I paid a visit to Chinatown Heritage Centre and was treated to a two-part tour.
The first part consisted of an introduction to Chinatown Heritage Centre. Though this wasn’t my first visit there, I’ve never failed to be impressed at the presentation of the gallery, which gives you a good idea of the dwellings of the early immigrants. The cramp, gritty and dimly lighted quarters are personal favourites of mine.
The other perennial favourite exhibits at Chinatown Heritage Centre include:
- Scale models of Majestic Theatre and Southern Hotel
- 1950s comic shop
- The kitchen that is reminiscent of the one in Dad’s family home in Ipoh, Malaysia.
- The tailor’s mannequin (cos I own something similar)
- Before Similac, Gain IQ, Isomil, Nan, etc, there was…
A big thank you is due to my group’s tour guide, Ms Thamarai, as her excellent knowledge and delivery of the guided tour greatly enhanced my experience at Chinatown Heritage Centre.
Having finished with the first part of the tour in Chinatown Heritage Centre, Ms Thamarai led us on a walking trail of Chinatown.
I honestly felt like a tourist in my own country while taking in the interesting sights along the way.
Snakes in a bottle!
An erhu musician performing ‘live’ to promote his CDs.
A German selling sausages in Chinatown.
Along with these sights, we got to see the town folk indulging in leisure activities…
…as well as visit grand and colourful places of worship at Buddha Tooth Relic and Sri Mariamman Temple.
Personally, this programme was an interesting and educational experience for me. If you’d like to take part in this, you should try to go for next weekend’s & 4-5 Dec sessions, so do call 6338 6877 or visit www.DUCKnHiPPO.com and www.chinatownheritagecentre.sg to get a slot on the guided tours.
Explore the Magic of Chinatown is a programme of Explore Singapore! 2010. Do visit Explore Singapore! 2010′s website for more awesome events!
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The “Explore Singapore! 2010: Explore the Magic of Chinatown” blog readers are invited to visit here to learn about “Same Place. Different Time. Different Journey – Chinatown Then and Now”. Join the young and elders for a family educational and fun activities. Cheers!
Posted on November 24th, 2010 at 12:17 pm
Good catch,I will update this post.
Posted on February 13th, 2011 at 2:44 pm
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