Tag: tan seng poh
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The librarian tried his darndest
The Ask The Librarian service emailed me with his team’s findings, and found the most likely site of Tan Seng Poh’s mansion: You might find this useful. Excerpt from: Title: One hundred years’ history of the Chinese in Singapore / Song Ong Siang ; introduction by Edwin Lee. Author: Song, Ong Siang, Sir, 1871-1941. Publisher:…
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Horsburgh Lighthouse and other significant old buildings
Horsburgh Lighthouse was erected in 1851, and is probably one of the oldest structures (or the oldest) in Singapore that hasn’t been demolished, or converted for a purpose other than that for which it was built. That is, to house an Ah Beng who likes to high beam passing ships. Oops. Did I say “in…