Shophouse kitchen

Many families/individuals would occupy one shophouse and share a common kitchen on the ground floor at the rear of the building. The kitchen was typically was not covered with a roof. The renovated shophouse we lived in also had the kitchen at the rear, but with modern appliances, running water and had been integrated into the structure of the main building.

Chinatown today

November 20th 2009
We spent most of the day in Singapore'S Chinatown. How can Singapore have a Chinatown given 60% of the population is ethnic Chinese? Well, when colonial Singapore was established by Sir Stamford Raffles of the British East India Company, the native population was not Chinese but Malay. However, the new colony attracted many Chinese immigrants. Raffles directed that sections of the town be set asid ... read more

Asia » Singapore » Chinatown

Singapore was founded as a British trading colony in 1819. It joined the Malaysian Federation in 1963 but separated two years later and became independent. It subsequently became one of the world's most prosperous countries with strong international ... ... read more

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