Post by Deleted on Feb 8, 2016 13:12:51 GMT 7
The gallery has a distinct advantage when it comes to looking back at Singapore's history.
The former court and government buildings it stands in witnessed a lot of it:
Lord Louis Mountbatten's 1945 announcement of the surrender of the Japanese forces.
War crimes trials in 1946 of Japanese officers.
Founding father Lee Kuan Yew's swearing in as Singapore's first prime minister in 1959.
Stark reminders of Singapore's colonial past, the two buildings were designed by the British in the 1920s.
The neo-classical City Hall -- formerly known as Municipal Building -- was opened in 1929, and the Supreme Court a decade after.
What today's visitors won't see is a time capsule laid beneath the foundation stone of the Supreme Court Building by the then-governor Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas on April 1, 1937.
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edition.cnn.com/2016/02/04/travel/national-gallery-singapore-must-sees/index.html
The former court and government buildings it stands in witnessed a lot of it:
Lord Louis Mountbatten's 1945 announcement of the surrender of the Japanese forces.
War crimes trials in 1946 of Japanese officers.
Founding father Lee Kuan Yew's swearing in as Singapore's first prime minister in 1959.
Stark reminders of Singapore's colonial past, the two buildings were designed by the British in the 1920s.
The neo-classical City Hall -- formerly known as Municipal Building -- was opened in 1929, and the Supreme Court a decade after.
What today's visitors won't see is a time capsule laid beneath the foundation stone of the Supreme Court Building by the then-governor Sir Thomas Shenton Whitelegge Thomas on April 1, 1937.
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edition.cnn.com/2016/02/04/travel/national-gallery-singapore-must-sees/index.html
