Orchard Road

How Singapore’s main shopping street Orchard Road is seeing the rise of its more tranquil western end with new hotels and rejuvenated malls

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Next come the huge white iron wrought gates of the Botanic Gardens, at the junction of Cluny and Holland roads, across from the British High Commission, on the tree-lined boulevard of Tanglin Road. Singapore’s Istana Woodneuk palace. Photo: Instagram/mandameus The iron gates of the Singapore Botanic Gardens. Photo: Shutterstock Off Tanglin Road, smaller roads lead … Read more

Orchard no-smoking zone expanded to include skate park outside Somerset MRT station

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“To facilitate a smooth implementation, NEA will take an advisory approach in the first two months where those caught smoking in the adjusted area along Exeter Road and Killiney Road will receive verbal warnings,” the agency said in an advisory on its website. “However, smokers who repeatedly flout the law in spite of prior warnings … Read more