Helix Bridge

Singapore's skyline will not the same without our Helix Bridge.

Exactly five years ago, the Helix Bridge opened, making it Singapore’s longest pedestrian bridge. Though only 280m, the total length of the stainless steel tubes that make up the double helix structure is almost ten times as long when laid out end to end!

Orchard Road's pedestrian night will continue

Orchard Road's pedestrian night will continue for another 6 months: Orchard Road Business Association


Dancers performing at the first edition of Orchard Road's pedestrian night on Oct 4, 2014.

Orchard Road's pedestrian night will continue running for another six months from July to December.

A majority of retailers, said the Orchard Road Business Association, which organised the event, supported its continuation.

Orba and the Singapore Tourism Board, which is funding a majority of the event's cost, will work closely with malls to extend opening hours. It is also prepared to co-fund events and activities that retailers may want to organise for the event.

Pedestrian night's pilot from October 2014 to March 2015, attracted 50,000 visitors each time. Some retailers on the shopping belt did not see this translate to more sales.

But for now at least, the road from Scotts Paterson Junction to Bideford Junction will be closed every first Saturday night of each month between 6pm and 11pm.

~News courtesy of Straits Times~

Mr Lee Kuan Yew's red box on display at National Museum

Mr Lee Kuan Yew's red box on display at National Museum

The red box, used by the late Mr Lee Kuan Yew as his briefcase, will be displayed at the National Museum of Singapore from Thursday (Apr 2), as part of the memorial exhibition In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew.

The National Museum and National Heritage Board (NHB) announced in a joint news release that the box will be displayed together with other personal items from Mr Lee. 

These include his barrister wig after he was admitted to the Bar, and the Rolex Oyster Perpetual watch presented to him by the Singapore Union of Postal and Telecommunications Workers.

Education Minister Heng Swee Keat wrote about the box in a Facebook post on March 24. The box had been used by Mr Lee to carry and store files and papers that he was working on at any one time, until Feb 4, 2015, the day before he was hospitalised. 

Mr Heng noted that the red box was a key feature in Mr Lee’s life and a symbol of Mr Lee’s unwavering dedication to Singapore.

"It has come to symbolise his work ethic, it has come to symbolise how he had worked to bring Singapore to where it is," said Mr Jervais Choo, senior assistant director of the National Museum of Singapore.

"While it is a new item that has recently been brought to public attention, I think that over time, people will start to appreciate it more and see how it is very much related to Mr Lee's contributions to Singapore."

Following the exhibition, the red box, along with the late Mr Lee's other personal objects, and parts of the memorial exhibition will be incorporated into the National Museum’s Singapore History Gallery when it reopens in September 2015. The gallery is currently under renovation.

In Memoriam: Lee Kuan Yew is open daily from 10am to 8pm at the National Museum of Singapore until Apr 26. Admission to this exhibition is free.

Since it opened last week on Mar 25, over 14,000 people have visited the exhibition.

Visitors to the museum said Mdm Ho Ching, Mr Lee Kuan Yew's daughter-in-law by marriage to his eldest son, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, was at the museum on Thursday afternoon.

~News courtesy of Channel News Asia~