worked as a schoolteacher. Sculpting initially began as a hobby of his, ... following an urgent commission from then member of parliament for Tiong Bahru, Ch'ng Jit Koon, who wanted the Seng Poh Garden to be given greater prominence. As the commission was urgent, Lim chose to sculpt an abstract sculpture, featuring a girl doing a joyful harvest dance. The sculpture costed $2,000 was sculpted in a carpark along Orchard Road for two weeks, and was unveiled by then Minister for Interior and Defence Lim Kim San. The sculpture was initially met with mixed reception from the local residents of the area, s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seng Poh Garden
Seng ( km, សេង, zh, 成) is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Seng Saekhu (born c. 1840s), Chinese emigrant to Thailand *Pua Khein-Seng (born 1974), Malaysian businesspeople * Ho Iat-seng (born 1957), Macanese politician * Lim Bo Seng (1909–1944), Chinese-born resistance fighter based in Singapore and Malaya *Tan Tock Seng (1798–1850), Malacca-born merchant and philanthropist from Singapore *Ong Beng Seng (1946), Singapore-based Malaysian billionaire businessman *Theary Seng (born 1971), Cambodian-American human-rights activist *Lee Seng Tee Lee Seng Tee (; 16 April 1923 – 29 July 2022) was a Singaporean businessman and philanthropist. Early life and education Born in Singapore in 1923, Lee was the second son of Lee Kong Chian and a maternal grandson of Tan Kah Kee. Lee graduat ... (1923–2022), Singaporean businessman and philanthropist * Joe Seng (1946–2016), American veterinarian {{surname Surnames of Cambodian origin Korean-language su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiong Bahru
Tiong Bahru is a housing estate located within the Bukit Merah Planning Area, in the Central Region of Singapore. Tiong Bahru was constructed in the 1920s by the Singapore Improvement Trust, the predecessor to the Housing Development Board and an entity of the British colonial authority providing mass public housing in Singapore and is the oldest housing estate in Singapore. The main estate consists of 30 apartment blocks with over 900 units of two to five rooms. There are also high-rise Housing and Development Board (HDB) flats and condominiums along Boon Tiong Road, Jalan Membina and Kim Tian Road which surround the main estate. Since the mid-2000s, Tiong Bahru has undergone rapid gentrification and the neighbourhood has become synonymous with trendy cafes and indie boutiques amid pre-war architecture. Etymology The name ''Tiong Bahru'' means "new cemetery" (''thióng'' 塚 – Hokkien for "cemetery", ''bahru'' – Malay for "new"), which was a reference to a cemetery besi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urban Redevelopment Authority
The Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) is the national urban planning authority of Singapore, and a statutory board under the Ministry of National Development of the Government of Singapore. Mission The authority was established on 1 April 1974, and is of critical importance to the city-state. Singapore is an extremely dense country where land usage is required to be efficient and maximized. The city state is trying to reduce land wastage in the face of land shortage in the area. URA's responsibilities Land use planning URA's main responsibility is land-use planning. URA planners devise both long-term strategic plans, along with medium-term plans, which are reviewed every five to ten years. These plans designate the land use and urban density for the entirety of Singapore. These designations are divided by URA into 55 planning areas. Development control It is the responsibility of URA to evaluate and grant planning approval for development projects from the public and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Nang Seng
Lim Nang Seng (1917 - 17 November 1987) was a Singaporean sculptor. He sculpted the Merlion statue in Merlion Park. Biography Lim was born in 1917 in Singapore. Lim originally worked as a schoolteacher. Sculpting initially began as a hobby of his, which he later turned into his career. In 1967, Lim held the first sculpture show in Singapore with five other sculptors, and designed the 1967 Singapore coin collection. Prior to 1971, he had spent two weeks in a carpark along Orchard Road sculpting ''Dancing Girl'', a sculpture, which was then installed at the Seng Poh Garden in Tiong Bahru. The sculpture received mixed reception from the local residents, as some thought it was too abstract or too closely resembled a swan. However, Lim was not upset by this, as he believed that swans were prosperous animals. In 1970, he won three prizes in a handicraft and design exhibition. In 1971, Lim began hosting sculpting lessons, teaching women how to sculpt. In 1971, Lim was selected to sculpt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Heritage Board (Singapore)
The National Heritage Board (NHB) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth (MCCY) of the Government of Singapore. It was formed on 1 August 1993. National Museums and Heritage Institutions The National Heritage Board operates the following national museums and heritage institutions. ; Museums # Asian Civilisations Museum # National Museum of Singapore # Peranakan Museum # Singapore Philatelic Museum (to be rebranded as Children's Museum Singapore) # Reflections at Bukit Chandu ; Heritage Institutions # Language # Preservation of Sites and Monuments # Heritage Conservation Centre - architecture and building project # Indian Heritage Centre # Malay Heritage Centre # Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall Museum Roundtable The Museum Roundtable is an initiative led by NHB since 1996. There are more than 50 members for this initiative, consisting of public and private museums, heritage galleries and attractions in Singapore such as the Singapore Art ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchard Road
Orchard Road, often known colloquially as simply Orchard, is a major –long road in the Central Area of Singapore. Known as a famous tourist attraction, it is an upscale shopping area of Singapore, with numerous internationally renowned department stores, restaurants and coffeehouses located in its vicinity. The Orchard Planning Area is a planning area as specified by the Urban Redevelopment Authority. It is part of the Central Area located within the Central Region. Orchard is bordered by Newton in the east and north, Tanglin in the west, River Valley in the south and Museum to the southeast. Toponymy Orchard Road got its name from the nutmeg, pepper and fruit orchards or the plantations that the road once led to.Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), ''Toponymics – A Study of Singapore Street Names'', Eastern Universities Press, Such plantations were common in the area in the 19th century. Previously, it was known in Hokkien as "Tang Leng Pa Sat Koi" ( zh, s=东陵 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Kim San
Lim Kim San ( zh, c=林金山, p=Lín Jīnshān; 30 November 1916 – 20 July 2006) was a Singaporean politician who served as a Cabinet minister between 1965 and 1981. He was credited for leading a successful public housing programme in the country during the early 1960s, which eased the acute housing shortage problem at that time. Early life and education Born in 1916 in Singapore, Lim was the eldest of six children. He was educated at Oldham Hall School and Anglo-Chinese School before graduating from Raffles College in 1939 with a Diploma in Arts in economics. During the Japanese occupation, Lim was one of the many tortured on suspicion of being pro-communist and pro-British. A long time after the war, Lim said that those who survived the horror and the brutality of the Japanese occupation "will never forget them." Lim also said that the traumatic and humiliating experience, politicised his generation and made them vow to "never let our fate be decided by others." Poli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established on 15 July 1845 as ''The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce''. ''The Straits Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Singapore. The print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. Myanmar and Brunei editions are published, with newsprint circulations of 5,000 and 2,500 respectively. History The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The'' ''Singapore Free Press'', founded by William Napier in 1835. Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buildings And Structures In Singapore
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
