Central Business District, Singapore

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(photo: VMsAWrs)

Singapore’s Central Business District comprises many significant financial buildings and are mainly skyscrapers.  Majority of Singapore’s tallest building are found here, where land are the most expensive. Most of the iconic building that represents Singapore CBD skyline also stand on free hold land, which are extremely uncommon in Singapore today.

Some commercial buildings reflect the cultural Chinese heritage of Singapore in addition to the presence of other cultural heritage sites in the Central Area. The UOB Plaza makes use of the traditional Chinese symbol of the octagon (good Feng Shui according to traditional Chinese geomancy.)

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Indochine Waterfront

Singapore

This special restaurant offers views of Singapore River, it’s a fine-dining experience of authentic Indochinese cuisine.
This place is known for its grand backdrop of lotus flower-shaped Czechoslovakian crystal chandeliers, towering Sukothai Buddha statues (as you can see here), rare Shan antiques and the first ever custom-made stainless steel-and leather Ming Dynasty-style chairs.

A Great Emporium Sculptures along Boat Quay

Singapore

Historical stories are told visually and three dimensionally by these statues evident along the Boat Quay. The finance industry went through traditional moneylanding to today’s modern stock market dealers. This sculpture showing the Chinese coolie and the boss (in hokkien ‘towkay’). Do you know who why these men are wearing a queue (or pigtail) in those days?