Old Singapore Quiz (6)
Posted by vickoo under Buildings and Monuments, National History, Public Sculptures
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This photo is a video grab of a scene from Saint Jack, a 1979 film that tells the life of Jack Flowers who was a pimp in Singapore. The film was shot entirely on location in various places in Singapore in 1978. This controversial film was banned in Singapore. The ban was lifted only in Mar 2006 and the film is now M18-rated.
However, the quiz is not about the film. That would have been too easy, wouldn’t it? It is also not about the name of the skyscraper in the background. Any true blue Singaporean would instantly recognise it as the 52-floor/201-metre OCBC Centre which was built in 1976. It means that the building was only 2-year old in the photo. At that time, it was the tallest building in Singapore as well as in South East Asia.
Instead, I would like to know the answers to the following questions:
1. What is the name of this road?
2. Is this portion of the road still in existence today?
3. Who was the OCBC chairman at that time?
4. What was the tagline of the bank?
If there are no correct answers, please check out Victor Koo’s blog in a week’s time.
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Posted by: Shih Tung
Posted on: February 16th, 2009
From the way you phrase your question must be one of the streets that got swallowed by Far East Square or Capital Square. Is it one of the streets that got "recreated" under an air-con canopy ?
Posted by: vickoo
Posted on: February 17th, 2009
Hi Shih Tung, your answer is close but not close enough. :-)
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Posted on: February 17th, 2009
1. What is the name of this road? Canton st. 2. Is this portion of the road still in existence today? Yes 3. Who was the OCBC chairman at that time? Tan Sri Tan Chin Tuan 4. What was the tagline of the bank? Ask OCBC
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